Thanks for your replies. I think it's come as a bit of a shock as my previous Breitling's were so reliable with time keeping.
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| Author: | JackJones [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
My brand new Rolex explorer ii is just over 1 month old, and i have recently been realising a dramatic time gain. I know that rolex's are prone to gain time but how much i don't know. Mine is roughly gaining around 5 seconds a day is this normal, or should i go back to the AD and get it checked out. Look Forward to your responses. |
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| Author: | sharkman [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
JackJones wrote: My brand new Rolex explorer ii is just over 1 month old, and i have recently been realising a dramatic time gain. I know that rolex's are prone to gain time but how much i don't know. Mine is roughly gaining around 5 seconds a day is this normal, or should i go back to the AD and get it checked out. Look Forward to your responses. It is within certified chronometer (COSC) specs - -4/+6 sec/day. It's fine. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
sharkman wrote: JackJones wrote: My brand new Rolex explorer ii is just over 1 month old, and i have recently been realising a dramatic time gain. I know that rolex's are prone to gain time but how much i don't know. Mine is roughly gaining around 5 seconds a day is this normal, or should i go back to the AD and get it checked out. Look Forward to your responses. It is within certified chronometer (COSC) specs - -4/+6 sec/day. It's fine. And it's only about a month old so it's still settling. 5 seconds a day is 99.994% accurate, not really a "dramatic time gain" |
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| Author: | JackJones [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
Thanks for your replies. I think it's come as a bit of a shock as my previous Breitling's were so reliable with time keeping.
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| Author: | sharkman [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
JackJones wrote: Thanks for your replies. I think it's come as a bit of a shock as my previous Breitling's were so reliable with time keeping. You can't compare quartz accuracy with automatic accuracy - apples and oranges. |
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| Author: | boogiebot [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
do we need to report this guy to the rolex Gustapo as well? |
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| Author: | jlee5050 [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
boogiebot wrote: do we need to report this guy to the rolex Gustapo as well? It's okay boogie... He's going to be alright. 
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| Author: | Optimist888 [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
You can possibly take away 5 secs overnight by placing/storing the Rolex vertically with the crown at the bottom. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
Optimist888 wrote: You can possibly take away 5 secs overnight by placing/storing the Rolex vertically with the crown at the bottom. Never recommended to leave a watch crown down because of the weight on hte crown stem. Vertical position will cause the watch to run slower than horizontal position, but crown up is recommended. In this case the watch is still settling so likely better to maintain consistency until it finds its rate. |
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| Author: | JacksonStone [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
sharkman wrote: You can't compare quartz accuracy with automatic accuracy - apples and oranges.  Welcome to the world of mechanical watches.
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| Author: | Optimist888 [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
Roffensian wrote: Optimist888 wrote: You can possibly take away 5 secs overnight by placing/storing the Rolex vertically with the crown at the bottom. Never recommended to leave a watch crown down because of the weight on hte crown stem. Vertical position will cause the watch to run slower than horizontal position, but crown up is recommended. In this case the watch is still settling so likely better to maintain consistency until it finds its rate. Thanks Roff for clarifying that. |
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| Author: | boogiebot [ Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rolex Explorer ii Time Issue |
jlee5050 wrote: boogiebot wrote: do we need to report this guy to the rolex Gustapo as well? It's okay boogie... He's going to be alright. 
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