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What time does the date change on your Omega(s)?
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SkunkPrince
·I try to be asleep when this happens. 😀
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josiahg52
·I just watched my green Seamaster again since I'm up and can't sleep and it changed right at midnight like the picture I took for the new year earlier this week.
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Stavington
·For the semi-instantaneous date mechanism in the 8800 and similar calibers, the tolerance is +/- 10 minutes of midnight.
Cheers, Al
Also, can it be cause due to playing with mechanism and changing dates in the 'bad zone'?
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YY77
·And if it's over tolerance? What does it mean then? Does it mean a watch that changes 8 min earlier is less accurate than a one changes on the dot?
Also, can it be cause due to playing with mechanism and changing dates in the 'bad zone'?
Answer to your second question is no.
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Stavington
·Who has a jbb where he/she needs to know the correct date between 11.50 pm and 0.10 am or else somebody will die if it's wrong?
Answer to your second question is no.
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YY77
·Which part of the questions there were many in my comment
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josiahg52
·And if it's over tolerance? What does it mean then? Does it mean a watch that changes 8 min earlier is less accurate than a one changes on the dot?
Also, can it be cause due to playing with mechanism and changing dates in the 'bad zone'?
It means the hands were not installed properly in time with the date change.
Nope. The date change has nothing to do with the timekeeping of the movement. The date change is not even adjustable after the movement is completely assembled while the timing can be adjusted and regulated.
No.
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Canuck
·And if it's over tolerance? What does it mean then? Does it mean a watch that changes 8 min earlier is less accurate than a one changes on the dot?
Also, can it be cause due to playing with mechanism and changing dates in the 'bad zone'?
A watch less accurate if the date change doesn’t happen precisely on the second when the time registers 12:00 midnight? You really have no idea, do you! Relieve yourself of your anguish, and buy a digital watch. Digital timekeepers are not watches, they are computers.
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Stavington
·A watch less accurate if the date change doesn’t happen precisely on the second when the time registers 12:00 midnight? You really have no idea, do you! Relieve yourself of your anguish, and buy a digital watch. Digital timekeepers are not watches, they are computers.
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Leviathan
·I think a lot of new mechanical watch owners have to manage their expectations.
This is tech from the 1600’s… breathe!
This is tech from the 1600’s… breathe!
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flw
··history nerdI'm usually asleep. When I wake up in the morning and look at my watch, the date's changed. Good enough for me.
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EuroDriver
·Entertaining thread!
Mine are the same as above. When I go to bed, the date is accurate. When I get up, the date has correctly updated. My cheaper watches are equally accurate.
Next time I'm up at midnight, I'll try to remember to pay close attention for some more scientifically accurate data...
Mine are the same as above. When I go to bed, the date is accurate. When I get up, the date has correctly updated. My cheaper watches are equally accurate.
Next time I'm up at midnight, I'll try to remember to pay close attention for some more scientifically accurate data...
