Too late, I did the adjustment

Hi Jeff,

Nice to hear from the man who gave me hope in doing the rate adjustment. I have been a tinkerer and mechanic just about my whole life so I decided to give it a try. Following your basic rules, tools needed and clean envirornment (as much as possible) I carefully removed the caseback and adjusted the swans neck to slow the rate down.

After two or so days my GO Senator Navigator is now running about +1 second a day (against the atomic clock), I will see how it goes over the long haul, but my first impression is good to say the least. Hopefully it will remain close to this range, that would be terrific. Thanks to everyone for all the help and advice and I doubt any watchmakers out there should or would worry about my beginners luck at rate adjusting. I am just happy the watch now is running close to it's best.

Thanks,

Mark

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Adjusting the watch rate with the swans neck screw

By: mtvandi : November 15th, 2007-19:41

Most likely a silly question , but has anyone tried adjusting their GO's to better the watch rate. It seems like it would be fairly simple by carefully removing the case back and slowly turning the swans neck screw and using a little patience and common s...

I have not tried before but

By: kimlee : November 15th, 2007-20:42

It's been done, Mark . . .

By: Dr No : November 15th, 2007-22:38

. . . follow the thread below. glashutte.watchprosite.com Personally, I feel that the potential downside outweighs the benefits, especially if the watch in question is under warranty. I admire Jeff's technical acumen and sense of adventure, but I won't be...

Thank you for the feedback

By: mtvandi : November 15th, 2007-23:19

That was me

By: JeffM : November 17th, 2007-16:15

I agree w/ Art Unless you have a .6 mm screwdriver, a Dissecting microscope , A good light , and a really clean environment .Don't attempt. I work in the micrometers and nanometer environment every day so it was not a problem. You might find a jeweler who...

Too late, I did the adjustment

By: mtvandi : November 17th, 2007-22:19

Hi Jeff, Nice to hear from the man who gave me hope in doing the rate adjustment. I have been a tinkerer and mechanic just about my whole life so I decided to give it a try. Following your basic rules, tools needed and clean envirornment (as much as possi...

I'm glad it worked out for you

By: JeffM : November 28th, 2007-07:50

Congrats on the adjusting. Keep us posted on how accurate the watch remains for you. My watch has settled on to about 1 minute slow every 2 months. I use the stop watch alot at work so i think that function slows it down a bit even thoug i have it set for...

Still running well

By: mtvandi : December 1st, 2007-20:14

Hi Jeff, Thanks for the e mail. The watch is still running about 1-2 seconds fast a day. I am much happier to have it working this well, I was worried it was just getting too fast before the adjustment I did. To adjust it I removed the back very carefully...

All's well that ends well, Mark . . .

By: Dr No : December 1st, 2007-22:11

. . . I admire your sense of adventure and willingness to take the next step in watch appreciation by getting involved technically . . . I'm afraid I don't have the guts to tamper with any of my Glashütte Originals . . . regards, Art

Thanks Art

By: mtvandi : December 1st, 2007-22:40