GMT II C accuracy

[frostie]

Originally Posted by mailman

JJ has a 4 second issue with his sheep too

[116710LN]

why I am so interested in the accuracy (or you might say that is repeatibility), because the GMTII can only be adjusted the date by turning the hour hand (at Position 2) clockwise only. In the meanwhile, your minute and second hands will be keep running to maintain your watch time when you are changing the date. That is a good feature of GMTII or EXP II (the both use the 3185 or 3186 movements).

[RAS]

Speaking of accuracy, my EXPII which I bought last year (around March) have been running quicker than it should. I actually held back from having it regulated as I wanted to give it ample time to "run in".

Well, last time I synched it with accurist website (and a TAG quartz) was 02/01/08 and as of yesterday the EXPII was quicker by 8 minutes or so, whilst the TAG was off by a couple of seconds or so.

So I decided to bring it in to the RSC. The lady behind the counter took it to their technician to be tested and after 15 minutes or so came back out to tell me that the watch was "magnetized" and asked me if I worked long hours in front of the computer (which was quite the case). She told me they have demagnetised (at no charge) it and it should be running okay.

Will let you guys know how it goes after this.

[RAS]

Originally Posted by RAS

Well, last time I synched it with accurist website (and a TAG quartz) was 02/01/08 and as of yesterday the EXPII was quicker by 8 minutes or so, whilst the TAG was off by a couple of seconds or so.

Just to be exact, 02/01/08 should read 2nd January 2008 as I've only recalled in some parts of the world, the said date could be read as 1st of February 2008.

[JBat]

Originally Posted by 116710LN

why I am so interested in the accuracy (or you might say that is repeatibility), because the GMTII can only be adjusted the date by turning the hour hand (at Position 2) clockwise only. In the meanwhile, your minute and second hands will be keep running to maintain your watch time when you are changing the date. That is a good feature of GMTII or EXP II (the both use the 3185 or 3186 movements).

I don't think that's true. I think it's okay to set the hour hand in either direction, clockwise or counterclockwise. That stands to reason, because you don't always travel in the same direction. If you're travelling west, you don't want to have to spin all the way through the calendar just to set the correct time.