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Old 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?
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Old 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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Old 21 October 2010, 02:58 AM   #3
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mine is either on the wrist, 6 days per week, or in a winder
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Old 21 October 2010, 03:11 AM   #4
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I leave mine laying flat next to me on my bedside table.
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Old 21 October 2010, 03:22 AM   #5
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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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Old 21 October 2010, 03:41 AM   #6
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on the wrist ... or in a winder

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Old 21 October 2010, 03:48 AM   #7
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Old 21 October 2010, 07:31 AM   #9
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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?
There is advice from Rolex somewhere on this forum that has suggestive positions. But my GMT IIc reacts different to the suggestive positions. When I have crown up or down it loses whenthese positions should gain. When laid flat face up it does not loose or gain when it should lose time.

So what I suggest to try various positions to monitor which is suitable to your requirement.
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Old 21 October 2010, 09:06 AM   #10
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http://www.minus4plus6.com/regulation.htm

I have my sub sitting crown up when not on my wrist.
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Old 12 November 2010, 04:27 AM   #11
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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.


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Old 12 November 2010, 05:09 AM   #12
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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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Old 12 November 2010, 05:17 AM   #13
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I pretty much agree.

Dial up is less likely to get knocked over or bumped.
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Old 12 November 2010, 05:36 AM   #14
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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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Old 29 November 2010, 03:59 PM   #15
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Old 29 November 2010, 11:40 PM   #16
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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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Old 29 November 2010, 11:45 PM   #17
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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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Old 3 December 2010, 06:12 AM   #18
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Old 6 January 2011, 08:24 AM   #19
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"You wear a Rolex... they'll wait for you!"

Could be true in most places

I know 1st post but rmfnla made me LOL (really)
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Old 7 January 2011, 06:40 AM   #20
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Old 14 January 2011, 09:27 AM   #21
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what position?

no idea, Its on my wrist, tucked nicely warm in my...
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Old 14 January 2011, 09:30 AM   #22
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Crown up because mine gains time.
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Old 14 January 2011, 09:46 AM   #23
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Old 14 January 2011, 09:47 AM   #24
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Old 14 January 2011, 09:52 AM   #25
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I gave away a bunch last year in the pen forum for pens to rest on, but they are also good for watches. I think they are really made as bookmarks.

I got them locally from a store; they're handmade.
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Old 14 January 2011, 09:54 AM   #26
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I gave away a bunch last year in the pen forum for pens to rest on, but they are also good for watches. I think they are really made as bookmarks.
Thanks Chris, I'll check some of the bookstores around town for one.
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Old 19 January 2011, 01:04 PM   #27
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Well I just set mine weekly. I used to be a worry wart over "perfect time"
But after living with my watch for 35 years I just reset weekly....
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Old 23 January 2011, 05:54 PM   #28
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Old 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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Old 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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