Proper handling of a possibly damaged watch

[chamen]

Watch wound, and set to time.gov. My fingers are crossed for the next week.

Thanks everyone

[Darlinboy]

Originally Posted by chamen

Watch wound, and set to time.gov. My fingers are crossed for the next week.

Thanks everyone

You mentioned earlier it was losing 1sec per hour. If that is so, I wouldn't wait a week!

I'd stop the movement and have it looked at posthaste, if that happened to me.

[chamen]

Well, after 10 hours, the watch is running at -6 seconds, which definitely sits outside of the COSC standard and well beyond the measure if was running prior to its fall.

This brings me back to my original question. What is the right thing to do until I am able to have it serviced? Should I stop the mechanical movement? Or just wear it as I usually do?

Thank you!

[dooder202]

Originally Posted by chamen

Well, after 10 hours, the watch is running at -6 seconds, which definitely sits outside of the COSC standard and well beyond the measure if was running prior to its fall.

This brings me back to my original question. What is the right thing to do until I am able to have it serviced? Should I stop the mechanical movement? Or just wear it as I usually do?

Thank you!

Send it in for service. Why would you wear it like you normally do? Obviously you want to have it fixed.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by chamen

Well, after 10 hours, the watch is running at -6 seconds, which definitely sits outside of the COSC standard and well beyond the measure if was running prior to its fall.

This brings me back to my original question. What is the right thing to do until I am able to have it serviced? Should I stop the mechanical movement? Or just wear it as I usually do?

Thank you!

If you had damaged your watch in any way its very very doubtful your watch would have ran for 10 hours and just be a little bit off spec.Expect you have just upset the balance regulator escapement it could right it self, worst case it might need to be re-regulated a very simple process.

[chamen]

Again, thanks for all the feedback.

Dooder202- I should have clarified my meaning behind stating "should I wear it as I normally do"

Yes, I obviously do want to correct the issue. I was curious to know if I should stop the movement until I'm able to take it in for repair or continue wearing it as I normally do (on a daily basis) until I head in to the watch shop.

For what its worth, I'm on the 18th hour since the wind/reset and its running at -10 seconds. I'm slightly relieved to read the posts saying that its likely a minor repair to put things right. If nothing else, you've at least brought my blood pressure down some.