I'm a little bummed

[falcon4311]

I just took delivery of a Breitling Headwind, a watch I've been trying to track down for some time. At first I noticed that it was running slow, to the tune of -1 every 3.5 hours after just giving it a couple minutes worth of shaking to get the watch going. I then found it maintaining the time virtually at 0 over a 12 hour period on what I thought must be close to a full wind. So to make sure she was sitting at a full wind, I gave the watch a few shakes to get rotor spinning. I had synced the watch again prior the giving it a shake and I noticed after giving it a light shake for a few minutes it gains a few seconds and then maintains the time when just worn on the wrist.

I had this happen before with another watch years ago but I can't remember what the watchmaker said the problem was or how much it cost to fix the issue. Can anyone tell me what the issue might be and a guess on what it might cost to fix? This watch came from a Rolex Service Center in CA. He didn't service the watch but he did inspect it and put it on the timing machine which turned out to be good and it was a 5 position test, it was a trade in for another watch. His customer said that he had it serviced 2 years ago and the guy I bought it from said it looked to have been recently serviced. After the inspection he took it in and that's when I bought it.

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place, he told me if there were issues with the watch I could return it but I get the impression that he wouldn't want to ship it back to me, he would only give me a refund. But I really want to keep the watch. Your help would be greatly appreciated if you can tell me what the problem might be and give me an approximate repair cost. Sorry for being so long winded.






I already had this reply, it's just that I don't have this issue with any of my other watches other than that one from a long time ago.

There was an excellent post awhile ago (sorry, I can't remember the author) that explained how shaking a watch in just the right rhythm can, indeed, cause the watch to become a couple of seconds "off."

Seriously, just wind your watch and don't shake it and you will not have any problems.

[DoxaDavid]

Seriously? What's there to be bummed about? your watch is pretty close to COSC standards so just wear it and go on with your life. If accuracy was the end all of why you wanted a watch you should have bought a quartz if it was that important. Me, I'd rather have a nice mechanical movement watch that may be off a few secs a day but I wouldn't sweat it.

[T-Rip]

I don't see the issue..

Wear it in good health!!!

[falcon4311]

The issue that when I give the watch a few minutes of light shaking to get the main spring wound, the second hand advances about 3 seconds each time I do it. None of my other watches do that.

[kilyung]

Wouldn't that be normal if your asking it for 3 seconds? Unless your're shaking along with your watch o observe elapsed time...

[falcon4311]

Actually, the watch will be sitting at zero and it will advance 2 to 3 seconds each time I do it. It will do it a little more if the main spring isn't wound to it's maximum.