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Old 13 September 2020, 12:16 PM   #1
Glebanon
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Rolex 1601 help

Hello,

I have a Rolex 1601. The watch was serviced in early 2019. I’ve worn the watch everyday for a year and kept a perfect time. I was losing 90s per month. I have decided not to wear it for about 6 months. The decided to wear the was again. However this time it is gaining 30s per day. I thought it was magnetized so I demagnetized it. It still gaining too much time. What could be the problem? It is too soon for it be serviced again. Please advise me on what to do next. Thanks
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Old 19 September 2020, 12:38 PM   #2
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Set watch with crown side up on its side overnight. I’ve heard that will slow down some time gain.
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Old 19 September 2020, 08:25 PM   #3
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Hello,

I have a Rolex 1601. The watch was serviced in early 2019. I’ve worn the watch everyday for a year and kept a perfect time. I was losing 90s per month. I have decided not to wear it for about 6 months. The decided to wear the was again. However this time it is gaining 30s per day. I thought it was magnetized so I demagnetized it. It still gaining too much time. What could be the problem? It is too soon for it be serviced again. Please advise me on what to do next. Thanks
I would doubt if its magnetised as then they normally run very very erratic, did you give your watch a full manual wind before wearing?. Try this after a full manual wind set watch with a reliable time source any quartz clock will do. Then wear as normal but for around 8 hours a day with reasonably wrist activity to keep mainspring at peak power-reserve. Check time once a day only with same setting source write down the loss or gain. Do this for 5-7 days then average out the loss or gain for a more accurate result.
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