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27 June 2017, 01:46 PM | #1 |
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How to rest overnight on the crown?
I've noticed my GMT keeps better time when I rest it overnight on its crown, I've only had it a month so the novelty of checking the accuracy is still with me. When stood on its crown overnight it stays within 1 sec a day. Laying it flat can result in a drift of 3-5 secs.
Things is, its a bit of a balancing act, I need to extend the bracelet so make it stand on its crown, has anyone found a better way? And yes, I'm aware how geeky this sounds |
27 June 2017, 01:53 PM | #2 | |
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That way the crown will be able to sink down into it and the rest of the watch will still be supported thereby holding it in your preferred position. |
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27 June 2017, 06:29 PM | #3 |
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I rest my watch on the crown everyday because it keeps better time and it's really easy to do
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27 June 2017, 06:31 PM | #4 |
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How do you "really" know a watch is 1 second behind per day? Sounds like impossible to me.
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I use time.is which is deadly accurate and my old GMT 16710 has just gained 10 seconds over a week (1.43 secs per day) and when I return to the UK I fully intend to give my AD a jolly good thrashing for shoddy workmanship. Regards Mick |
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27 June 2017, 08:03 PM | #7 |
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But is it really an issue to set the time a minute later after 60 days? MOst of us own more watches...you have to set the time anyway if you do not use a watch winder.
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Some people just take an interest in their watch's movement and how it performs. No one is re-setting it every day. With overnight positioning you can speed up or slow down some movements, and you use a time refernce to check the daily difference.
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27 June 2017, 08:13 PM | #9 |
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Fair enough :-) good to know that laying it on its crown could "force" it to run it more on time!
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It takes about 2 or 3 minutes to wind up and set the time. If you find that too much of a bother, buy a quartz.
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This old paper from Rolex explains it.
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27 June 2017, 08:28 PM | #12 |
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Does that apply to new watches ?
I experimented with my 214270 (39mm Explorer) and it made not a scrap of difference and yet it does affect my older 1655. Regards Mick |
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It works much better with older Rolex movements (15xx for example) and modern Tudor/ETA as a rule, though some people have reported noticeable results here with current Rolex.
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27 June 2017, 08:37 PM | #14 |
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OK - Thanks.
I am lucky, all of my watches are within 2 secs a day and run slightly fast. All I have to do is stop the watch for a few secs every Saturday and it's job done. Regards Mick |
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As for the original question, I have as stack of leather drink coasters from somewhere that make nice resting spots for a watch. A mouse pad comes to mind as well.
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Crown resting position had no identifiable effect on timing of any of my watches.
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27 June 2017, 10:57 PM | #17 |
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So laying the watch with the crown facing down has the effect of speeding up or slowing down the watch overnight??
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Varies based on the watch though. My Sub runs a tiny bit faster crown down then it does face up, which is counter to what most people say. I think the modern Rolex movements are so close these days that you no longer see the big shifts you used to see. The difference between face up, crown down, crown up, etc. is within a second on my watch. But face up it runs a tiny bit slow and crown down it runs even or a tiny bit fast.
As far as resting it...I always just set my watch down on a handkerchief on a small table in my bedroom...always have. I just set it crown down and it sits there fine, never had a problem with that. Maybe it's trickier on a hard surface? Easy fit if so. I don't get too worked up over resting position or even time keeping as long as it's within a few seconds, but I do find it fun to track for no other reason then it amuses me. |
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The issue is however, I want my watch to gain time if anything instead of losing time...so tonight I'll try the dial up position as you suggest and see if there is any change. I agree with what you say that modern Rolex do not vary as much as say the 16XX series movements as a result of overnight positioning.
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28 June 2017, 11:25 AM | #21 |
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Its easily demonstrated if you have a timegrapher. Every watch is different but when I change positions they all run faster or slower depending on position. Some lose time on a winder but gain on the wrist, some vary more than others position to position. The forum will be happy to know that Rolex in general have a pretty small spread compared to other brands I've played with.
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28 June 2017, 11:27 AM | #22 |
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I have a timegrapher. A useful piece of kit.
I time all my watches to see where they're at, and make a note of which position will best advance or retard them overnight as needed. My GMT LN needs to be crown down at night to retard it slightly, but my Exp2 and one of my DJ2's are the opposite and need to be crown up at night. One of them advances slightly in that position and the other retards slightly in that position, but both need crown up due to their individual gain and loss during the day as appropriate. |
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Resting positions had no effect on my 6 digit but does affect my 5 digit piece.
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I have found crown down works best. I place mine on my wallet with bracelet extended. No scratches and very stable.
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28 June 2017, 12:27 PM | #26 |
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The same info is included with the warranty paper of my 1966 DateJust, too.
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28 June 2017, 12:53 PM | #27 | |
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28 June 2017, 01:07 PM | #28 |
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Why would some watches in a given resting position gain time, while other watches (with the same movement) lose time in that same position????
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