Quick Speedy Pro Chrono Question...

Maximus84 · Nov 27, 2014

Hi guys,

As you'll no doubt be aware, I acquired a lovely Speedy Pro yesterday.

I'll give it a few days before checking how the timekeeping is but I have a question regarding the Chronograph.

Today I hit the button in order to record the time left on my parking ticket (gotta use it for something, right!?). The seconds and minutes timed over perfectly, but the hour hand confused me. Does it click over like the minute recorder or sweep gradually (like the main hour hand for the time)?

I looked at the watch after a while and the hour recorder was not quite on the '1' hand but the minute was on about 25. I checked again about an hour later and it was the same at the '2'.

Is the hour hand off? Does it need to be recalibrated and will my AD be able to do it? The picture above should hopefully explain what I mean. Thanks in advance.

dennisthemenace · Nov 27, 2014

This is a fault that I have read about before somewhere.
The hour recorder hand in your picture is about 25 minutes off where it should be, so if the watch is brand new return it to where you purchased it and ask for an exchange for another watch. don't be fobbed off with "this is normal" because it's not.
If your AD has another one in stock start the chrono and wait 30 minutes to make sure the hour recorder is in sync with the minute recorder.
Maybe Al can explain what the fault is and how it should be rectified.

Maximus84 · Nov 27, 2014

Bugger. That's what I feared. They don't have another one in stock - they had to order this one in and it took nearly two weeks to arrive. They did have the hesalite/solid case back version in I could compare it to. Not happy to have a fault such as this on a brand new watch. Thanks for the advice.

Matt-C · Nov 27, 2014

I may be confused myself but if the hour recorder is 'not quite on the 1' but the minute recorder is at '25' is it not that it's just at '55' and hence on its 2nd rotation and nearly at 1 hour? The picture looks right to me. The hour recorder sweeps slowly... Or at least it does on mine which is also a nearly new 1861 cal.

Cheers

Maximus84 · Nov 27, 2014

Sorry, I probably didn't explain it well enough, or take a good enough pic! That was taken at 1hr 25, and so I would've expected the hour hand to be almost halfway to 2. I've reset it and letting it run again so we'll see if it manifests again. I'm hoping I just read it wrong and/or it justg needs breaking in. Would hate to have to exchange it for another one!

Matt-C · Nov 27, 2014

Got it 👍 I'll run mine now and see where it lines up at 1hr 25, can't think I've run it long enough to check this.
Cheers.

Archer · Nov 27, 2014

Please post a photo with the hands reset. So a few things....

1 - The hour recorder hand moves in a slow creep, not in one hour increments.

2 - Hands can be misaligned when at their home position, so if the hand is off there, it won't be right as it records the hours. To fix this, the hands have to be removed and installed properly lined up.

3 - The hour recorder hand could be hanging up. Since the main hour hand is no where near the hour recorder (that is one possible are of interference - the hour hand touching the hour recorder hand) then if it is hanging up, it's pressed too close to the dial.

4 - Some amount of misalignment is "normal" but not this much of course. The minute counter and main chronograph seconds hand are driven of a wheel that is mounted to the 4th wheel of the movement. The hour recorder is not driven off that same area of the wheel train, but directly off a pinion that is friction mounted to the mainspring barrel, so you will often see threads where people ask why the hour hand is not exactly on the hour mark when the minute counter ticks over for 60 minutes of elapsed time.

In any case, the watch will have to go back for repair. I know people here will scream that you must get an exchange for a new watch, but in many places the only obligation is to repair the watch under the warranty - that's what the warranty is for. It depends on your countries laws as some may override this, but if your country has no such law it will depend on how generous the AD and Omega will be.

Cheers, Al

Maximus84 · Nov 27, 2014

Thank you for the most informative post Archer.

It's running at the moment and don't want to reset for a picture but the hands were aligned bang on at the 0 reset positions. I don't think the main hour hand is interfering with the hour register but of course it's difficult to see with an untrained eye and a fully assembled watch!

It's currently running at 2hr 7 mins and doesn't seem to be too far off. I'm about to start a night shift so will leave it running and keep track of the hand positions. For what it's worth, it was fully wound approx 3 hours ago.

Thanks again, update to follow... (I'm also interested to see how yours gets on Matt - Cheers!)

Matt-C · Nov 27, 2014

Hi Maximus84

Just stopped mine at 1Hr 25min and as you said previously and would expect its exactly half way between the 1and the 2
Let us know how you get on. Let's hope you just misread it.
Cheers

Maximus84 · Nov 27, 2014

Hi Matt-C

Thanks for the input! I kind of tracked mine up to about 3.5 hours and although slightly off, I think I may have originally mis-read, meaning I thought it was way off! When I first started the Chrono I didn't make a not if the actual time as a reference. The second time I started it pretty much at 1500, so I had that as a reference.

I think for now I'll put it down to me being a bit slow and not taking into account the fact the 30min register obviously goes round twice for each hour registered. l'll run a couple more tests over the weekend though just to make sure.

I'll also be checking how accurate she is fresh out of the box, and if any regulating is required.

Cheers, all!

Matt-C · Nov 28, 2014

Hi Maximus84

Glad your sorted, I ran mine again last night (just started my phone stopwatch at the same time) and it been spot on for nearly 12hrs.
Regarding accuracy I bought mine new in August this year and it ran at about + 2.5s per day out of the box and has now settled to about half that rate. I wind it fully at the same time each morning as I read winding at the same point each day can help with accuracy in general.
Enjoy your new speedy, looks great in your other thread. 👍

Maximus84 · Nov 28, 2014

Thanks Matt-C, that's set my mind at rest a little bit. Hoping mine is as accurate as yours, that's pretty good!

Cheers!

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