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4 February 2018, 09:55 PM | #1 |
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Help. GMT Master 2 work only in horizontal position (16710 BLRO)
I need a suggestion. I have this situation:
Rolex 16710 (pepsi) with Z77** serial, mid-2006 as I understand. Never serviced, never opened - I own this watch since 2007 when I buy them new from Rolex Dubai AD. As I remember they was have -2 sec./day accuracy. I was worn them every day and never have any problems before. About last 6-7 years they sit in box and never winded this time. Now after full winding they work only in horizontal position. I was put them to winder for 1 day but no luck. Sometimes they stop, after I push them and they continue work. In any other position they stop after 3-5 seconds. Please point me how possible to troubleshoot this without watchmaker? Maybe some tips how I can "training" them after this long time storage? Andrew. |
4 February 2018, 09:58 PM | #2 |
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It’s probably dried out. Get it serviced.
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4 February 2018, 10:31 PM | #3 |
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5 February 2018, 03:59 AM | #4 |
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Try gently warming the watch in a glass of hot water. It may soften any sticky lube
that might be gumming up the watch. If it works set it aside till you find someone to service it. |
5 February 2018, 04:04 AM | #5 |
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I just had a very similar experience with my 22 year old Sub that I bought a couple of weeks ago. It worked great while on my wrist, but would stop within a few hours when sitting horizontally in a case. After a few days of this I decided to just marathon-wear it for several days. After that, it has run fine in all situations. I was told it was serviced in 2013 and don’t know where it has been since then. But I suspect there was a lubricant issue that has worked itself out.
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5 February 2018, 06:59 AM | #6 |
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5 February 2018, 07:08 AM | #7 | |
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As for now they work about 5 hours non-stop laid horizontally on the shelf. Pre-warm-up ongoing process before Hot jacuzzi as Beelzy suggested above ) |
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5 February 2018, 07:32 AM | #8 |
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2006? Service time, plain and simple. Warming up the watch is pointless, and helping the watch to run more in its current state will do more harm than good.
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5 February 2018, 08:11 AM | #9 |
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Service time - agreed completely! I was worried that something was broken (like winding spring) so I don't planning use watch before serviced.
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