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Author:  breanach78 [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:08 pm ]
Post subject:  How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
I feel I am lucky with my Chronomat as its running about -2 Sec a day slow, well within COSC.
But that nearly one minute per 4 weeks 56 secs to be precise, and any way I like setting it to official time. every so often.

Now then!! what if you are on are on the edge of COSC running at -4 Sec per day that's 112 Sec per 4 weeks. Nearly 2 minutes.

That said, what if you are in need of a service but holding out and running at -10 or even -15 sec per day, that's about 4.6/7 minutes per 4 weeks!!!

I am pretty fussy/odd/strange or even freaky about things like this :twisted: call it what you like :poke: but I like to set mine about once a week.

So as the title of the post says, how often do you set yours?
:lingsrock:

Breanach78
Author:  Roffensian [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
Unless I note that the watch is out of synch with the others I will adjust them on the seven times a year that I have to adjust them anyway (months without 31 days and change to / from daylight savings time). If a watch can handle the 31 days then it's only if I note that it is significantly out - couple of minutes or so - no idea how often that would actually be, but not that often.
Author:  john123 [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
I am fairly anal about my watches being as accurate as possible...so I adjust the time about every 7-10 days.
Author:  sharkman [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
Honestly - every other time I put one on. I'm still prety new to this so it not a pain yet.
Author:  Kodiak [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
I have two that I wear consistently, switch every 1or 2 weeks. They both run 2-3 sec fast per day so I adjust them when I switch or when the date needs adjusting at the end of the month (if needed).
Author:  Driver8 [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
Assuming a watch is running to COSC specs (and not massively gaining or losing time), then I'm like Roff in as much as I only do it when I need to adjust the date for non-31 day months. I don't need to live my life to 100% accuracy so if it's within 5 mins of the actual time I have no problem.

Incidentally the longest period of consecutive 31 day months in the year is just 2 months (Dec and Jan, and July and Aug), so if you include the following month (i.e. up until when a date correction is required) it means that the most number of consecutive days in a year a watch can run without a date correction being needed is 92. (This is 1st June through to the 30th Aug).

That means that the "most wrong" that a COSC rated watch will ever be (i.e. assuming a constant +6 secs a day which is at the far end of the COSC tolerance) is 9 mins 12 secs. In practice I find most mechanical watches do not gain or lose completely consistently, so I find most average out at around +2 or 3 secs a day. At +3 secs a day, it means the watch will be out by 4 mins 36 secs in 92 days. At +2 secs it's just 3 mins wrong. I can live with that! :thumbsup:
Author:  mrcheatle [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
Mine runs about 1 minute slow per week and I adjust it probably every other. :( But wtf.
Author:  knapplink [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
Since mine runs ~+5-6 seconds a day I started setting mine BEHIND -2 minutes at the start of a month. Then I don't touch it for TWO months. I did this to break my OCD about having the exact time with a mechanical movement.
Author:  TakmaN [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
So far I've only adjusted the time on my watch whenever I forget to wind it and let it sit so it stops. I will probably only adjust it on months with less than 31 days and for daylight savings. My watch is running about +5/day so I can live with my watch being a tad fast, especially since I'm notorious for being late.

Also, if I wanted to know the EXACT time, then I have my cell phone for that.
Author:  akguppy [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
Driver8 wrote:

Incidentally the longest period of consecutive 31 day months in the year is just 2 months (Dec and Jan, and July and Aug), so if you include the following month (i.e. up until when a date correction is required) it means that the most number of consecutive days in a year a watch can run without a date correction being needed is 92. (This is 1st June through to the 30th Aug). Uh, you would have to change the date on June 30th. So the longest would be July 01-Oct 01; still 92 days, no?
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:yeahthat
Author:  Driver8 [ Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
akguppy wrote:
Driver8 wrote:

Incidentally the longest period of consecutive 31 day months in the year is just 2 months (Dec and Jan, and July and Aug), so if you include the following month (i.e. up until when a date correction is required) it means that the most number of consecutive days in a year a watch can run without a date correction being needed is 92. (This is 1st June through to the 30th Aug).
Uh, you would have to change the date on June 30th. So the longest would be July 01-Oct 01; still 92 days, no?

:yeahthat

:oops: Well spotted! Yes, I meant from 1st July to 30th Sept (or 1st Oct). Like a dope I said the correct months earlier in my post and then managed to shift it a month when I said the actually dates later on! Oops! Still, yes it's still 92 days either way.
Author:  breanach78 [ Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How Often Do You Set Your Breitling?
Nice to see people's thoughts about this.
I think it would be a good ides, like whats said about, to set it fast by whatever its slow over whatever period you set at! Say you were setting every week ,say for instance losing 1 munite P/W, start setting fast by 1 minute then at +1 W its "correct" and at +2W its -1 minute slow!!!!!

If that makes sense!!! :?:

Good idea/bad idea???

Oh the joys and the calling of SuperQuartz!!!!

Breanach78
:lingsrock: All the way!
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