Is it better to gain or lose time???

[RolexYM]

Originally Posted by RolexPete

Running fast makes it easier to adjust. You just unscrew the crown every now and then and let the real time catch up, then push the crown back in.

x2. I like FAST, not because i like to be early than late to a meeting. For me, readjusting a fast watch is EASIER than adjusting a slow watch. Re-adjusting a fast watch means that i pull the crown out and wait and then push it back in...all the while not having to adjust the minute hand.

With a slow watch, i have to pull out the crown and re-adjust the minute hand, which with my anal retentive self, is a slight pain in the arse because i always want my minute hand exactly on the marker. So, i have to adjust it...then wait 60 seconds to see if the minute hand lands correctly...if not, then adjust again, etc..

[calibre1]

Originally Posted by RolexYM

x2. I like FAST, not because i like to be early than late to a meeting. For me, readjusting a fast watch is EASIER than adjusting a slow watch. Re-adjusting a fast watch means that i pull the crown out and wait and then push it back in...all the while not having to adjust the minute hand.

With a slow watch, i have to pull out the crown and re-adjust the minute hand, which with my anal retentive self, is a slight pain in the arse because i always want my minute hand exactly on the marker. So, i have to adjust it...then wait 60 seconds to see if the minute hand lands correctly...if not, then adjust again, etc..

I agree with the above. I am like that too.

It's easier to adjust a fast watch than a slow one.

However I suposed those with a date would need to adjust the date very 2 months or so. Adjsting the time can be done then.

[speedo]

a technical question: within the cosc limit does it matter whether the watch is faster or slower? i mean does it indicate any problem with the movement?

[theloxmyth]

Neither fast nor slow! (Sorry I was tardy to respond. )

While it would be ideal for it to be spot-on, either is acceptable to me.



Speedo: Either way, all it probably needs is an adjustment.

[Puffy]

Doesn't matter cos with a Rolex you're always on time, even when late

[Cabaiguan]

Originally Posted by RolexPete

Running fast makes it easier to adjust. You just unscrew the crown every now and then and let the real time catch up, then push the crown back in.

Exactly. Much easier to reset if it's gaining.

[Watch Professor]

Originally Posted by RolexPete

Running fast makes it easier to adjust. You just unscrew the crown every now and then and let the real time catch up, then push the crown back in.

+1. While consistency is more important, it really doesn't matter to me except for the ease of adjusting it.

[poker]

i do not know whether my watches gain time or lose time. so it does not matter to me.

[RolexPete]

Originally Posted by poker

i do not know whether my watches gain time or lose time. so it does not matter to me.

Good God man! Have you no shame? How can you live life in such a care-free devil-may-care way?

[david_place_834]

I'm always a few minutes early for anything. My mental time budget is always greater than the deviation of my watch.

I'm also a Buddhist, so I take others tardiness as just a part of life. I try not to stress too much over time.

[GradyPhilpott]

If a watch is running within COSC, then it hardly matters whether the watch gains or loses, as the difference is not that great, even over a period of, say, two weeks.

If you happen to be one of those who never regulates his watch and sets it every month or more, then it's better that the watch gain time.

For retired guys, setting the watch annually should suffice.

[eric23]

A gain is always better for me!

[padi56]

Originally Posted by speedo

a technical question: within the cosc limit does it matter whether the watch is faster or slower? i mean does it indicate any problem with the movement?

No just normally simple regulation but the COSC spec is a Average of between -4 to +6 seconds over any 24 hour period.But on the actual COSC test the bare uncased movement could deviate by up to 10 second either way in the first 10 days of testing and still pass the test.

[mkw]

Originally Posted by RolexYM

....With a slow watch, i have to pull out the crown and re-adjust the minute hand, which with my anal retentive self, is a slight pain in the arse because i always want my minute hand exactly on the marker. So, i have to adjust it...then wait 60 seconds to see if the minute hand lands correctly...if not, then adjust again, etc..

Since this is a WIS watch board, you prob have many compatriots here with similar OCD tendencies who feel the same way !

[RedwinGV]

Gain, you can't go back in time.

[RolexYM]

Originally Posted by mkw

Since this is a WIS watch board, you prob have many compatriots here with similar OCD tendencies who feel the same way !

Hahaha...i figured...my wife thinks that i am crazy!! Glad to know that you all are in the same psych ward as me....

[mkw]

Originally Posted by RolexYM

Hahaha...i figured...my wife thinks that i am crazy!! Glad to know that you all are in the same psych ward as me....

And I suspect many of the same also wipe brake dust off their cars' wheels after every drive

[mike]

Originally Posted by RolexYM

x2. I like FAST, not because i like to be early than late to a meeting. For me, readjusting a fast watch is EASIER than adjusting a slow watch. Re-adjusting a fast watch means that i pull the crown out and wait and then push it back in...all the while not having to adjust the minute hand.

With a slow watch, i have to pull out the crown and re-adjust the minute hand, which with my anal retentive self, is a slight pain in the arse because i always want my minute hand exactly on the marker. So, i have to adjust it...then wait 60 seconds to see if the minute hand lands correctly...if not, then adjust again, etc..

[Darlinboy]

Fast is better!

[LightOnAHill]

It's 18 seconds fast and I haven't set it for more than three weeks.



I haven't missed court yet on it!

[LightOnAHill]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

For retired guys, setting the watch annually should suffice.

OMG OMG OMG,

I just contemplated this, and IT IS PERFECT!!!

I'm gonna plan on this, hells yeah.



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[S52]

Originally Posted by RolexYM

x2. I like FAST, not because i like to be early than late to a meeting. For me, readjusting a fast watch is EASIER than adjusting a slow watch. Re-adjusting a fast watch means that i pull the crown out and wait and then push it back in...all the while not having to adjust the minute hand.

With a slow watch, i have to pull out the crown and re-adjust the minute hand, which with my anal retentive self, is a slight pain in the arse because i always want my minute hand exactly on the marker. So, i have to adjust it...then wait 60 seconds to see if the minute hand lands correctly...if not, then adjust again, etc..

thats an excellent point... hadnt thought of that but totally agree as well

[vette boy 52]

Originally Posted by RolexPete

Running fast makes it easier to adjust. You just unscrew the crown every now and then and let the real time catch up, then push the crown back in.

I have to agree. It is a bit easier to deal with a watch that runs a bit fast. But I do have a DSSD that runs consistently -1 sec/day slow and I would rather have that than +5 sec/day fast. I set it 1 min. ahead and do not worry about it for 2 months. Where as one that is +5 fast is a minute ahead in 12 days. Either way as long as they run consistently within COSC they are great watches. My 2 cents

[BeekerMuppet]

Gain for me too. I'd rather be somewhere earlier :tumbsup:

[shgems]

I asked my watchmaker this a while ago. He said as the oil gets thicker the watch will start running faster. + - a few seconds a day means nothing as long as it is the same all the time within reason. When the watch starts running faster picking up more seconds over months gaining more time you should get it serviced. So if it is running + 4 seconds a day over many years there is no issue but when the same watch starts gaining picking up seconds time to service it. When I first got my TT sub I was checking it every day / every week and it gained about 20 seconds a week every week the same. At the end of the week I would pull the stem and set it again. I also didn't want to take it off except for bed. Now I just wear it every day and enjoy maybe setting it 30 seconds slow if I had to change the date. I love that watch

[poker]

Originally Posted by RolexPete

Good God man! Have you no shame? How can you live life in such a care-free devil-may-care way?

because i alternate my watches weekly and I do not have a watch winder. So, I need to adjust my watches whenever I wear them. Whether it gain or lose a few seconds are therefore not apparent to me.

[RolexPete]

Originally Posted by poker

because i alternate my watches weekly and I do not have a watch winder. So, I need to adjust my watches whenever I wear them. Whether it gain or lose a few seconds are therefore not apparent to me.

I was trying to be funny...

Doesn't that put a lot of wear on the crown, tube gaskets etc. From constant adjusting?

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by RolexPete

Doesn't that put a lot of wear on the crown, tube gaskets etc. From constant adjusting?

I think the wear on those components is minimal, though over time, not insignificant.

I think that's why those components are replaced at the time of a full service.

[mr500cm]

I bought my Submariner in 1988 and couldn't understand why it kept such lousey time. Over they years I've grown to love my timepiece, if I want a watch thats always to the second I'll strap on a G-Shock. But I doubt in 46 years my Casio will still be working, my Rolex will.

The last two times I had my Submariner serviced the accuracy was much better but both times it lost time at the end of the week.

Lance

[blogg10]

Originally Posted by shgems

I asked my watchmaker this a while ago. He said as the oil gets thicker the watch will start running faster. + - a few seconds a day means nothing as long as it is the same all the time within reason. When the watch starts running faster picking up more seconds over months gaining more time you should get it serviced. So if it is running + 4 seconds a day over many years there is no issue but when the same watch starts gaining picking up seconds time to service it. When I first got my TT sub I was checking it every day / every week and it gained about 20 seconds a week every week the same. At the end of the week I would pull the stem and set it again. I also didn't want to take it off except for bed. Now I just wear it every day and enjoy maybe setting it 30 seconds slow if I had to change the date. I love that watch

I have had a watch recently serviced that is running slow -15 secs per day. Does this mean that as time goes on it will gain until + secs per day?