Hey all,
As you may have noticed in my other thread, I just received my new Speedy yesterday, and spent a few hours getting acquainted to the way the watch works. Following directions in the paper and video manuals, I attempted to set the time, but noticed that the second hand and the minute hands were not aligned. Read some info here on the forum and watched a few videos on YouTube and learned that you have to set those in sync (if you want to). I then went ahead and started to tinker more trying to match them up. I was eventually able to match the hands while matching the time to the atomic clock. That being said, it was quite difficult. I then practiced more, and although I was able to get them aligned sooner, it was still a process.
With that in mind, I wanted to see if you had any tips and tricks and the actual order of steps you take to set your time on the Speedy.
Here is a list of some of the things I noticed in my process of trying on the watch and what I found online:
1. It's a mechanical watch so it will differentiate itself from the atomic clock fairly soon - I understand that completely, but would like to at least start with the correct time, and then periodically adjust as the time difference increases.
2. When the crown is pulled, the second hand does not stop because the watch does not have a hacking mechanism - that's just how its made and works, no changing that
3. You can "hack" the second hand by applying slight backwards pressure on the crown - I tried this and was able to do it, but that pressure is super sensitive and at times the second hand would actually jump back (which I read is bad) so I stopped messing with trying to do that too much.
4. A lot of people have mentioned that the second dial is small and it doesnt really matter if it lines up with the minute hand - personally, I am not expecting it to be 100% on the dot, but I dont want the second hand at 20/30 seconds when the minute hand hits the minute mark. A few ticks is ok, but I would like it to match somewhat.
5. I noticed that even when the crown in pulled, the minute hands continue to move. From what I was able to find, that is ok as the mechanism is still moving and pulling the crown is to adjust the minute and hour hands, but does not stop the mechanism - is that right? This is what makes it hard to match the seconds and minutes if they started off not aligned.
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