I ordered a Seiko 5 from Amazon last week and every time I set the time it shows incorrect time after a day so I am planning to return it. I shortened the metal belt by removing some of the extra metal clasps, Will I need to put them back on when I send the order back, will it cause any issues since the belt has been tampered with?
Ordered a Seiko 5 on Amazon That Loses Time Significantly and Shortened the Belt
rmsprs on 10/07/2022 - 16:10
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I had a hard time taking them off so I am worried putting them back would break something and cause further complications. But thank you I will check with Amazon.
complications
Pardon the pun
haha well done!
How much time is if losing per day? Mechanical watches aren't generally second accurate across a day, but if you're noticing an incorrect time I assume minutes ?
Could always drop by a decent mechanical watch store and get it demagnetised/degaused and see if it fixes it. There would likely be a Seiko dealer near you and I'd assume if would be covered under warranty.so I checked twice and each time it was off by 4-6 hours! I am an idiot for not realizing that these need winding up too because the watch had stopped (because of no juice?)
I followed a tutorial on YouTube just now and apparently that should fix it. I will monitor it for the next few days and decide whether or not it works.
Ha well yes… A mechanical watch does need some mechanical energy for power.
Whether that's via manual winding of via wrist wear power on automatic manual watchesGood thing you worked it out, no point sending back a decent watch for no reason.
Just don't get the mechanical watch bug, it can get expensive ;)I do love the watch it's worth every penny.
I am just getting into the hobby and this is my second purchase after Casio A158W! I do realise this is a dangerous ($$$) hobby but there's no going back now ;)
How much is it out by every day? Have you wound it up properly?
If you need "accurate" time, you're really better off getting a Quartz watch which will only be out by at most a few seconds every month. Or if you are even more pedantic than that, you can get a good old Casio digital watch which should remain accurate to the second until you change the battery (pretty much).
don't need the time to be perfect down to the minute but I am just realizing that it may have run out of juice. I just wound it up and will check again tomorrow.
Casio digital is quartz. No magic quartz in there that makes it better than other possibilities. Most commercial grade quartz crystals will have minimum 5ppm tolerance, more likely around 10ppm.
I shortened the metal belt by removing some of the extra metal clasps, Will I need to put them back on when I send the order back
By belt I assume you mean band? Then yes you will need to return them with the watch. But wouldn't worry about putting them back on, just pop them in the box.
These are automatic watches, they require movement to charge and only have power reserve for ~40hrs, have you moved enough while wearing it? Does the second hand move smoothly?
No I don't get enough movement since I sit in front of a pc all day for work. I think this is it!
If you are wearing it all day.. should be way more than enough movement
From the manual:
Once the watch is wound up fully, it operates for about 41 hours.
If the watch is used without being wound up fully, gain or loss of the watch may result. To avoid this, wear the watch for more than 10 hours a day. If the watch is used without wearing on the wrist (if it is used on the desk like a clock, for example), be sure to wind it up fully every day at a fixed time.
Indeed the 5s are automatic movements. Potentially, they're just not wound enough to last the entire 41 hour power reserve.
OTOH, if they are wound correctly and still losing or gaining significant time, it might just need a to be regulated. A watchmaker would be the best bet, in this case.
What do you mean by "wound correctly"? My understanding is the only way to wind them is to wear them. I don't believe you can do it any other way.
I think I should have chosen "wound enough" rather than correctly. You're right that the earlier 7S26 movements were not hand-windable. The newer 4R36, however are hand-winding and has hacking too.
Seiko 5s are good watches. I've been wearing one every day since 2012, never been serviced, take it swimming, camping, in the shed, etc and it still keeps time to 2 min every week.
get yourself a watch winder or just hold it in your hand every morning and pretend you are "amusing yourself".
Got here when searching for a new belt…..for my waist.
If it's Amazon direct, I don't think they will care. If it's some other marketplace type seller, best to check with them first.
Doesn't it only take a few minutes to put the links back?