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Old 8 May 2008, 05:37 PM   #1
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Icon5 question for gmt 2 owners

i was watching my watch turn to midnight and was anticipating to see the date change right at the stroke of midnight. but i was dissapointed to see that it diddnt change. i didnt continue to observe it guessing i had set my watch 12 hours behind. i rechecked after about 5 minutes and it had changed. is that normal or abnormal? i would think it would change righht at midnight. anyone know anything about this?
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Old 8 May 2008, 05:58 PM   #2
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Hi Romel,

Some change before midnight, at midnight and some change after.
Some GMT's even change at noon.
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=39678
The hands will need to be adjusted by a Rolex technician if you want it to change exactly at midnight. You will need to decide how important this is to you?
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Old 8 May 2008, 08:51 PM   #3
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Eddie is spot on. Mine change anywhere from 11:59 to 12:04.
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Old 8 May 2008, 08:53 PM   #4
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Just last night I saw mine changed at about 00:05....but usually I am not awake at midnight to check!

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Old 8 May 2008, 09:00 PM   #5
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Mine too, a bit after 00:00.

It is normal, don't worry
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Old 8 May 2008, 09:32 PM   #6
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The date changing a couple of minutes, typically 3 minutes past, is VERY typical with Rolex. Some of the Rolex watches I have owned also changed nearly 6 minutes past.

You see, Rolex makes a "mistake" (sorry to say it!) by making sure that the date changes EXACTLY at midnight, but ONLY when you advance the hands MANUALLY via the winding crown! And since there seeems to be a DELAY of the date shift when the hands are moving the normal way (NOT manually turned forwards!), the date would change about 3 minutes past.

If Rolex adjusted the date mechanism to change at 3 minutes BEFORE midnight when you advance the hands MANUALLY, the date would shift pretty much spot on when the hands are moving the normal way. I had one of my previous Rolex watches adjusted this way (to have the date shift at 3 minutes BEFORE 12 when you advance the hands MANUALLY, and it worked great: The date shifted 10 seconds past midnight when the watch was going the normal way.

But I advice you to NOT have it fixed, since this is actually one of the more "complicated operations", and as long as the date changes within minus 1 to plus 5 minutes, there is absolutely NO reason to "fix" it. Better wait and have it corrected when the Rolex needs service altogether after about 5 years after purchase (or 5 years after its LAST service).
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Old 8 May 2008, 10:15 PM   #7
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No worries, you can go to bed now.
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Eddie is spot on. Mine change anywhere from 11:59 to 12:04.
Me too around that time. No worries about it.
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Old 9 May 2008, 02:38 AM   #9
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thanks for all the great feedback. . .now i can sleep a little easier knowing my gmt wasnt the only one doing such a thing lol
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