OK… so… update here, with some disappointing news…. Kind of. So, my 126619 has been exceptionally accurate from the two years I have owned it, purchasing it brand new from an AD. I don’t have a timegrapher, (more on that later) but just using time.gov or my internet time, it was one or two seconds off per day off every time I checked it. I remember one time, over a period of one month, it had lost six seconds… TOTAL. I was very happy with this precision. Over the previous several weeks however, it started to lose time, quickly. Within just a couple weeks it went from five seconds a day slow, to eight, to 10 to 15, time to go in. So, the AD took it in and sent it to RSC. Now, Saxo suggested I get before and after Amplitude and other readings, which actually was a good idea, however I don’t own a grapher, but the watchmaker at the local AD is a long-acquaintance of mine. I called him and asked him to take a reading before sending it in and then when it came back. He said he’d be glad to and off the watch went.
Ahem…. Now the disappointing news. Well, the watch came back very quickly, more on that in a sec, and…. My watchmaker friend had left the AD. They are still looking for one by the way, any watchmaker out there want to work in San Diego? I can put you in direct contact with the store manager/decision maker, getting back to the watch… I have only had it three days, but so far it is running at -1 second per day, so while I can’t provide timegrapher numbers, I will say it is running extremely efficiently and much better. (Sorry Saxo, I couldn’t get those numbers
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Now, an interesting part: One Sales Rep, whom I have also known for years, and I had a discussion about the “repair.” I specifically brought up the 32 series and he nodded like he knew what I was talking about, h quietly told me: “I guarantee all they did was replace the mainspring, it will be fine now.”
I found that really interesting. Now, he is not a watchmaker, but has been with that AD for several-several years, so it wouldn’t surprise me he knew what he was talking about. Could it be, that mainspring is the source of the issue? And that Rolex has come up with a new “model” of hairspring to address it? Of course, Rolex will never admit to it, but……
PS, Serious about the watchmaker position, anyone PM me for details.
