Reply With QuoteOnce a watch has been regulated, can its journey through our postal service affect it?
Perhaps it then takes a few days to settle down?
Thanks for a good reply Paul.Originally Posted by walkerwek1958
I checked the accuracy yesterday and the loss had reduced to 6 seconds. Today, 24 hours later, the loss was 4 seconds. So the loss is reducing and is scraping within COSC. I intend to check it over a 7 day period now and see what happens. If it's still out I will get it looked at, though I am not sure where my nearest AD with an on-site repairer might be (I am East Mids).
I spoke to the supplying dealer and he said that sometimes watches do need to settle in after a service. I defer to his greater knowledge but I assumed that a newly serviced watch would perform like a new one, and the new chronometers I have owned have been accurate out the box.
Once a watch has been regulated, can its journey through our postal service affect it?
Perhaps it then takes a few days to settle down?
Goldsmiths Leicester or Johnson's Nuneaton both have on site Rolex trained repairers .
Paul why doesn't it matter how it's timed!!! Surely this is the only question whilst timing a watch???? There are several factors that can make a difference that could explain loss of time one being what it is timed with or against.
But as Paul says a timing machine is the way to go.
I'm in Nottingham, so if work is required it will be a toss-up between Leicester or posting back to the supplier who is in London and who will, I suspect, take it straight back down to St James.
However, it remains to be seen whether it will need attention. The first two days were -12, then there were two days at -6, one at -4 and I would estimate it will be a similar loss at midday today. Where will it settle, if at all? If it remains at -4, however much it might irritate me, I cannot very well ask for it to be rectified, can I?
What I DON'T understand is how, having been newly serviced, it could lose 12 seconds a day when fully wound. The watch will have been tested, so presumably could not have been that way when on test, which was only about a week ago.
If it was serviced by Rolex, it will be under warranty. Of course you can ask it to be rectified.
If it remains at -4 it would be a chronometer which is operating within chronometer tolerances, I am not sure whether they may view it as performing correctly.
It wasn't when you first posted FFS.
How about you delete the thread and let us know when you've finished deciding.
With the watch allegedly 'out' by 12 secs/day, this margin is far greater than the expected positional variations and trying it in different positions shouldn`t make a difference of this magnitude. That's the point I was trying to make.
If the watch is now running at around +4 secs/day, that's within acceptability although it isn`t great.
After service, I`ve know watches take a couple of days to settle, but I`ve not come across anything that's taken longer. Can`t explain why this should've improved.
Hopefully, this'll prove to be OK with perhaps a minor regulation needed.
Paul
No it wasn't but the situation has changed, whether permanently remains to be seen.
I am not going to delete the thread because it has thrown up one or two helpful comments.
"Acceptable but not great" is about where it's at I think. Anyway let's see what the coming week brings.
I've just clicked, it's GOLDSTONE
Prepare for Prada Loafers hitting Sales Corner.
Whilst auto watches can be hand wound I've always found the most reliable timings are by movement ie. wearing the thing for a few days, that's why you can buy watch winding machines that continually move to keep the watch powered up, rather than getting them out of the safe and winding them by hand every other day.
Have to say, have you thought about quartz?
This. I've had watches that needed to be worn for a few days so that they're run fully wound for a period before they settle down and reveal their accuracy.
Yes you can. See my earlier post - I did exactly that in very similar circumstances, and with a 16710 to boot!
Just re-read that. I am hopeful that it would not take so long if I send it back to the dealer. He seems to be on good terms with Rolex.
OP
Have you tried changing the battery?
*****UPDATE*****
OP is unsure whether it is now -4 secs or -3.7 secs/day, we are now going over LIVE to the scene, .......
I think Mike summed this thread up very early on, what a odd thread! The watch is obviously settling down after a service, I thought this was generally accepted behaviour, it's how it performs on the wrist that matters, to the op, what will you do if it stays within specs in the box but on your 'special day' of the great wearing drifts? The only useful comments in this thread ( to you ) are the ones that you want to hear....
Cheers..
Jase
Not at all, I am hanging upon your every word.
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