Noob question on testing accuracy.

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Just try wearing the watch, enjoying the watch and see how it goes for a while, it may need a service, not everything runs perfectly for its expected service interval, sometimes a service is required out of sync to get things sorted and correctly adjusted.

I appreciate that it is frustrating to have to do this but sometimes it is necessary.
 
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For the OP, sorry but none of us will be able to answer your real question about the root cause of the variance and whether you need a service now or not. Several people, myself included have suggest that you wear the watch and enjoy it. You can then see how it performs over time and see if it runs consistently. As someone who has both newer and older watches, I would be comfortable with that approach, as there is an endless supply of parts for your watch. There is nothing that will wear, that an authorized repair person cannot source, and at 3 years of age, your watch is likely fine. The only alternative is to have it disassembled, cleaned and inspected and reassembled. This is an expensive solution to confirm the condition if you are the one paying for the service. Even if a service centre checks the regulation for you, this is no guarantee that everything is perfect inside your watch.
I recently bought a vintage zenith that was advertised as serviced and ran inconsistently. In that case, I wore it for a couple of weeks to see if it evened out and it did not. The auto wind did not keep it fully wound and it varied in accuracy from day to day. In this situation, parts are hard to chase down, so I got it in for service, even though it was advertised as a serviced watch.
 
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Once I acquired a timegrapher, I began to understand how even a properly serviced watch varies in beat rate depending upon position. For a person who wears a watch on the left hand, the beat rate for the dial up position should be balanced somewhat with crown down position. For a person who wears a watch on the right hand, the beat rate for the dial up position should be balanced somewhat with the crown up position.

When you go to bed at night do you set the watch down on the edge opposite the crown? Do you place it on a stand with the dial up? Do you hang it on a stand dial down? Do you gently set it on it's crown?

I have a watch that generally gains a couple seconds every other day. When it gets a few seconds fast, I can rest it overnight in a position that loses a couple seconds over 24 hours and in the morning it is spot on.

If one changes one's daily living habits over time, this too will have an effect on average beat rate over a 24-hour period. Say you wear it every day and most of the time you are sitting at a desk during waking hours. If the watch generally gains a couple seconds a day while sitting mostly at a desk, on days that you do a lot of walking or running, it may slow down slightly and be spot on.

Just wear the watch as others have suggested and over time you'll have a better idea how it performs. You may try placing it in different positions overnight to find one that slows it down a bit, assuming it continues to run slightly fast - always better than slightly slow for setting purposes..
 
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For the OP, sorry but none of us will be able to answer your real question about the root cause of the variance and whether you need a service now or not. Several people, myself included have suggest that you wear the watch and enjoy it. You can then see how it performs over time and see if it runs consistently. As someone who has both newer and older watches, I would be comfortable with that approach, as there is an endless supply of parts for your watch. There is nothing that will wear, that an authorized repair person cannot source, and at 3 years of age, your watch is likely fine. The only alternative is to have it disassembled, cleaned and inspected and reassembled. This is an expensive solution to confirm the condition if you are the one paying for the service. Even if a service centre checks the regulation for you, this is no guarantee that everything is perfect inside your watch.
I recently bought a vintage zenith that was advertised as serviced and ran inconsistently. In that case, I wore it for a couple of weeks to see if it evened out and it did not. The auto wind did not keep it fully wound and it varied in accuracy from day to day. In this situation, parts are hard to chase down, so I got it in for service, even though it was advertised as a serviced watch.
What makes you say his watch is only three years old? Are you suggesting his 2500d was cased in 2017?

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I am not sure when this was cased but was just going by info from the OP who stated that he didn't buy new but has a receipt from the original owner who purchased the watch from a jeweler in 2017.
 
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What makes you say his watch is only three years old? Are you suggesting his 2500d was cased in 2017?

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Well..
1 no my guess if it was bought it early 2017 it was “cased” in 2016 maybe. Although I know some dealers have these things a mighty long time before they sell it. For all I know it could have been the first one out of the factory in 2012.
2, I’m a self professed Omega Noob here so I may be way off... but wasn’t the 2500 used in the SMP up to 2018. When they switched the back to the wave dial (current version with the 8500). The one I have is the 2012-2018 ref with the ceramic bezel and the 2500.
If I’m wrong ok, it seems like you’re looking to prove your knowledge anyway.
 
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+3 seconds, +11 seconds ... who cares. Just keep wearing it until the daily error is intolerable and then have it serviced in a few years. You obviously have a better way of telling time anyway, since you are able to check the accuracy to the second every day.
 
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No one probably cares anymore but my watch was running at an average of +9 secs a day. However on august 2nd I reset it. (Didn’t let it stop just reset the time) and since then it’s less than +1 somehow. It’s gained a total of 8 seconds in 10 days. I swear this thing has a mind of its own.
 
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No one probably cares anymore but my watch was running at an average of +9 secs a day. However on august 2nd I reset it. (Didn’t let it stop just reset the time) and since then it’s less than +1 somehow. It’s gained a total of 8 seconds in 10 days. I swear this thing has a mind of its own.

We care 👍.

Thanks for sharing your experiences and following up. Interesting to read the feedback. Good science experiment.

Also congrats on the CIB and thanks for your service.
 
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Test it in 5 different positions (1 per day)
Mark down the total deviation... Per day.
Then add the positive values together and subtract the negative. Take the result and divide that number by five (the number of positions)
That's your watches accuracy.