Let's have a no bs thread about....

[locutus49]

SubC one year old. Loses a few seconds now or then but I don't really notice or care. Within acceptable parameters for living the good life.

[tkerrmd]

Originally Posted by phils

the accuracy, in seconds per day, of your Rolex and/or Tudor watch or watches.

Please list the model or models, how long since last service if applicable, how you rest your watch at night, and the seconds per day gained or lost.

And please be truthful.
Thanks.

Have too many other things to do than try to see if my watch is a second or two fast or slow everyday

No disrespect, I am always entertained by the OCD responses you will get

[Time Exposure]

Originally Posted by tkerrmd

Have too many other things to do than try to see if my watch is a second or two fast or slow everyday



No disrespect, I am always entertained by the OCD responses you will get

I guess now we know what other things you do with your time...

[melons]

114060, 4 months old, runs mostly at zero more or less.

226570, 20 months old, runs at zero or +1.

Black Bay, 9 months old, runs +3 or so a day.

[Mick P]

Chaps

I purchased a brand new 39mm Explorer from my local AD on the 3rd January this year.

I checks the time every Saturday on the GMT clock via the pc.

It gains an average of 3 seconds over the week.

My wife thinks I am mad for doing it and that's the truth.

Regards

Mick

[SeaAndSky]

116710LN. 18 months old. Has settled into losing about two and a half seconds per day. Well within COSC standards and a stunning engineering achievement as far as I'm concerned. I never sleep with it on and lay it face up.

[watchwatcher]

All my watches keep great time. Amazing, in fact, when you consider the overall accuracy of being within COSC specs with the amount of seconds there are in the day.

[phils]

Originally Posted by ronburgundy

BLNR, 10 months old, no service, about 1 second slow per day. Rests on its side, crown facing up.

Try facing the crown down or dial up. It may speed up some.

[Steel28]

Daytona, 1.5 months old, +0.9 sec per day. Rests always on the side, crown up.

[HogwldFLTR]

I don't care too much; when ever I check them VS. NIST time they are off and are set to it. They are always close enough so it doesn't bother me. I just checked my EXP II after a week or more and if was off by five seconds. No adjustment needed.

[Rock]

Submariner 14060. D Serial. Serviced 10/2013.
Varies month by month between +1 & 2.8 sesc/day.

DJ 16233. T Serial. Serviced 11/2013.
Varies month to month between +1 & 3 secs/day.

Reset to EST at end of each month. Rests in Winder daily.

[louis redfoot]

datejust has about 5 yrs total wear time, 7 seconds slow per day, never serviced. i set it about 3 minutes ahead and it's good for the month.

[ttomczak]

2001 Sub, between 1 to 2 seconds behind a day... Regulated about two months ago... Was about 5 seconds a day prior...

[kilyung]

All of them?! Too many to do. But this is typical.

[Pattyb69]

1 year old Sub C 114060

Usually -4 a day right side up in a winder and -2 a day upside down in the winder.

I reset it 3 days ago and have been wearing it all 3 days and its currently +/- 0

[DCheeta]

Originally Posted by tkerrmd

Have too many other things to do than try to see if my watch is a second or two fast or slow everyday

No disrespect, I am always entertained by the OCD responses you will get

I'm with Tom on this one. I don't know and I'm not too concerned with it.

My OCD manifests itself in other ways, such as in the geometric visual organization of any objects near me, etc. But for some odd reason I don't check the accuracy of my watches. Hell, I don't even set the correct date half of the time.

[steptoe]

DRSD, 1977.
Haven't a clue when it was last serviced.
Worn all day every day, -7 seconds a day.
So i set it two minutes fast and re-set again every two weeks.

[padi56]

Myself now don't check to the exact second I just set the minute hand that will do for me.But have done several regulating tests on many watches,one particular watch a Alpha with a Chinese made Seagull ST19 manual wind chronograph movement.Now when put on the machine out of the box was showing +10 seconds not bad for a $60 watch.But with careful regulation got it down to +2 and has ran without fault for well over 5 years now.Have re-regulated it twice but that was just for experiment and still running well inside the COSC spec today but whats in a few seconds out of 86400 in a day.

[capote]

16570, never serviced bought new four years ago, resting on the crown side +5 seconds a day.

[77T]

No BS:

My sig line says it all...

[phrede]

My 3 months old Sea Dweller rests at night at either the 3 or 9 o'clock side. Always on rolex notepad cover to avoid any hairlines.




-via iPhone

[BLACKHORSE 6]

My 116520 is a little more than a year old and is running at +2 seconds/day.

[Lumberjact]

Explorer 214270. Purchased new, March 2012.

Wear it for about 15 hours every day; mainly office based, and lots of walking in free time. Rest it crown up beside the bed. I only adjust it at daylight saving time or when changing timezones. The last change was 4 weeks ago and it's currently running 7 seconds slow. I'm currently in CDG about to have to do another change - which I just don't get to do enough of! 😀

[mr_gray]

my 114060 was +1/day
116610lv settled over time into ~ -1/day

both watches worn 24/7

hulk started worse, like -2.5/day, but seemed to get into things as time went.

[Friar]

Explorer 214270 purchased in March is +1s/d when on wrist and loses that when set crown up at night. Over 3 months it was right on time.
Explorer 216570 purchased in May is -2s/d regardless of how it is placed at night. Incredibly consistently slow. Being regulated now.

[NoVaSubowner]

116610 LV-C No clue how many seconds plus or minus it is....... I may have clocked it once when I got it 2 yrs ago. Don't really care. I suspect it is accurate as I have never been late to an appt due to my watch and thats all I really need to worry about.

[datejusting]

My 2 year old 116233 dj is my daily wearer and I wear it approx 16 hours per day. I am moderately active and it rests face up at night. It runs -1 sec/day consistently. Not serviced.

[SeaAndSky]

Originally Posted by DCheeta

I'm with Tom on this one. I don't know and I'm not too concerned with it.

My OCD manifests itself in other ways, such as in the geometric visual organization of any objects near me, etc. But for some odd reason I don't check the accuracy of my watches. Hell, I don't even set the correct date half of the time.

No offense meant but the op is just seeking feedback on watch accuracy. It's not OCD at all and it's actually an interesting thread for those of us into Rolexes for their engineering. We're not "concerned" but instead interested.

[PINDR]

116233 purchased new 14 months ago. When I first got it, it would run about 4 seconds a day fast. Over the last 14 months it has now settled into being a little less than one second a day fast. Wear it about 12 hours a day, it is on a winder when not being worn.

I usually reset it to the exact second when I change the date at the end of a 30 day month.

Jeff

[iclick]

My 43-YO GMT 1675 was serviced about nine months ago with one adjustment soon thereafter, and since then it has been more accurate than at any time in the past. I reset the date on July 1 and haven't touched the crown since then, and checking GMT time it is now at +3 sec. That's +.06 sec/day. Pretty close.

It will gain or lose 1-2 sec/day depending on my activity, but I check it daily and self-regulate at night when necessary. When I wear it, it stays at 0±1 sec overnight. With dial up it runs +3/day fast, -3/day slow with crown down according to my Timegrapher, so I can keep it nearly spot-on with just minimal attention. If I wore it 24/7 it would probably run a tad slow, perhaps 1-2 sec/ week, as most of the time I rest it with dial up overnight to keep it near zero variance.

My Daytona (cal. 4130) is more consistent but runs ~5 sec/day fast. It was serviced at RSC a year ago and hasn't been regulated since. The difference between positions on the Timegrapher isn't nearly as great as the GMT, which runs at 19800 vs. 28800 bph for the Daytona, so the latter can't be self-regulated as easily. In fact, it can't be done at all in its current state since it runs fast in all positions. It isn't a daily wearer so I don't sweat it.

Regulation by Timegrapher is a good starting point, but how well a watch will keep time depends on whose wrist it rests. For example, whereas my GMT is very close on my wrist, it might not be so close on another person, especially if that person wears the watch on the right arm. In that case the crown would be up more often (e.g. when walking or standing with arm down) and this watch runs slower in that position than with crown down.