Rolex

Hi all, Has anyone any experiance, or explanation for the following accurance.. When setting the time on my 1997 Sea Dweller, and trying to get the minute hand exactly over the minute marker (when the second hand is stopped at 0secs), I find that as I slo... 

you are a little obsessed, but really nothing wrong with that. Best regards, George

at the beginning of eachh week, set the watch 2m and 20 sec slow. By the end of the week it will be accurate! get it serviced.

nothing to worry about - but gaining 20s a day after a few knocks it definately needs a service..!! Yours, Andy.

anaesdoc

It's just the backlash in the setting gears being taken up. Have you tried going slightly past (1-2 minutes) your target minute and then slowly coming back to the target? Might help a bit.

Like you I'm obsessed about the alignment of the minute hand at zero second as well! Anyway, the spring-like sensation in the Rolex movement is quite normal and was a 'shock' to me when I first handled it. Not sure what to say about it except to say it is... 

Both the modern SD's I owned had this problem. The only way around it is to advance the minute hand a tad forward of where you want it and it'll spring back when the crown is put back in. The Subs I had were Ok for some reason. Cheers Pete

Thanks for the info guys, the recent posts are very constructive. Yep, I'm planning on getting it in for a service, almost 4 yeqrs old now, just not looking ofrward to it being away for the 14 weeks the AD is estimating. Oh well, guess the Seamaster will ...