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24 September 2019, 01:10 AM | #1 |
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AD says specs are -4 to +6 seconds, not +/- 2
My watch was gaining more than 2 seconds a day so I brought it in to an AD...after scolding me that my watch was fine and that technically Rolex’s specs are -4 to +6 seconds, I convinced the AD to check out my watch under warranty. It got sent to Rolex (I went to Torneau AD in SF) and after a week, they told me my watch needs a “quick” 4 week service. Does anyone know what “quick” means as opposed to full service? Thanks.
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24 September 2019, 01:15 AM | #2 |
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Your AD is a moron as everyone knows by now of Rolex’s “Superlative Chronometer” +2/-2 in-house standard for years now on all the new 32 series movements.
Rolex will simply regulate the movement. In reality this is a 15 minute job if you took it to a RSC in a major city. Always do a power reserve test to check the health of your mainspring of a new watch. It’s like a EKG of your watch’s health. If it is at factory spec (70 hours +or-), then you can eliminate any major internal issues. |
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No idea what a quick service is, however.
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I’m still failing to see what was wrong with +2 seconds a day?
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24 September 2019, 01:23 AM | #5 |
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Maybe they need to log onto Rolex.com
It’s all there in black and white. Sounds like a charlatan. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Here we go again..
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24 September 2019, 02:05 AM | #10 |
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Hell, I have a 90 year old Rail-Road certified pocket watch that keeps better time than -4 to +6 sec/day!
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I guess I must be in the minority.
I own 4 Rolex and my wife 3, and between us, numerous other brands of automatic watches. I have no clue as to if they run fast or slow and will never have a clue as won’t bother to check.
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Ad is wrong
Just because they sell watches doesn’t mean they are experts. When I bought my Seiko turtle, the lady offered me extended battery warranty or whatever I didn’t argue or tell her she’s wrong, I just said “no thank you” |
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x2 Mine fall within my 'superlatively bearable' and 'unbearable pita' specs.
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There are those that wear the "watch as jewelry" and those that wear the "watch as a timekeeper." The former don't even notice nor care if the watch is accurate. The latter want a device that can keep time at least roughly particularly if they paid a premium for said timekeeping device. In the middle there are those that wear a "watch as a fantastic piece of 19th century technology." They can fall in either of the first two camps but mostly the latter.
For me the ability to keep accurate time is absolutely necessary as I don't wear extraneous jewelry. So if it doesn't keep time accurately it won't go on my wrist. But I do understand that many people wear a watch as one of their pieces of jewelry and others wear a watch to announce to others their success in the world. |
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My 126710 was running -4 to -6 s/d... call me whatever you will. I dropped it off at the local RSC, and picked it up exactly one week later and they regulated it to +0.6 s/d.
It not unreasonable to seek a tune-up for one of the finest mechanical watches made today. |
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My 2018 exp1 and 2018 milgauss are gaining 5/6 seconds a day. Not an issue for me because i rotate every couple of days anyways. However if it was a daily it would mean i would have to set it 2/3 times a month which would bug me a bit i guess. My other -2 +2 pieces Daytona/DD/BLRO/SD43/BLNR/EXP2 are all within the advertised -2 +2 range.
Most accurate watch i own is a Breitling Montbrillant with the B01 movement. Constant +0.5/+1S a week. Least accurate is my RO 15400 from 2019, its gaining 10s a day. |
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I guess you could say all the 32 series movements were always marketed as +2/-2 where as the others just got it one day So if you have a 3186 movement with a red tag its not +2/-2 but if you have a 3186 movement with a green tag it is. which leads me to believe its far more marketing than anything. I suppose your red tag 3186 gets +2/-2 after a service though even if you bought it with a red tag and COSC spec
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This haha, have had my sub for about 5 months now and if I go by cell phone time it seems to loose time but if I go by where the min and sec hands were when I set the time it hasn’t moved any. I’ve also read post that depending what way you set/store your watch ie crown up or down you can gain or loose a second or two Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I wear mine cause I love the watch but I like it to keep accurate time too, but I personally don’t notice a few seconds when compared to cell phone time. It stays set where I set it and doesn’t seem to change so I’m good with that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Can't seem to find this +-2 in digital ink, anywhere. And fwiw, there's plenty of grey details to justify if it isn't in the +-2 ranges. |
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24 September 2019, 04:11 AM | #28 | |
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AD says specs are -4 to +6 seconds, not +/- 2
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https://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-e...n-house-tests/ I don’t know if it is grey details. If it passes the Rolex testing method, it is within spec. It doesn’t really matter what it does on your wrist. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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But its not on Rolexes website from what I can tell. From my perspective, it means that once it leaves the factory, its qualified per their red seal 'normal use' standard. What happens in transit, at the AD or Grey is where things change. |
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It is there. Click the ‘open detailed specifications’ towards the bottom of a watch description. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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