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Old 20 July 2012, 10:17 PM   #14
The GMT Master
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Originally Posted by padi56 View Post
First you cannot test any watch for accuracy the way you are doing it and you cannot guess that the watch is going to be 25 seconds slow.Now to test any watch correctly first fully wind around 40 full crown turns clockwise.Then set the time with a reliable time source for this test if you have a quartz watch that will do.Now sync both watches then wear your watch as normal but for 8 hours plus a day.Check time daily with same setting source over 5 days then average out the loose or gain for a more accurate result.And your watch is not magnetised as these symptoms are the watch will speed by many seconds or longer and run very very erratic or stop completely and refuse to re-start.Now after the 5 day test if watch is still way off the COSC spec a AVERAGE of between -4 to plus 6 seconds over any 24 hour period have it regulated a very simple prosses.
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