31 Seconds a Week

[miket-nyc]

That's how much my 16800 Submariner is gaining time. Five months ago, when I bought it from Bob's Watches in LA, it ran absolutely perfect for days, but it then started gradually speeding up.

I know mechanical watches have to settle down for a while after you start wearing them, and I prefer them to be fast rather than slow so I can easily synch by hacking, but I was hoping this one wouldn't turn out to be quite this fast.

So my question: is it reasonable to do something about an error of this size? Or am I being completely OCD about the accuracy of my watch? If I do decide to do something, I probably won't send it back to Bob's. They did a fine job initially, but shipping it back and forth from NYC to LA is nerve-wracking and kind of risky for a minor adjustment since there's a local Rolex service center.