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Old 16 April 2018, 04:08 AM   #1
jban5
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Setting non-QS models

I know that this has likely been addressed before but trying to search the keywords brings up so many threads that I figure it would be ok to ask again.

On the older date models before quick set came along, what method is the easiest on the movement? I always seem to have the urge to rotate when there is a 15 day difference.

I usually opt for the 24 hour cycling and if it is more than several days off I will do it leisurely just advancing a day or 2 and letting the watch sit for several minutes in between. I recall reading that running the hours by too quickly is hard on the watch, that may have just been someones opinion or it could have been a qualified fact, IDK.

The other method of advancing forward X number of hours and going in reverse past midnight always bothers me a bit. First it seems like there is never an exact amount of advancing/reversing that is necessary and second I hate seeing the abrupt backup of the second hand when you reverse the hands. In general I don't like to back-up but if it turns out that that is the best way to get there, that's the route I'd take.

Thanks for the opinions or observations.
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