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Just wondering if your piece is running a bit fast how often do you adjust the time? I've been monitoring for about a week now and my SO is running about + 35 seconds fast since I set it last Fri. ~ +5 seconds per day which is within the acceptable range as I understand it.

Basically, how often do you adjust the time on your auto? Thanks.

Generally only 7 times a year - the 5 months that have less than 31 days and when clocks go forward / backward.

Is there any reason why you shouldn't adjust more frequently? That's a good schedule. Only adjust when you have to.

At the current rate of +5 per day, if I wait as much as 2 months, I'll be almost 5 mins. fast.

You can adjust it every minute if you wish, no issues. I just don't sweat it too much, and don't have any watches that run that fast consistently for extended periods of time.

Great. I'll continue to monitor it for a while and see if it continues. I'd love it if it drops off the +5 and floats back closer to the correct time.

Appreciate the info.

I tend to go on one or two week binges, so whenever I switch watches I usually have to adjust them.

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I adjust them when they are about one minute off. Unfortunately, the three Breitlings I have owned did not keep COSC time. A poor performance, in my opinion. 10 - 12 seconds fast per day is crap and you would expect more from a watch which by all other factors is a quality watch. You can get better timekeeping from a swiss army auto. You would think they would spend more time getting these adjustments right considering how highly they speak of their "wrist instruments".

If they were within the warranty period, Breitling would have adjusted them for free. If they were not new, you cant really blame Breitling since anything could have happened to them before you had them, not to mention that they may have needed a service.

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-RJ

As RJ stated as they are/were fast all they Probably needed was to be regulated.

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Breanach78

A Few Breitlings.

I make sure to set mine whnenver the wifey is around so I can hear her coomplain "are you playing with your stupid watch again?"

I go thru periods of OCD- ishness when i try to get all of my watches to within a second or so of each other. Then i get a life again. Then i correct them every month or so.

Stef

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I think most guys like the setting and checking of their auto's. I think it gives, me anyway, an appreciation of how accurate their mechanical time piece is. With setting it you can monitor how its doing.

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Breanach78

A Few Breitlings.