Glashütte Original

cubancigar
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Qualifying statement

No joke, I am astounded by the current precision of my PML!

I should, however, further elaborate on my previous post.  Upon reflection, a more accurate statement would be that the watch has gained only about 2 seconds over a period of 5 weeks--rather than a gain of 2 seconds over 2 months that I mentioned earlier.  This is not much of a difference in the big picture, but I feel like I should give full disclosure--it's just my nature as an attorney to be completely upfront (this obviously does not apply to all lawyers, but I digress...).

Anyway, when I first got the watch, I rotated the watch about 800 times--counterclockwise.  (Glashutte's official website in the FAQs section mentions that if put on a winder, GO watches should be wound between 800 and 1000 times; also, most GO watches only wind when rotated CCW.)  I don't have a winder so I physically rotated the watch; this gave me some time to become more acquainted with my elegant timepiece (my wife says I care for the "darn" watch more than I care for her   Also, I NEVER shake the watch to wind it.

Within the first three weeks, the watch would gain about 1 second per day.  Then the gain tapered off and became squarely aligned with the seconds on time.gov.  I readjusted the time at three weeks and it has only gained about 2 seconds since then, which was five weeks ago.  That's the complete picture.

As you may already know, all mechanical watches need a period for the spring to adjust to the tension--especially when bought new or if it's been sitting around for a significant length of time.  For a new watch, this adjustment period is about 3 to 5 weeks.  So if your newly bought automatic is not so accurate in the beginning, just give it some time to find its sweet spot.

Cheers!