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19 October 2016, 09:12 AM | #1 |
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Brand new Rolex Deepsea D-Blue with faulty date change after midnight
Hello Rolex Forum, I recently purchased a brand new Rolex Deepsea D-Blue 116660 from a local Tourneau store and after about two weeks I noticed that the date window took over five minutes before the date changed. I was extremely surprised that this was happening considering that this was a $12k brand new watch. I returned it to Tourneau and there was a senior VP of the company there who examined the Rolex and said he's never seen this in his 25 years with the company. He offered to exchange the watch with a brand new one that would be directly ordered from Rolex and today I received the new Rolex and theres no problem with the date change. I was wondering if anyones ever had this problem with this model or any other new Rolex.
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19 October 2016, 10:38 AM | #2 |
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My ex DS was changing date 4mn after midnight Rolex (France) did not say anything was wrong...
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19 October 2016, 10:42 AM | #3 |
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My 5-yr old Sub changes one minute after midnight, meh not a problem.
However, there is a previous thread stating that the new DD40 with new movement had an issue with the day/date change.
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19 October 2016, 10:43 AM | #4 |
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Wait...am I understanding that you returned a new D-Blue because it didn't change the date exactly at midnight? Like 5 minutes past?
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19 October 2016, 10:44 AM | #5 |
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Normal.
Don't get a DD40. |
19 October 2016, 10:51 AM | #6 |
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My BLNR flips at about 2.5 minutes after midnight. It happens consistently at this time so I'm not too concerned. If it flipped at 2.5 minutes slow some days and 10 minutes fast others, I may be concerned. The hands were probably set a degree or two off but its no big deal.
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19 October 2016, 10:55 AM | #7 |
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Brand new Rolex Deepsea D-Blue with faulty date change after midnight
I'm sorry, but I don't see why this matters.
I've never even checked when my date models change. I can't think of why I would think to check that.
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19 October 2016, 11:00 AM | #8 | |
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I'm not sure I would worry about it myself. It's not like Rolex have ever made any performance guarantees in this regard, and in terms of functionality it's virtually a non-issue. All is well regardless as there's a replacement watch. If I recall correctly all my Rolex watches until recently have changed date within 10 or 15 seconds after midnight even after a service. Now I have a D-Blue and a Black DSSD(just serviced) I think they change somewhere between 12/5 and 23/4 minutes after midnight with the D-Blue being the worst example I've ever had. The black was originally changing at about 35 seconds past midnight when new. After a service they will both be different again. No problem though in the grand scheme of things. I would rather take the new accuracy standard over an absolutely precise date change over |
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19 October 2016, 11:02 AM | #9 |
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19 October 2016, 11:55 AM | #10 |
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Interesting. Other than manually advancing the hour hand past midnight I've never witnessed my DSSD operationally change in real time either! Old man that I am I'm not up at that hour. :). But I'd like to see for myself at some point.
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19 October 2016, 12:01 PM | #11 |
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19 October 2016, 12:32 PM | #12 |
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My D-Blue changes date at 2.5 min after midnight consistently.
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19 October 2016, 01:24 PM | #13 |
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I'm not sure it would bother me, especially if it were consistent.
Mine happens to change at 12, bang on. |
19 October 2016, 01:52 PM | #14 |
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Thanks everyone I didn't realize that the date change wasn't a big deal, I thought that Rolex's were precision pieces of work and this wouldn't be a problem, anyway the new DSSD hits the change directly on midnight.
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19 October 2016, 01:55 PM | #15 |
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I wouldn't worry about that
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19 October 2016, 05:19 PM | #16 |
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19 October 2016, 05:28 PM | #17 |
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It's normal, probably fixable during next service by repositioning the hands.
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19 October 2016, 06:01 PM | #19 |
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How about New Years Eve?
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19 October 2016, 07:06 PM | #20 |
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Mine changes exactly at midnight , at least I think so, I'm never up to see it
@ Mon , I'm only watching the seconds hand on New Year's Eve |
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As long as the timekeeping is constant then it will be deemed to be "precise". I suppose if one considers the date change a part of the precision equation, then it would require the change over point to be consistent. As another respondent has stated. Don't go and get yourself a new DD40 It would be an interesting exercise to ask Rolex what their acceptance level is regarding the changeover point for the date. |
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I couldn't tell you what time any of my watches change dates as I am sleeping. I do know one thing when I wake up in am they are showing correct date. So for me I could care less!
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19 October 2016, 07:49 PM | #23 |
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My D Blue changes at about 3 mins past, don't see it as a problem?
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20 October 2016, 01:10 AM | #24 |
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20 October 2016, 01:20 AM | #25 |
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Freaked me out when I noticed that my GMT master didn't change exactly at midnight.
It is just how Rolex works. |
20 October 2016, 01:39 AM | #26 |
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So...not that I pay ANY attention to mine...this is definitely not an issue with the watch...
...the watch doesn't know what time it is when the mechanism changes the date. The movement only 'knows' that when the hour wheel makes 24 revolutions, the spring mechanism that pushes the date wheel to the next cog develops enough tension to force that date wheel to the next position. If there's any 'sloppiness' in the hand positioning when setting the watch initially it can effect the amount of tension the spring has --- creating some fluctuation in when exactly the date would change. Again-- it's mechanical. No problem at all. Cheers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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20 October 2016, 01:47 AM | #28 |
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let's set an alarm for tonight at 5 minutes to midnight...
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20 October 2016, 01:53 AM | #29 |
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Good point Mon! However, staying up on that night is few and far between these days.. In fact, sad to say, last year we were at a friends and we all cut out before midnight! :) I hang with a really rowdy bunch... :) Where has my energy gone!
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20 October 2016, 02:11 AM | #30 |
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Well since a watch really only has one responsibility, I could see why you would want your $12k example to take that responsibility seriously. If the shop is willing to swap it out for you and you want a tighter tolerance, go for it!
My inclination is not care about that sort of thing, but then there is the part of me that thinks "well then what the hell are we doing here?" when it comes to the acceptable performance of a Rolex. |
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