question about presidential (winding)

[A.D. Merrill]

I received my first rolex a week or so ago. I wound it up (not realizing i don't need to wind it) the first night. I set the date, etc. I have worn it each day and have not wound it at all (date snaps nicely at midnight, time is perfect). My question is this......

I took my watch off last night around 10pm. I just put it back on now, which is around 12:50pm on Sat the 15th (checked the time, which was fine) but the date said '14' (should be the 15th). Not a big deal to move it ahead to the 15th, but I'm curious what happened. Why it didn't advance it. This is the first time in a week this has happened. Is this common? Is it indicative of a problem. I guess I'll see again next month what happens from the 14 to 15th turn (but, didn't want to wait... lol)

Anyways, thanks in advance for any comments, suggestions, info.

Andy

[padi56]

You should always fully manual wind a stopped watch first 40 full crown turns clockwise.And will do no harm to give it a wind once or twice a week especially if not worn for 8 hours plus a day and reasonable active.Regarding the date expect you set it wrong have a look at below link for winding and date setting.

http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=8478

[A.D. Merrill]

I'll do that :) (winding once or twice a week). I don't think I set the date wrong (as it was correct for the past 7 days in a row. Had the correct day and date. Today was the first time the date didn't change (was still on 14, but it's in the afternoon of the 15th... It should have advanced to 15, not stayed on 14). Also, the watch was not stopped (it's been running all week). Thanks for the link :)

[Tools]

You're right, it you did everything correctly, it should have advanced..

Sometimes the very tiny gears and pins that the spring slaps to change the date get broken or damaged. It may only affect one day, so keep an eye on the 14/15 and check to see if it happens again..

[4vCoupe]

Originally Posted by Tools

You're right, it you did everything correctly, it should have advanced..

Sometimes the very tiny gears and pins that the spring slaps to change the date get broken or damaged. It may only affect one day, so keep an eye on the 14/15 and check to see if it happens again..

It might be a good idea to setup this test vs waiting an entire month to verify.

[77T]

Sorry to hear, I would set up the test by advancing the date to the 14th and then manually advance the the time to 11PM. You'll know within an hour.

BTW, DON'T do any date changing after 10 PM-ish or before 2 AM on the watch.