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21 October 2010, 02:28 AM | #1 |
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What position do you leave your Rolex at night
According to the instructions on what position you leave your Rolex, it gives you different positions for whether you want your Rolex to gain or lose seconds. But what position do you leave it if you neither want to gain or lose seconds.
Also, I just bought an 07 Submariner. I few days ago I set the time to the atomic clock and 24 hours later checked the time and my watch was 30 seconds faster. I then let it rest overnight with the crown facing up and it was 30 seconds slower in the morning. I reset the time and 3 hours later the watch is only 2 seconds faster. My question is does the accuracy of a Rolex fluctuate over time or should it remain consistent? I am assuming my watch is still performing within its parameters right? |
21 October 2010, 02:56 AM | #2 |
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I have read that lying on its back (missionary position?) has the least effect on accuracy so that's how I leave mine at night.
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mine is either on the wrist, 6 days per week, or in a winder
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I leave mine laying flat next to me on my bedside table.
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21 October 2010, 03:22 AM | #7 |
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Dial facing straight up to the sky, mostly. Sometimes on its side with crown up. Never gauged the accuracy either way.
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21 October 2010, 03:48 AM | #8 |
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Supine.......covered with warm blanket.
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21 October 2010, 06:24 AM | #9 |
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................and since it's a Rolex, I hope the blanket is cashmere
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So what I suggest to try various positions to monitor which is suitable to your requirement.
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my NEW Rolex Explorer 1 MK2 (bought 4 days ago now) gains 1 sec per day. It always seemed like most of the 1 sec gain came at night when the watch was laying flat, face up. so, the 3rd night (last night) i placed it crown down on a cloth and it is now the same 2 sec fast (from 2 days) as when I went to bed (thus gained or lst 0 secs in that 24 hour period of the 3rd day). this position at night will make my 1 sec per day Rolex even more accurate, amazing. i have not experimented with other positions like crown up, but I will do so after a few nights once i establish for certain that crown down keeps it the same (for my watch), no gain or loss. +1 sec per day was amazing to begin with. if i can lessen that even more, so much more the better. Scott, 1st time rolex owner |
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12 November 2010, 04:27 AM | #13 |
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Thanks for the link post above...
I rest my daily wearer flat so that it gains .5/sec day. I have it flat on a Rolex stand like one of these... -but with the cuff bent such that the watch lies flat. -Sheldon
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I don't care about +.001 -.002 second deviations. If the watch ever comes off my wrist, I leave it dial up.
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12 November 2010, 05:17 AM | #15 |
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I pretty much agree.
Dial up is less likely to get knocked over or bumped. |
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12 November 2010, 05:36 AM | #17 |
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I had my watch tested and was given a report of the timing in 5 different positions. Now I leave it dial up which will gain +4 seconds. It is spot on right now.
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29 November 2010, 03:59 PM | #18 |
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It's alway's up!
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You guys and your watches worrying over a few seconds makes this old guy smile.When it comes accuracy many factors will effect any mechanical watch.One of the main ones is gravity and how much power reserve the main spring has.Even if you wear a watch say 8 hours a day that don't always get a watch to its peak power reserve.Now a full manual wind say once or twice a week will often improve a few seconds in timekeeping.And you cannot do a proper accuracy test like the original poster.The correct way is fully manual wind watch 40 full crown turns clockwise.Then set time by any reliable time source a quartz watch will do.Then just wear as normal as long as its over 8 hours a day,check time daily with same setting source over 5 days then average out the loss or gain over those 5 days.If result is well over a AVERAGE of -4 to +6 seconds then the watch needs very simple regulation a 30 minute job in reality, but if sent to RSC, 3- 4 weeks average return.And will add when a watch is regulated on a machine to say +2 seconds beat difference while on wrist it could be different.
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You're right, a few seconds here and there are not really a big deal. That said, it's a good idea (IMHO) to check your watch against official time on occasion to make sure nothing weird is happening.
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X2!!! I would hate to be a few seconds late to a meeting--what would people think!! LOL
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3 December 2010, 06:12 AM | #22 |
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You wear a Rolex... they'll wait for you!
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"You wear a Rolex... they'll wait for you!"
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7 January 2011, 06:40 AM | #24 |
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Hey lortap; welcome to the Forum!
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what position?
no idea, Its on my wrist, tucked nicely warm in my...
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Crown up because mine gains time.
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24 January 2011, 03:50 AM | #29 |
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My 50 year-old Sub rests crown up because the instructions that came with it said to do that if it ran on the minus side. OTOH, when I look at my watch, and tell my friends, "Oh my gosh, I forgot the time...I gotta go right now." I can easily make up the deviation by getting on the road a little quicker, and bumping the cruise control up a tad.
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24 January 2011, 04:07 AM | #30 |
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Missionary - we're kind of conservative.
Seriously, though - a bunch of good information in the posts above. I sort of stopped obsessing over exact timing a while back. I check them every few months just to make sure nothing extreme is happening. Caught a problem with my JLC last year because the timing results changed noticably. Sent it in and it got a full service and crown replacement 1 month before the warranty was set to expire, so it's worth your time to know how they run. However, a few extra seconds one way or the other just doesn't stress me out anymore. |
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