watch goes faster

[edil 28]

Hello, if anyone can help me.

A few monts back i bought a rep. watch and it keeps going like 5-7 min faster a day. It's like that from when i bought it, but now I'm really sick of it setting the time twice a day to have accurate time.

Anyone know what it is, and what should i do?

[sconehead 5]

Sounds like the beat/timing is miles out or a gummed hairspring, ETA or Asian?

[edil 28]

i havent opend the watch and i dont know anything about watch movement,

but this is what the place i bought the watch said:

gold movement coz they are better & they are japanese citizen movement.

maybe it was something damaged in transport.

any thoughts?

[sconehead 5]

Mechanical watches can be adjusted/regulated for timing. This is the best source of info I've found on the net to date explaining it all.

 

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/sear...;cd=1&gl=de

[sconehead 5]

...and here's a tuto from one of our members,

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...timing+ans+beat

[edil 28]

thanks for the info and help. i will try to regulate in the coming days and hopefully it will work.

[Brightlight 0]

Woah! Stop! You cannot regulate a watch that's 5-7 minutes fast a day! About the most you can get out of regulation is +/- 30 secs a day. You should not mess with the beat without a watch timing machine. There are a few possibilities, but you're going to have to get it looked at and find out what movement it has. It could be magnetised, or the hairspring could indeed be gummed up, either way it needs serviced and regulated properly. If it's a cheap Chinese movement, throw it away and fit a new one, if it is an ETA movement it can be serviced. It is highly unlikely to be a Japanese movement, this is what scam websites call a cheap chinese movement. Where did you buy it from?

[edil 28]

like i said earlier, the guy i bought it from it said:

gold movement coz they are better & they are japanese citizen movement. The watch works perfectly fine except gaining like 5 min a day.

It's a 100$ watch from houseofsouvenirs.

[Brightlight 0]

like i said earlier, the guy i bought it from it said:

gold movement coz they are better & they are japanese citizen movement. The watch works perfectly fine except gaining like 5 min a day.

It's a 100$ watch from houseofsouvenirs.

 

Edil, don't believe everything someone trying to sell you something says. The point is a watch that is gaining 5 minutes a day cannot be regulated, there is something wrong with it.

[JoeyB 0]

Wouldn't a "japanese citizen movement" be a quartz movement?

[sconehead 5]

Miyota is/was part of the Citizen group Joey, probably an 8xxx auto movement...

[edil 28]

well today i went to a watchmaker and he regulated the time.

now in the next few days i'll see how much he did.

anyway does any of you know what movement is gold japanese citizen movement. is any good.

and how lasting it is?

[sconehead 5]

...if it's a Miyota 8 series they are quite good mate...