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After getting watch serviced, the minute and hour hands are slightly fast

  1. Perrier May 30, 2016

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    Can you give me your advice on this?

    Let's say the time is 2:59:30, so it is just before 3 o'clock.

    The problem is the minute hand on my watch will already be slightly past 12, and the hour hand will be slightly past 3.

    So basically both hands are slightly fast.

    Is this something to worry about? I just got the watch serviced.
     
  2. Perrier May 30, 2016

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    I should mention it is keeping time well.
     
  3. dennisthemenace Hey, he asked for it! May 30, 2016

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    Try resetting the hands to the correct time and see what happens over the next 24 hours.
    If the same thing happens again it means your watch is running a bit fast.
     
  4. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 30, 2016

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    Get the second hand moved back 30 seconds.

    When setting hands I try to make sure the watch is stopped and the hour hand (fitted loose) is wound through a date change to midday.

    I then set the hour hand, then the minute hand exactly over the 12 and the same with the seconds hand.
     
  5. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 30, 2016

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    And a picture of the dial with the minute hand exactly at 12 would help diagnose.
     
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  6. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. May 30, 2016

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    Why do I feel like this is a troll post from the guy with the skeleton omega he got for 20 quid.
     
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  7. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 30, 2016

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    Time will tell.

    (see what I did there :) )
     
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  8. Perrier May 30, 2016

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    I don't know what that means.

    Thanks for the advice everyone, I will give it a try!
     
  9. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 30, 2016

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    It's just a remark from one of our members who has seen too many "grab and run" posters.

    Great, we would all like to see the problem and a picture is worth a thousdndssgd words.
     
  10. dennisthemenace Hey, he asked for it! May 30, 2016

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    What time is it in Oz Jim?
     
  11. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 30, 2016

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    Three beers past six mate.
     
  12. dennisthemenace Hey, he asked for it! May 30, 2016

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    Must be strong stuff.
     
  13. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 30, 2016

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    My play on a thousand words?

    I started to do a thousand letters and just got bored.
     
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  14. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector May 30, 2016

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    Need to come up and warm those knuckles up in the sun up my way @JimInOz, chatting to a mate that's up soon said it was 10 in St Kilda last night
     
  15. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 30, 2016

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    10?
    That's nearly tropical, it was 5.1 just after midnight here.
    I can feel the grey nomad genes kickin' in mate, as soon as Ms A finishes next year we are on the road!
     
  16. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker May 30, 2016

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    For some reason these comments remind me of this...

    [​IMG]
     
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  17. Canuck May 30, 2016

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    Look for really serious problems like the calendar changing at noon! :D
     
  18. Jonatan May 30, 2016

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    No sure many people still know what 50 degrees means in Canada!
     
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  19. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker May 30, 2016

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    True - I usually have to convert it in my head...