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Title: automatic watches and changing the date !!
Post by: Perfectwatches on August 16, 2016, 06:17:06 AM

i just like to ask what is the SOP if an automatic watch stopped because i didnt use it for a period of time, do i have to wind it first then change the time/date or change the time/date then just wear it again? also, i read that you cant change the date of the watch if the hands are in the 9 o clock to 2 o clock position.

Title: Re: automatic watches and changing the date !!
Post by: tonykpk on August 16, 2016, 08:10:19 AM

You need to wind the automatic watches before wearing. It is good practice if u don't change the date  from 9 pm to 3am although u can do it on some watches.

Title: Re: automatic watches and changing the date !!
Post by: clj on August 16, 2016, 08:49:46 AM

I was told itz better to set the time to 6.30 then only wind the watch so that less "harmful" to the watch.
Is that true?

Title: Re: automatic watches and changing the date !!
Post by: tonykpk on August 16, 2016, 01:05:17 PM

No such thing. !

Quote from: chonglj on August 16, 2016, 08:49:46 AM

I was told itz better to set the time to 6.30 then only wind the watch so that less "harmful" to the watch.
Is that true?

Title: Re: automatic watches and changing the date !!
Post by: meoramri on August 16, 2016, 02:25:36 PM

Here are some excerpts of a Grand Seiko manual as well as a Ball watch manual on the dangers of adjusting date function when the time on the said watch is within a certain time period. As for winding the watch, there should not be any problem winding it any time.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp94tPQVUAAPb6F.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp94tPiVIAAt3Jn.jpg)

Title: Re: automatic watches and changing the date !!
Post by: andrewhtf on August 16, 2016, 03:07:32 PM

Oh crap i did just that. At 12.30am last night i noticed that the day wheel was hanging halfway when i expected it shouldve just clicked into the next day, so i went and adjusted it.

Hope i didnt spoil anything inside. Will keep in mind to only adjust the next morning

Title: Re: automatic watches and changing the date !!
Post by: dprodigy on August 18, 2016, 01:32:45 PM

In the condition where the watch has fully unwound and time has stopped, my usual practice in adjusting time/date is to run the time through the next 12 oclock to see if the date changes, this allows me to then set the correct time according to AM/PM, then only I would set the correct date.

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