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Hi Guys,
I was setting up the date on my seawolf today as i used it after a long time, now instead of turning the crown clockwise to change the date i turned the crown anti clockwise abit & nothing happened thats when i realised it did it the wrong way Have i damaged anything by doing so? abit paranoid as this is my first automatic watch.


Thanks..

You didn't damage anything, just be sure you change date outside of danger zone.

Turning the crown in the wrong direction on the date setting is no different than turning it the wrong way for winding - it just slips. As bnewbie notes, just make sure that you are outside of the 8pm - 3am danger zone when using quickset date.

Phew, I adjusted the Date at ard 6pm so was in safe zone but got abit paranoid when i was adjusting the date & realised its not moving as i was doing it the wrong way, thanks for the help guys.

what means by outside 8-3 am ?

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That you shouldn't try to adjust the date within those times.

is this for all Breitling models ?
what happen if one adjusted within that zone

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When the time on the watch is between 8pm and 3pm, the date should not be changed because the gears in the date change mechanism start engaging around 8pm and end around 3am. Changing the date between those times can damage those gears.

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Regards,

Peter

BREITLING for Bentley Motors T & Mark VI, Aerospace
ROLEX Submariner Ceramic116610LN
OMEGA Plantet Ocean 8500 42mm Orange arabics
OCEAN7 LM-3

Interesting and good to know, i never know that before
thanks

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It depends on the movement and date set, I'm sure someone who is more eloquent in English than me will explain better.

Yes, the 8500 movement in my Omega Planet Ocean doesn't have a quick set date. To change the date the hour hand has to be moved 24 hours forwards or backwards. In this case the date can be changed at any time.

Also, I read that on the Breitling 01 movement, the date can be changed at any time with out damaging the movement.

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Regards,

Peter

BREITLING for Bentley Motors T & Mark VI, Aerospace
ROLEX Submariner Ceramic116610LN
OMEGA Plantet Ocean 8500 42mm Orange arabics
OCEAN7 LM-3

How about the emergency


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You shouldn't do it. Many, many threads on the quickset date danger zone - and it's in the manual.

Thanks for the hint
Quick question say we buy used watch from someone how to know they did not break the danger zone rule ? Will the watch stop changing date ?


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Again, many threads on this if you use the search. As a general rule either the date won't change consistently or one or more dates will be off centre in the window. Cycle through a full month and if it seems OK then it probably is.