Issue with an explorer - is this common?

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by Jonex

Issue with an explorer - is this common?

I bought an explorer just over a year ago and after a few months it became apparent it was gaining about a minute a month.

Yes

[DJJon]

Originally Posted by Furbo

I was just checking some quartz Seikos, and under tehnical data it says: accuracy +-20sec/month.

I have a cheaper Quartz fashion watch that Know I did not wear the entire Standard Time period (6 months) and so when we went to Daylight Savings Time, I checked it's time keeping.

+1.5 minutes over 6 months.

Maybe I should take it in to be regulated?

[connorperson]

When I first got mine new it gaining 8 seconds a day

I started to lay it CROWN DOWN at night and all the sudden it stopped

now it loses about 1/3 second a day and I rest it face up

about 7 or 8 seconds slow a month

***try resting it crown down if it's that big of an issue to you

[subtona]

i lost 60 seconds reading this thread.

[mrbill2mrbill2]

Wow!!

[kilyung]

Look at the Seiko Astron. It sounds better suited to your needs.

[Cru Jones]

[Hairdude1]

Originally Posted by padi56

Let me get this straight you sent a watch to be regulated because it was then only showing 99.998% accuracy.And now after regulation its worse then sorry why the hell did you have it regulated for after all it was showing remarkable accuracy you should be singing its praises. Gravity affects mechanical watches the most that's why they are tested in 5 different positions.And in those different positions there will be slight deviations in the timekeeping.Just remember this the escapement of a mechanical watch in 24 hours pushes the gears 432,000 times. Since a day has 86,400 seconds, even a watch that runs five minutes fast or slow each day has an accuracy of over 99.6 percent! A finer mechanical watch that gains or loses about six to nine seconds a day or about a minute a week has a breathtaking precision of over 99.99 per cent and your watch was 99.998%. This is very high precision, given the fact that the movement is constantly affected by the earth's gravity, metal expansion and contraction, temperature variations, subtle changes in lubrication and friction, shocks, and so on.The fact is that no mechanical watch made will keep perfect time, very close yes but perfect no.The COSC spec is a average of -4 to +6 over 24 hours..So most Rolex are 99.994% accurate what more could anyone ask from a mechanical watch.Today no purely mechanical watch at any price or brand will keep 100% perfect time close yes but perfect no.

Well said

[Chris B]

Just relax & enjoy your watch

[Art 1]

You may want to consider a Breitling with Suprerquartz.

[Speed Freak]

Originally Posted by subtona

i lost 60 seconds reading this thread.

Post of the Week!!!

[skprd13]

Hey vettebandit you took the words right out of my head! WOW!!! Unbelievable.

[skprd13]

Aloha Padi56, excellent rebuttal. I also concur perhaps a mechanical watch might not be for you. The fact these are beautiful time pieces driven by a spring Mother Nature has its way of foiling the best intentions. A quartz watch or a simple Casio will perhaps keep time to the highly accurate time standards you seek.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Kauai where there is plenty of green for all to enjoy. And with one more additional when my new "Green Submariner" arrives tomorrow! Sweet!
Tom

[CKL1213]

a minute a month is very good

[Andad]

The OP expected perfect accuracy at the Rolex pricepoint.
Not a surprising expectation IMO.
He now knows that his watch is running as it should so we can all lighten up as I think he has got your messages.

[jackruff]

I have a Seiko Solar/quartz that lost 6 seconds in a month and I thought it was amazing... and for what you get under 200 bucks it is!!!! .... I timed one of my modern Rolexes once and it was within 2 seconds a month which I thought was impossible for a mechanical watch?? Sometimes I look at a $200 dollar watch and an $8000 dollar watch and it's hard to tell the difference!!!!!! All in all I love them all equally for their differences…..

[padi56]

Originally Posted by directioneng

The OP expected perfect accuracy at the Rolex pricepoint.
Not a surprising expectation IMO.
He now knows that his watch is running as it should so we can all lighten up as I think he has got your messages.

Either that or perhaps one of those types that live under bridges as he has not replied.And anyone with the slightest knowledge about mechanical watches performance should Know they will not keep 100% perfect time,and before spending quite a bit of cash surely a sensible person would research the product before its bought.

Originally Posted by jackruff

I have a Seiko Solar/quartz that lost 6 seconds in a month and I thought it was amazing... and for what you get under 200 bucks it is!!!! .... I timed one of my modern Rolexes once and it was within 2 seconds a month which I thought was impossible for a mechanical watch?? Sometimes I look at a $200 dollar watch and an $8000 dollar watch and it's hard to tell the difference!!!!!! All in all I love them all equally for their differences…..

The average quartz watch today around -+5 to 15 seconds a month some even back in the 1970s/90s like the Seiko Grand and Astron range were capable -/+ 2 seconds a year.