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ssmith96 · 1 January 2018, 09:39 AM

Something odd happened tonight.

I was getting dressed for the evening and I when I looked at my watch at around 6:18 it was still at 6, almost like my minute hand stopped but the second hand was still running.

When I looked at the watch it was at 6 and it clearly wasn’t stuck, it advanced to 6:01 as I watched it.

I’ve been wearing it all day so I don’t see how it wouldn’t have been wound, but that’s the only answer, right? That the reserve ran out?

It’s a 1999 sea dweller that I got back last week from a service when it was corrected from running almost +15s a day down to +3 a day. It’s been running good and keeping great time since.

Anyone have any thoughts? Should I just not worry about it?

morimotom · 1 January 2018, 09:58 AM

Might have been the reserve or another anomaly.

If it happens again take it back.

Spoonage · 1 January 2018, 10:10 AM

Could just be the power reserve. When was the last time you gave it a full wind? Even if you’re wearing it, if you are not that active your movement may not be winding it as much as you think while it’s on the wrist.

ssmith96 · 1 January 2018, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoonage

Could just be the power reserve. When was the last time you gave it a full wind? Even if you’re wearing it, if you are not that active your movement may not be winding it as much as you think while it’s on the wrist.

Haven’t manually wound it in days, I wear it every day and had been wearing it all day today so I usually don’t need to wind it.

Spoonage · 1 January 2018, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmith96

Haven’t manually wound it in days, I wear it every day and had been wearing it all day today so I usually don’t need to wind it.

Are you fairly active when you wear it? Could have still be do to the mainspring winding down.

Dirt · 1 January 2018, 05:29 PM

So it would seem you are active enough to maintain a reasonable power reserve?

My suggestion.
If the problem happens repeatably then send it back in for service warranty.
Just keep in mind that an intermittent fault is difficult to diagnose if it can't be replicated.
This could be problematic.

ssmith96 · 1 January 2018, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoonage

Are you fairly active when you wear it? Could have still be do to the mainspring winding down.

I mean, other than normal walking around and stuff, I wouldn't say incredibly active lol.

colpol · 1 January 2018, 08:54 PM

Who did service ? An independent or a RSC ??

I had an omega smp that came back from a service a few years ago & then it started stopping while I was wearing it. Sent it back/ they said no issues / returned. Then happened again. Good thing about the omega service warranty meant that I took to my local omega boutique & they sorted under the omega service warranty

tamiya · 1 January 2018, 09:26 PM

Might be an idea to properly test the reserve... wind it fully via crown then let it sit stationary till it stops, take note of how long it lasts.

gbpritf · 1 January 2018, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tamiya

Might be an idea to properly test the reserve... wind it fully via crown then let it sit stationary till it stops, take note of how long it lasts.

Agree with this OP. Perhaps your PR was running out? All my watches slow considerably when near stopping.

ssmith96 · 3 January 2018, 12:20 PM

Happened again.

Just noticed it was over 5 hours off, took it off my wrist and shook it and it ran for a few seconds.

I gave it a nice full wind. Doesn’t make sense to me, I wear it everyday, including all day today.

LuminousMaximus · 3 January 2018, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmith96

Happened again.

Just noticed it was over 5 hours off, took it off my wrist and shook it and it ran for a few seconds.

I gave it a nice full wind. Doesn’t make sense to me, I wear it everyday, including all day today.

If you were related to "the Mr Smith", Then I would just think they changed something in the matrix...

But you said 5 hours, so it's off to RSC...

crazycarlitos · 3 January 2018, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmith96

Happened again.

Just noticed it was over 5 hours off, took it off my wrist and shook it and it ran for a few seconds.

I gave it a nice full wind. Doesn’t make sense to me, I wear it everyday, including all day today.

Have u tried what Tamiya suggested ?

It would help pin point the issue, which seems related to ur power reserve.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamiya

Might be an idea to properly test the reserve... wind it fully via crown then let it sit stationary till it stops, take note of how long it lasts.

HogwldFLTR · 3 January 2018, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmith96

Happened again.

Just noticed it was over 5 hours off, took it off my wrist and shook it and it ran for a few seconds.

I gave it a nice full wind. Doesn’t make sense to me, I wear it everyday, including all day today.

That happened with my wife's Tudor Lady Sub; finally it stopped all together. Shipped it to Rolex and they charged an arm and a leg to get it repaired including a requisite dial, crystal and hands change. It came back and two weeks later did the same thing. I returned it to them and they said it was dropped and they'd repair it this time but not again. My take is they didn't repair it correctly the first time. I'm none to thrilled with their workmanship on the repair side of the house.

ssmith96 · 3 January 2018, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycarlitos

Have u tried what Tamiya suggested ?

It would help pin point the issue, which seems related to ur power reserve.

I'll give this a try, but I kind of wanted to just drop it off at the place I bought it from and see what they can do. It has a one year warranty from them.

ssmith96 · 3 January 2018, 03:34 PM

I'm beginning to also wonder if I really don't get enough wrist movement in, I am at a desk most of the day and only walk around a little bit.

desertyank · 3 January 2018, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmith96

I'm beginning to also wonder if I really don't get enough wrist movement in, I am at a desk most of the day and only walk around a little bit.

Might be the problem then. Give the thing 50 or so full winds manually (can't overwind it) and set it someplace to see how long it runs.....

Tools · 3 January 2018, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ssmith96

I'm beginning to also wonder if I really don't get enough wrist movement in, I am at a desk most of the day and only walk around a little bit.

It's not how long you wear it, it's how active you are when wearing it.

If you are in an office and doing keyboard work all day, or a book reader and read much of the day, your watch will stop on your wrist.

Wind it up (that's 40 turns of the crown) once a week and you should be fine.

ssmith96 · 4 January 2018, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Tools

It's not how long you wear it, it's how active you are when wearing it.

If you are in an office and doing keyboard work all day, or a book reader and read much of the day, your watch will stop on your wrist.

Wind it up (that's 40 turns of the crown) once a week and you should be fine.

Yeah, I'm pretty much at my desk for a good portion of the day.

I'll test out the reserve and if it keeps itself running then I'll just deal with it.

Clay · 4 January 2018, 08:18 AM

Ghosts.

bp1000 · 4 January 2018, 09:53 AM

The DJ I bought for my dad did this occasionally.

In his old age he wasn’t very active and the watch would need winding.

ssmith96 · 5 January 2018, 03:08 PM

Latest update, full wind 2 days ago it just stopped a few hours ago.

Idk if it’s not self winding well or what’s going on. If I swirl it a bit it only runs for a few seconds.

I’ll be dropping it off tomorrow at the place I bought it from, they have given me a one year warranty on it so I’ll let them deal with it.

1 January 2018, 09:39 AM	#1
ssmith96 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: New York Posts: 67	Sea Dweller randomly stopped running... then was fine...? Something odd happened tonight. I was getting dressed for the evening and I when I looked at my watch at around 6:18 it was still at 6, almost like my minute hand stopped but the second hand was still running. When I looked at the watch it was at 6 and it clearly wasn’t stuck, it advanced to 6:01 as I watched it. I’ve been wearing it all day so I don’t see how it wouldn’t have been wound, but that’s the only answer, right? That the reserve ran out? It’s a 1999 sea dweller that I got back last week from a service when it was corrected from running almost +15s a day down to +3 a day. It’s been running good and keeping great time since. Anyone have any thoughts? Should I just not worry about it?

1 January 2018, 09:58 AM	#2
morimotom "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Real Name: Mark Location: Los Angeles Watch: SD43 Posts: 312	Might have been the reserve or another anomaly. If it happens again take it back.

1 January 2018, 10:10 AM	#3
Spoonage 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: California Posts: 3,133	Could just be the power reserve. When was the last time you gave it a full wind? Even if you’re wearing it, if you are not that active your movement may not be winding it as much as you think while it’s on the wrist.

1 January 2018, 05:29 PM	#6
Dirt "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Brisbane Watch: DSSD Posts: 8,064	So it would seem you are active enough to maintain a reasonable power reserve? My suggestion. If the problem happens repeatably then send it back in for service warranty. Just keep in mind that an intermittent fault is difficult to diagnose if it can't be replicated. This could be problematic.

1 January 2018, 08:54 PM	#8
colpol "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 2,895	Who did service ? An independent or a RSC ?? I had an omega smp that came back from a service a few years ago & then it started stopping while I was wearing it. Sent it back/ they said no issues / returned. Then happened again. Good thing about the omega service warranty meant that I took to my local omega boutique & they sorted under the omega service warranty

1 January 2018, 09:26 PM	#9
tamiya "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Real Name: Willy Location: AU, SG, MY Posts: 1,248	Might be an idea to properly test the reserve... wind it fully via crown then let it sit stationary till it stops, take note of how long it lasts.

3 January 2018, 12:20 PM	#11
ssmith96 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: New York Posts: 67	Happened again. Just noticed it was over 5 hours off, took it off my wrist and shook it and it ran for a few seconds. I gave it a nice full wind. Doesn’t make sense to me, I wear it everyday, including all day today.

3 January 2018, 03:34 PM	#16
ssmith96 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: New York Posts: 67	I'm beginning to also wonder if I really don't get enough wrist movement in, I am at a desk most of the day and only walk around a little bit.

4 January 2018, 08:18 AM	#20
Clay Banned Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Up a tree Posts: 4,001	Ghosts.

4 January 2018, 09:53 AM	#21
bp1000 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 4,975	The DJ I bought for my dad did this occasionally. In his old age he wasn’t very active and the watch would need winding.

5 January 2018, 03:08 PM	#22
ssmith96 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: New York Posts: 67	Latest update, full wind 2 days ago it just stopped a few hours ago. Idk if it’s not self winding well or what’s going on. If I swirl it a bit it only runs for a few seconds. I’ll be dropping it off tomorrow at the place I bought it from, they have given me a one year warranty on it so I’ll let them deal with it.

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