1861 Speedy Hand Alignment

M m.martinez818

Hello Everyone!

I would love to get everyones advice on what I should do. I just bought a brand new 1861 Speedmaster from an AD last week. I notice that the hand on the hour subdial does not align perfectly at the 12 o clock marker. As you can see in the photos it sits slightly to the right. There is a service center that is about 20 minutes from me. Since this is a new watch I could very easily go and drop it off to have it aligned. However, this watch is CRAZY accurate. Over the past two days it has only lost 2 seconds. This speedy keeps better time than any rolex i have ever had. Im scared that if they open it up I might be creating a cascade of other problems. Should I just leave it as is or is this an easy enough fix to have the service center do?

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AntonisCy

What happens to the misaligned hand when the chrono is reset?

wsfarrell

I wouldn't have it serviced for running a second slow each day.

SkunkPrince

Since they're in there anyways, might as well have it adjusted for wear.

M m.martinez818

Adjusted for wear? Sorry i dont understand

dsio

Just trimmed back the unrelated to watch stuff, I think everyone here meant well but just held different opinions and preferences, I also tend to prefer a watch that gains any reasonable amount over one that loses time as its easer to hack (or hack with some reverse pressure in the Speedy’s case) than to move the hands back but everyone will have their own approach. It’s just watch talk so nothing needs to get personal