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Hi all, I have a Q if I may.
How good is the time keeping on these watches?
I have bought an 18m old Speedmaster Racing from a well known re-seller. It is is great condition to my untrained eyes and I do love it. But, there is a but.
I find it is gaining a few seconds over a weekend, which seems wrong to me. This weekend for example having worn it all week and I took it off on Sat night and put it back on 30 hours later on Monday and it is 3 seconds faster.
Am I being unrealistic or should this not happen?
3 seconds is not a lot, but its bugging me!
Any ideas?
How good is the time keeping on these watches?
I have bought an 18m old Speedmaster Racing from a well known re-seller. It is is great condition to my untrained eyes and I do love it. But, there is a but.
I find it is gaining a few seconds over a weekend, which seems wrong to me. This weekend for example having worn it all week and I took it off on Sat night and put it back on 30 hours later on Monday and it is 3 seconds faster.
Am I being unrealistic or should this not happen?
3 seconds is not a lot, but its bugging me!
Any ideas?
Don't expect an automatic watch to be accurate. My Omega loses at least a minute a week if I wear it constantly. Because I rotate my watches I correct them each time I put them on anyway so I don't notice it. It used to bug me but not anymore. If I am worried about accuracy I wear my £100 quartz watch which I quite like. It's a Bering.
ChasW said:
Don't expect an automatic watch to be accurate. My Omega loses at least a minute a week if I wear it constantly. Because I rotate my watches I correct them each time I put them on anyway so I don't notice it. It used to bug me but not anymore. If I am worried about accuracy I wear my £100 quartz watch which I quite like. It's a Bering.
I bought a Quartz Seamaster 226450 for that very reason, an accurate Auto is either expensive or a Seiko, I wanted the looks, feel and quality with accuracySo over 7 days it gained a mere 0.43 seconds a day, that's really good as COSC standards for all Swiss Chronometer watches is -4 / +6 seconds a day.
If you want better than that, buy a quartz watch.
Also automatic and accurate does NOT mean expensive or Seiko, there's plenty out there, none of which will match a quatrz
If you want better than that, buy a quartz watch.
Also automatic and accurate does NOT mean expensive or Seiko, there's plenty out there, none of which will match a quatrz
marcosgt said:
3 seconds over 2 days is bloody good.
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OP - what's the watch running like during the week when it's being worn? A mechanical watch will run at different rates dependent on the physical position that it's in, for example when it's being worn and constantly moving around it will run faster or slower compared to it being left face up for a day or two. This coming weekend leave the watch in a different position to last weekend, say on its side instead of dial up, and see what happens.
bobbybee said:
So over 7 days it gained a mere 0.43 seconds a day, that's really good as COSC standards for all Swiss Chronometer watches is -4 / +6 seconds a day.
If you want better than that, buy a quartz watch.
Also automatic and accurate does NOT mean expensive or Seiko, there's plenty out there, none of which will match a quatrz
No I wasn't clear, I reset the time yesterday to test it and today it has gained 3 seconds. Thanks for responding though.If you want better than that, buy a quartz watch.
Also automatic and accurate does NOT mean expensive or Seiko, there's plenty out there, none of which will match a quatrz
Gusto said:
No I wasn't clear, I reset the time yesterday to test it and today it has gained 3 seconds. Thanks for responding though.
So 3 seconds in a day?Still well with in COSC. And no one really needs a spot on level of accuracy in 'normal' life, as long as mine are within 30 secs a day it's fine by me
2013BRM said:
ChasW said:
Don't expect an automatic watch to be accurate. My Omega loses at least a minute a week if I wear it constantly. Because I rotate my watches I correct them each time I put them on anyway so I don't notice it. It used to bug me but not anymore. If I am worried about accuracy I wear my £100 quartz watch which I quite like. It's a Bering.
I bought a Quartz Seamaster 226450 for that very reason, an accurate Auto is either expensive or a Seiko, I wanted the looks, feel and quality with accuracyGassing Station | Watches | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff