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Old 21 July 2019, 11:07 PM   #1
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Service Interval

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This question was asked to me by my son who owns a Rolex Explorer 1 that was made around 2006 he believes, anyway the watch was purchased used from an online reseller in 2015 and it runs ok but gains 6-7 SPD and I assume a watch this old does not fall under the new standard of -2/+2 set by Rolex so it’s not that far OOS on the -4/+6 SPD of the COSC spec so with that said should he have it serviced, he requested a quote from Rolliworks and the price does not seem to be bad but he or we are not sure if it would be money well spent
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Old 22 July 2019, 12:43 AM   #2
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My routine is to have my watches (1984 TT DJ and 1979 YG DD) serviced every 5-6 years by RSC NY. If something needs to be done in the interim, I’ll have it serviced, and that resets the 5-6 interval for that watch. Both of these are regularly worn, mass produced watches, that will never have a premium for being a collectible. So, that frequency and RSC NY both meets my needs.
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Old 22 July 2019, 02:14 AM   #3
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I have my fathers 5513 bought in 74 it’s never had a service and is keeping good time
The only thing he had done was have Rolex fit a new bezel and insert as the old one was faded!!!
And I have changed the crown as the old one would screw down
I have the receipt they charged him £68 I think I. 2002
If only he had known
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Old 22 July 2019, 03:29 AM   #4
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Why immediately run to the "full service" option because a watch is a couple of seconds off?

A simple regulation is cheap and quick - save the cost of a service for when it is needed.
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Old 22 July 2019, 06:16 AM   #5
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I have my fathers 5513 bought in 74 it’s never had a service and is keeping good time
The only thing he had done was have Rolex fit a new bezel and insert as the old one was faded!!!
And I have changed the crown as the old one would screw down
I have the receipt they charged him £68 I think I. 2002
If only he had known
That’s sounds like a solid running watch

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Why immediately run to the "full service" option because a watch is a couple of seconds off?

A simple regulation is cheap and quick - save the cost of a service for when it is needed.
Thanks for the info, I was not sure what he should do so that’s why I asked and if a simple regulation will fix it then that’s what I will tell him to do and I’m sure it’s got to be a lot less as far as cost, it’s off the same amount of time all the time so hopefully it’s an easy fix
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Old 22 July 2019, 09:13 AM   #6
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Per your narrative it is running 1 sec/day out of COSC, right?

Don’t let anyone open that watch and potentially booger it up.




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Old 22 July 2019, 09:10 PM   #7
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Per your narrative it is running 1 sec/day out of COSC, right?

Don’t let anyone open that watch and potentially booger it up.




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Yes sir it gains 6-7 SPD according to him but I am not sure how he’s checking that, I know he uses Watchville as well as I do but I just use it as a reference since I have gotten some strange reading, an example would be I used it this past weekend and it said my DJII was at +1.9 SPD but I had been wearing it all week at least 12 hrs a day and at the end of the 7 days it was 23 secs fast so that’s 3.14 SPD
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Old 22 July 2019, 09:32 PM   #8
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If the watch is that close on the time keeping I would find a watch shop that can put the watch on the graph and give you the information about the movement. I would also have them pressure test the watch. Poor results or failing results would prompt me to send the watch in for a complete service. I would use the RSC and pay slightly more but the watch will return as new and running within specs. If the watch passes all the tests a regulation might be in order but for 1 second I would not mess with it. Just my thoughts. Let us know what you decide.
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