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18 February 2012, 05:26 PM | #61 |
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I usually leave mine crown up at night to scrub off a second or two. I like to think its intimidated back into shape by the night stand UZI but it could be by chance......Or physics. We may never know!
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18 February 2012, 11:01 PM | #62 | |
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19 February 2012, 10:12 AM | #63 |
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Mine is always on my wrist, and my wife often complains that the awesome, bright, blue lume is 'shining in her face.' Ha! She doesn't appreciate the sweet lume as much as I do!
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30 June 2018, 08:49 PM | #64 | |
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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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30 June 2018, 09:07 PM | #65 | |
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does anyone have an opinion if it will begin running differently after it runs for awhile, it is only 4 days old. my Omega Seamaster professional went from + to - sev seconds per day after a few months. |
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2 July 2018, 08:21 PM | #66 |
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Update on my explorer 1 MK2 after having for 5 days:
she is only +2 secs. she was gaining about 1 sec per day (maybe only 3/4 sec, hard to tell sometimes) and i began placing her crown UP at night. she is either staying the same OR losing time in this position, maybe 1/2 to 3/4 sec in 7 hours. so, she is amazingly accurate after 5 days bec she should be +10-/-10 secs per the superlative chronometer standards and is +2. it seems many people sell this watch after owning for awhile. maybe it becomes boring? she is very simple, no date or anything. i like her simplicity. after 5 days, no one has ID'd her as a rolex or asked me anything. she flies under the radar. i sort of like that. |
2 July 2018, 09:02 PM | #67 |
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Never cared about the accuracy of my watches, never will, I just wear them.
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2 July 2018, 09:11 PM | #68 |
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Best answer is to get the watch put on a timing machine, and record all the positions. You can then choose depending on how it has run during the day.(if you have no machine, but a lot of patience, you can of course, do it the long way round.....)
my Explorer I runs at:- DU 0 6H +3 9H -3 12H -3 (not a COSC position) 3H -1 DD 0 In real life when worn, it tends to be within 0 and +1 per day depending on what I'm doing. I don't think the old Rolex recommendation about positions applies to modern free sprung movements. |
16 July 2018, 11:13 AM | #69 |
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Crown down keeps it from running fast overnight.
It works.
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16 July 2018, 11:31 AM | #70 |
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what position do you leave it in to speed it up?
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16 July 2018, 11:34 AM | #71 |
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16 July 2018, 11:37 AM | #72 |
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16 July 2018, 11:40 AM | #73 |
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18 July 2018, 06:59 AM | #74 |
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So far I found facing down to be the most productive and likely to keep more accurate time on my 3135 movement.
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