Reply With QuoteGenuine question - does it not have a quick date-set?
I decided to wear my Rolex 16710 today for the next 6 weeks or so and I became irritated when I noticed that the date was showing number 3.
As today is the 1st and should show number 1, I had to waste 5 minutes of my life winding the watch through number 31 until I came back to number 1. Basically I had to wind the watch through 29 days which was boring.
So the big question is - is it safe or sensible to wind the watch backwards from 3 directly back to 1.
I did it the long way so as not to bugger the watch up.
Genuine question - does it not have a quick date-set?
Good tip, trade it for a 14060, the date is always right..
Even better tip, never trade or sell any Rolex, you will always regret it.Originally Posted by murkeywaters
https://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...arch&kpvalbx=1
Confident words there, but saying that I have never seen anyone here say “glad I got out of Rolex when I did” they’re just good solid watches as in quality and residuals..
'... in position one give the crown 20 turns to wind the watch, something you'll need to do when you set the time or at least once a month for maintenance.'
Say what?
Although the manual says go forwards you can go backwards on a GMT no problem.
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Who knew owning a fine Rolex watch could be so taxing.
1st world problems eh.
So what IS the answer? I also have a non-quickset date watch (non-GMT) and feel doing this strains the winding mechanism to wind through 30 odd days to set the date - plus it knackered my fingers.
Martyn.
Don't know about Rolex, but on all my non-quickset watches all I have to do is set the hands to 2 am then back past 10 pm then 2 am then back past 10 pm etc until I get to the date I want. Never had to go through all 24 hours sequentially to set the date.
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
Being a lazy so and so I would have waited two more days...
This.
Also, in position one only the hour hand moves so moving forward a day or two takes just a few seconds. I’ve just corrected the date on my GMT and it took less than thirty seconds.
Ok it seems like winding backwards is fine, so collectively you have answered my question and released a few more minutes for me to spend my declining years more productively.
Many thanks.
I just tried that on my vintage air-king-date. The date just goes back a day moving before 10pm after 2am. It is a slow change date too. Any ideas as it’s on 8 and just a pain to get to 2!
Always do it this way on mine. Never had any problems going backwards.
Just wind the hands back 6 days?
The 10 and 2 trick is a 'feature' of the Ruskies with 3133 and 2416 movement but I'd never thought it would work on other movements.
I think there are some other watches with the ‘half-quickset’ feature... don’t know which ones though.
I think Nomos do on a few watches.
Sorry Martyn, I have no experience with Rolex, but it works with all of my other watches without quickset dates. Maybe Rolex do it differently?
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
Ended up doing that. The hacked second hand was ‘pushed back’ by about 5s with reverse tension when winding backwards, winding forwards it’s rock solid - so just wondering if this could cause damage ?
Sorry OP for hijacking the thread but it is effectively the same question - albeit a different watch.
Its a 5700N as far as I can tell
Last edited by MartynJC (UK); 2nd March 2019 at 14:34.
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