hashluck
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Thanks, this is very helpful..
Sep 17, 2015,04:08 AM
to answer your questons..
Does the watch keep the correct time?
Yes
Does the minute hand miss the
markers by its own width or less?
More! 25 minutes around from original setting it will be sitting in the middle of the minute markers (having been set exaclty on one). The same is true if I set the minute hand in the centre of the minute markers as described in your other forum quote, 25 minutes later the minute hand will be roughly on the minute marker. So it is out by half the width of a minute marker at its worst case.
Does it change if you place the watch
on its side with 3 o'clock up, or 9 o'clock up?
I will test this tonight
There
are lots of reasons that might contribute to what you are observing -
the dial slightly out of center from the arbor (shaft where the hands
fit), the dial out of level slightly, the hand's pipe slightly out of
center with the hand, a bent pipe, parallax distortion on the edge of
the crystal, and so on.
Well there were allegedly issue with the dial production on the 5235
With your particular
watch the minute hand is thin, the scale is on the extreme edge of the
dial, you are watching it like a hawk (no doubt), and all the variables
can stack up to give you an aggravating "miss" on some markers.
I found this on another forum about a similar, large-dial, fine-hand watch:
"have
found the minute hand and the second hand align if you set the watch at
0 on the second hand and the minute hand precisely on the center of the minute mark. I use a 5X magnifier to align the minute hand. I suspect that I am overly compulsive about this ..."
Yes it is aggravating (to me) and yes I am also likely overly compulsive about it
At the Patek level you have a good chance that they will examine your watch and take your comment seriously.
Many thanks again