Is parachrom hairspring can be used in cal.3000

[Goky]

Hi, I would like to have my 14060 sub serviced however I need to know that if I give my watch to a RSC, do they change the old hairspring with the new parachorm one used in new models or they keep it as it is?
Also I would like to hear your thoughts about demagnetizer? My watch keeps time approximately -4/-6 a day.
Thank you for all your kind feedbacks.

[Tools]

Rolex typically does not change the hairspring unless it is damaged. However, the previous Nivarox hairsprings were just as anti-magnetic as the Parachrom, so you would not see any difference in function.

A demagnetizer seldom pays for itself as most shops will demagnetize your watch for free, or cheaply, if it needs it.

After a service I would expect that your watch can be regulated to be more precise, if that is what you are looking for. It has nothing to do with the hairspring or magnetization.

[Goky]

Originally Posted by Tools

Rolex typically does not change the hairspring unless it is damaged. However, the previous Nivarox hairsprings were just as anti-magnetic as the Parachrom, so you would not see any difference in function.

A demagnetizer seldom pays for itself as most shops will demagnetize your watch for free, or cheaply, if it needs it.

After a service I would expect that your watch can be regulated to be more precise, if that is what you are looking for. It has nothing to do with the hairspring or magnetization.

Much appreciated for information. I was reading an article that was related about the demagnetization and its effect on accuracy.
The watch was from 1997 and never serviced since then. Thank you again.

[polaris72]

if I am not mistaken, a magnetized watch runs fast, not slow.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Goky

Much appreciated for information. I was reading an article that was related about the demagnetization and its effect on accuracy.
The watch was from 1997 and never serviced since then. Thank you again.

Leave your watch well alone your watch is not magnetised and no matter the hairspring in the case it's only as good as what the movement has been regulated too, that matches the wearers wearing habits.You dont need a demagnetiser as in the wrong hands they could do more harm and good.And in general when any movement shows signs of being magnetised they speed up and in general run very erratic of even stop and refuse to start.And it's not possible to replace just the hairspring on its own, as the balance wheel and hairspring are married/adjusted/vibrated to suit each other.

While in the many Rolex video on say youtube it states the Parachrom is 10 time more shockproof, but what they dont state is to what.Most certainly not the Nivarox ones that they and most of the watch industry have used for the past 40 odd years.And with magnetic test where they hold a powerful magnet over a open case on a watch.So if you dont wear your watch dial down with the case back off with a powerful magnet near any hairspring.Then I would doubt in the real world that it would make little or no difference whatever the name of hairspring in the case.

Now Nivarox thats the name of the alloy much like Rolex calls there Parachrom which is a made up name.Today Nivarox is used mainly in the watch/clock industry, but also in other micro-machine industries and in certain types of medical equipment and high precision surgical instruments. There are several variations of the Nivarox alloy depending upon the intended application. These alloys are stainless steel alloys with high concentrations of Cobalt (42-48%), Nickel (15-25%) and Chromium (16-22%). There are also small amounts of titanium and beryllium. Hairsprings made of this alloy are highly wear-resistant,and they are practically non-magnetic in normal wearing,and non-rusting and possess a low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Nivarox 1 through 5 is a series of grades of hairsprings with number 1 being the best quality. The most commonly encountered Nivarox hairsprings in the watch industry are grades 1 to 3. The alloy is unaffected by heat and normal everyday ordinary magnetic fields. There is however, also the Anachron hairspring which is said to be of even higher quality than the Nivarox No 1 grade.Who knows perhaps that the grade that Rolex used over the past 50 odd years.


Fact specs from Nivarox Far.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by Goky

Much appreciated for information. I was reading an article that was related about the demagnetization and its effect on accuracy.
The watch was from 1997 and never serviced since then. Thank you again.

Different parts of the watch can pick up some magnetization, but they need to be ferrous and it takes a pretty good magnetic field to do it.

A degausser or demagnetizer for occasional use can be handy if you work or live around magnetic fields.

When I was younger and watches were not as anti-magnetic as they are today, my friend who played electric guitar was always needing to de-magnetize his watches.