Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>I took my Rolex back to the London centre when it started gaining five seconds a day and they serviced it and re-calibrated the movement.<< Simon, Could you let me know the details please? What does it cost for a service? Thanks, Matt. BTW, My Joe's account is in the process of being opened and I'm already receiving a discount on processing in the meantime. - ---------- >From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Forbes article on mechanical wristwatches >Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2000, 12:49 am > > > "Dante Stella wrote: >> >> >> Lots of cool moving parts, but you end up setting both every week. The >> standard variance for mechanicals, or so I read, as +/- fifteen seconds >> per day. That's a hell of a lot when you compare it to +/- 30 sec/month >> with a one-dollar Japanese quartz movement. But nothing beats a good 5hz >> mechanical tick. >> > The standard variance for mechanical watches varies from manufacturer to > manufacturer. I have Omega, Rolex, Breguet etc. and the manufacturing > tolerances regarding accuracy differ widely. As an example, a Breguet is > factory set to gain +2 seconds a day, as are Rolexes. I took my Rolex back > to the London centre when it started gaining five seconds a day and they > serviced it and re-calibrated the movement. Now it is accurate to less than > two seconds a day, and has been for the six months since it was > re-claibrated. As with anything mechanical, an overhaul is recommended > about every five years. > > Simon > >