Rolex Date Problem :(

[ac719]

Hello guys,

I'm new to the forum and fairly new to rolex as a whole.

I brought a second hand rolex date with the oyster band from a unofficial watch dealer a few weeks ago, however it now stops ticking if I stop moving my wrist for like 20mins, e.g. It would be ticking before I eat dinner and then once I finish eating it's DEAD!

I was wondering if anybody could offer any tips or solutions as to what I should do, I will be taking it to my local AD to see how much it would be to get the watch serviced however I was wondering was there any cheaper, less time consuming options.

Many thanks

[padi56]

Originally Posted by ac719

Hello guys,

I'm new to the forum and fairly new to rolex as a whole.

I brought a second hand rolex date with the oyster band from a unofficial watch dealer a few weeks ago, however it now stops ticking if I stop moving my wrist for like 20mins, e.g. It would be ticking before I eat dinner and then once I finish eating it's DEAD!

I was wondering if anybody could offer any tips or solutions as to what I should do, I will be taking it to my local AD to see how much it would be to get the watch serviced however I was wondering was there any cheaper, less time consuming options.

Many thanks

Have you ever given your watch a full manual wind,all watches need a full wind from stopped to keep full power reserve.Try winding your watch 40 full crown turns clockwise,dont worry you cannot overwind.Then if worn for around 8 to 10 hours daily with reasonable activity your watch should have enough power reserve for when off your wrist overnight.Now on a full manual wind your watch should run for around 40 hours when off wrist before it stops.If its a lot less then watch could need a service or you might have a winding rotor problem.

[ac719]

Thank you very much Padi 56 for your fast reply! Soooo nice to know that theres still genuine helpers out there on forums!

Many thanks

[ac719]

Originally Posted by padi56

Have you ever given your watch a full manual wind,all watches need a full wind from stopped to keep full power reserve.Try winding your watch 40 full crown turns clockwise,dont worry you cannot overwind.Then if worn for around 8 to 10 hours daily with reasonable activity your watch should have enough power reserve for when off your wrist overnight.Now on a full manual wind your watch should run for around 40 hours when off wrist before it stops.If its a lot less then watch could need a service or you might have a winding rotor problem.

Really sorry I know this sounds completely stupid but when you say wind the watch, do I have to pull the crown out as far out as I can e.g. The position where you adjust the time and then turn clockwise or do I pull the crown midway out in the position where I can adjust the date ?

Thanks

[Jocke]

Originally Posted by ac719

Really sorry I know this sounds completely stupid but when you say wind the watch, do I have to pull the crown out as far out as I can e.g. The position where you adjust the time and then turn clockwise or do I pull the crown midway out in the position where I can adjust the date ?

Thanks

You should have the crown in the first position and you can hear a sound from the spring inside the watch when you wind it.
No hands or date should be revised.

Don't forget to turn back the crown at the threads when you are finish with the winding.

If that dosen't work, then you have to service the watch.

[Mockingbird]

Unscrew the crown, pull it out to position 1 and wind in an upwards direction (towards 12 O'clock) and that should solve that!

Welcome to TRF!

[padi56]

Originally Posted by ac719

Really sorry I know this sounds completely stupid but when you say wind the watch, do I have to pull the crown out as far out as I can e.g. The position where you adjust the time and then turn clockwise or do I pull the crown midway out in the position where I can adjust the date ?

Thanks

No just unscrew the crown until it just pops out past the threads then wind it clockwise it will wind very smoothly.Pull crown stem out to second position thats for date setting pull stem out further thats the hand setting and second hand hacking position second hand stops for accurate time setting.

[TheVTCGuy]

Be sure and let us know what happens, I hope every thing is OK with your new Rolex!

[ac719]

You guys are legends!!!! I tried manually winding it as it never has actually been done, and now its been ticking away since I made the original post.....and Iv barely moved loool

Such a relief as I thought I spent all this money on a watch that works worse then a £20 casio.
Thanks to all of the posters because that was the quickest fix ever!!!!!