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Originally Posted by RichFlorida
Hello! I recently purchased a two year old Explorer in steel and when I wear it, the watch seems to gain between 5 and 8 minutes every hour. The second hand sweeps very quickly and I end up having to re-wind the watch every few hours. I love the watch, so I really want to get this fixed!
Is there a way I can fix this myself? I've read about placing it on its side with the crown facing up, but does anyone think this will work for my situation? Also, if anyone has experienced this, what did you do to get it back on track? If I can't do this on my own, I'll take it in to get repaired, but I don't want to spend the money if I don't have to.
Thanks for your advice!
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Afraid your post is quite vague in your timekeeping it seems to gain between
5 and 8 minutes a hour.The correct way for timing any mechanical watch is first wind crown 40 full turns clockwise.Then set watch with reliable time source then wear as normal.Check time daily with same time setting source for about 5 days then average out the loss gain over the five days.All this talk of watches getting magnetised, in over thirty years of Rolex wearing never ever had a problem with magnetism.And thats was working in the steel industry working with and around very powerful electro magnets capable of lifting over 20 tons.While its possible your watch could become magnetised,in my experience watches that are,tend to run very very erratic or come to a complete stop and refuse to re-start.