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...so i accidentally moved the date forward with the quick date at 12am today...i know im a idiot and im kicking myself in the ass right now.

I wound the watch through all the days and thankfully the date wheel still turns, but on the 29-30th it changes 5 min early than the other dates that change at almost exactly 12am.

So my question is, how much did i damage my watch? Also is my movement damaged or just the date wheel? Is my watch's time keeping ability compromised??

I did this on a Navitimer World.

I done this same thing. Luckily i got away without and damage what so ever!!!

Did you hear a noise when you did it? Did you feel the mechanism give way? Were you forcing it? If you just attempted to move the date, felt resistence, and stopped, you probably escaped unscathed. You should have felt something pop or grind if you damaged it. The simple fact you tried to moved the date at the wrong setting standing alone means nothing.

It's unclear from your post whether you really damaged anything. If it's keeping time well and the only thing you are noticing is the date changing 5 minutes early on 2 dates, you likely did nothing.

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I didnt really force it, maybe tried to make it move forward 2-3 times, didnt feel pop or mechanism give away. I figured something wasn't right so i stopped, moved the crown to the 3rd position and moved the time forward and it skipped to the next day...

I did research on here and I became pale and started to panic...first thing i did was wind forward through all the days, and like i said, the date skips forward on manual forward wind.

Well I look forward to some of the true WIS's on here weighing in, but I think you are just fine. When I was setting the date on my second or third Breitling chrono - in the store with the salesman watching - I attempted to move the date, felt resistence, backed off, tried it agian, felt resistence, backed off, and THEN the AD mentioned the hour hand was between 8 and 3. I knew not to do this, but got caught up in the excitement. The watch was fine - I felt dumb.

If you had actually forced the date to change, you would should have felt all hell break loose. If the date is changing normally, and it sounds like it is, and the watch is running normally, chaulk it up to a lesson learned.

Relax and enjoy your World.

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SHARKMAN

i think your right that i dodged a bullet..

I did a test.. I manually moved the time forward out of the 8am 3pm, did a quick date change back to 29th at 11:30pm and watched to see if the date would change normally...thankfully it changed at exactly 12am to the 30th. I then manually moved the time forward to 11:30pm and watched it go from 30-31 without issue, but this time the date changed a 5min earlier.

So what does the experts think? I got my fingers crossed.

Btw the "resistance" you speak of, does that mean the looks like its going to change and then it backs off? Thats what i observed when i accidentally did it..it looked lile 29 was gonna change to 30..then it just went back to 29.

Already answered by PM, but......

The early date change coincides with the date when the mistake was made. That suggests to me that there is likely a very slight bend to one or two teeth on the date wheel. It doesn't sound like it's going to have any real impact, so yes, a bullet dodged, but it sounds like very minor damage that can be lived with until servicing.

I have a question on the date change rule too. I have a Hamilton X-Wind which uses the 7750 movement as a base, same as my CA. However, if you look at the pic I've attached you can see that in the Hamilton the movement is flipped 180 degrees, to accommodate the two extra crowns for the inner rotating bezels. The date still changes at midnight (of course) but does the 180 degree rotation mean that the times change for the no date setting rule? Flipping the movement around means that 8 (pm) becomes 2 (am) on the dial - doesn't it? Or am I overthinking this? There's no warning anywhere in the manual about not setting the date during certain times, which seems like a sure oversight to me.

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No it's the same. The point is that a complex set a actions start in the movement as it aproaches midnight and for some time thereafter. This coincides approximately with 8PM-3AM. The same rule applies to the Khaki - I have one too.

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SHARKMAN

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep it in mind

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Paneral PAM372
Helson Shark Diver Bronze

I was discussing the 8-3 date change with my wife yesterday on the plane and she got pissed and couldn't believe a $6000.00 watch had such "stupid" flaw. She's happy with her $30 flee market watch

My $3,000 gaming laptop has a flaw in that I can't take it diving.

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Being a new Datora owner, what gremlins do I need to be concerned with when making any adjustments to month, date, and day.

The biggest is probably the watch stopping!

R/

Like any other watch - don't mess with the day or date between 8 and 3. Your owner's manual should give you the appropriate warning.

With any automatic watch - if you don't know, err on the side of safety - don't do anything with the watch between 8 and 3 except wear it or change the time.

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