Watch Stops After Wearing

[murfice]

Had my GMT serviced by an Authorized Rolex Dealer; watch works fine for approximately a week to 10 days then stops (usually take watch off at night and put on night table). Watch will either stop during the night or a few times it stops while wearing in the morning; have to wind and set watch to start. Dealer has tested watch several times to no avail. Could this be a problem with the power reserve section not functioning properly?

Any thoughts great appreciated.

Thanks

[77T]

Yes - the problem is usually related to the power reserve not being fully restored by the rotor, or not being fully wound beforehand.

Did you wind it 40 full crown turns after it runs down?
Are you wearing it at least 8hrs. daily?
The rotor could have some slight bit of dirt underneath that was left behind.
Or your daily activity level is less that Rolex engineered for.

[azguy]

Did you wind it 40-50 times initially or just swirl/jiggle it and throw it on...?

[joe100]

The self-winding mechanism on a watch only maintains the power reserve. Like the boys above said, wind 'er and report back

[Degas]

Originally Posted by murfice

Had my GMT serviced by an Authorized Rolex Dealer; watch works fine for approximately a week to 10 days then stops (usually take watch off at night and put on night table). Watch will either stop during the night or a few times it stops while wearing in the morning; have to wind and set watch to start. Dealer has tested watch several times to no avail. Could this be a problem with the power reserve section not functioning properly?

Any thoughts great appreciated.

Thanks

How old is the watch?


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[SLS]

If it works well for 7 to 10 days, and your AD has had it tested...by a watchmaker I assume? I would guess that the watch is not getting wound enough through out the day while you are wearing it. Do you sit at a desk? Do you walk around a lot at work? What are your wearing patterns? Do you take it off for the weekend? Just curious because the power reserve on your watch should be around 40-45 hours(when fully wound) so to last 7-10 days, it is getting wound at some point. As mentioned above, fully wind the GMT, say 50 full turns of the crown and then see what happens.
Scott

[MonBK]

Agree with the above, too little activity.

[murfice]

thanks for the comments:
Wearing Pattern: wear the watch daily, work on computer, play golf several times a week and go to gym wearing watch three times a week.
Initially I have wound the watch 30 to 40 times when stopped; problem is just frustrating.
AD has tested the watch on several occasions and the issue never happens in test mode.

[The D]

Originally Posted by murfice

thanks for the comments:
Wearing Pattern: wear the watch daily, work on computer, play golf several times a week and go to gym wearing watch three times a week.
Initially I have wound the watch 30 to 40 times when stopped; problem is just frustrating.
AD has tested the watch on several occasions and the issue never happens in test mode.

Clearly more than enough activity. 20-30 turns of the crown is more than enough to give the watch a full wind and there is no way it should be stopping fresh after Service. Impossible to diagnose the problem online - your Watchmaker needs to examine once again. This is why I would always advocate servicing via an RSC as there is no way they would you treat you this way - I can understand a watch needing to go back once or twice for corrections, but any more is unacceptable.