Deepsea Movement and Crown Questions

[Deacon211]

Hey all,

I apologize if one or the other of these questions has been asked before, but I have noticed two things that I'm curious about regarding my Deepsea.

1. When pulling out the crown to set, there feels like there is some resistence. In other words, I try to pull out the crown to stop the second hand and find I need to pull quite firmly to get that last click. Curiously, once I pull out the crown once, it's much easier the second time. This is true even when I can wind the watch and set the date, so it seems unlikely that I just haven't unscrewed the crown enough.

Is this a characteristic of the triple lock crown? Some compound movement that makes it operate differently than the normal crown action of other watches? I notice this to a lesser degree with my SD, but no other watch.


2. Particularly when the watch has been started from being completely unwound but even at higher power states, the watch movement seems to "spring" from where I set the hands.

Again in other words, I pull out the crown to set the watch. I advance the hands to past the desired time, then gently reverse the crown to back the hands to the correct minute. I understand this "takes the slack" out of the gear train so that it advances properly once the watch is restarted. When I do this (and for experiment's sake when I advance the time forward rather than in reverse) the hands don't stay where I set them but move in the opposite direction as though being resisted by the watch spring.

As with the previous issue, I have never experienced this issue with another watch movement.



So, are these peculiarities of the Rolex crown/movement or am I missing something? And should I be doing something differently to wind and set the watch? I try to minimize the amount of hand winding that I do as I understand that this is not optimum for an automatic watch, but perhaps I should be doing something else.

Thanks so much for the benefit of your experience!



Deacon

[cameronweiss]

Needs lubrication on the setting lever. The lubrication was either overlooked (if the watch has been serviced since your purchase), or the setting mechanism has become dirty from moisture and or dirt getting in through the crown when setting and winding. if it is under warranty, send it back to Rolex.

[Deacon211]

Wow, that's good to know! It's only 9 months old or so.

Thanks very much for the heads up.

Should I avoid wearing/winding it while I arrange for service or is it OK to wear in the meantime?

Deacon

[cameronweiss]

It should be fine to use it in the meantime, but try to avoid using the setting mechanism until after it gets repaired.

Good news is that it should be covered under the Rolex warranty.

[Deacon211]

Thanks Cameron!