Omega Tokyo 2020 Red Bezel: very loose crown, runs fast...

D Dualmonitors

Thanks @Fickle and @Hduck, et al, for chiming in to help me out. I appreciate it very much.

Today, I was able to meet up with my friend who just bought the same watch. Well, our watches both offered very little resistance and felt the same when we wound them as a test.

Thanks.

I still have not yet solved the riddle of why my watch seems to run fast by 1 minute per 24 hours when laying on its 9 o'clock side. very odd. however, when laying dial up, it seems to keep good time. i can't figure out how to use an Android app that would allow me to measure a watch's accuracy. the Android WatchCheck sounded good, but i just couldn't figure out how to use it, despite reading its website's directions. strange.

Japanred

Sorry to hear of your troubles OP. I can’t really help you but can you not just take this back to a UK (assuming you are in UK) dealer under warranty? Or does this have to go back to Japan?

I’m only asking as I am looking to purchase the green Tokyo 2020 myself but won’t bother if UK dealers won’t touch it.

gpssti4

Why wouldn’t an international warranty cover it? I’d assume that’s what it comes with.

D Dualmonitors

so there are two points here to address, and happily, i'm reporting here that they are most likely resolved.

1) winding crown with little friction/resistance: after several posters on this thread about how their Japan Red also offers the least resistance of any Speedmasters they also own, i was able to meet up with a friend of mine who just received his merely a week ago. well, we wound his a bit and mine a bit, and we both agree that the two offered the identical minimal resistance.

conclusion: for whatever reason, this particular model, this movement, offers less winding crown resistance than other Speedmasters that we all own. Check. No more worries.

2) running fast while resting the watch at the 9 o'clock side: i've now observed my watch while it's resting dial up (carefully protecting the case back from being scratched by the bracelet's buckle 😉. i have also seemingly been successful (finally) in learning how to use these apps which offer a rudimentary watch accuracy check. please see the attachments below. sure, it's merely a small sampling over two days, but it's certainly dramatically different from what i noticed anecdotally when, during my first 1 1/2 weeks with the watch, i was resting it on its 9 o'clock side whenever i wasn't wearing it, which is most of the 24 hours of a day.

i'd say it is quite accurate based on the mere two days of observation over the last 2 days. however, i still need to repeat the same test when resting the watch at its 9 o'clock side later on, after i've tested "dial side up" sufficiently, say, after about a week, so i have enough data to conclude that dial side up is really as accurate as these last 2 days show.

i am certain that i noticed the ~1 minute fast per 24 hours for several days in a row which was what initially alarmed me. i'll repeat that test after this current "dial side up" test is done.

thanks so much in the meantime for all your helpful comments!

PS: @Japanred -- what an apt username (hah!) for this thread, this watch! You started this username, as per OmegaForums, back in 2016! You must have a crystal ball! Is it sapphire or hesalite? 😜

D Dualmonitors

when i compared winding crown resistance with my friend's just-arrived Tokyo 2020 Red Bezel.