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Do automatic watches lose time? Over a period of a week, my Oris loses about a minute or two something which I’ve never observed in any other watches I’ve owned.
 
Bluecube said:
Do automatic watches lose time? Over a period of a week, my Oris loses about a minute or two something which I’ve never observed in any other watches I’ve owned.
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They can lose, gain or stay pretty much bang on, but yes they're typically much less accurate than even cheap quartz.

Depending on the movement in your Oris, that might be within spec but I'd be surprised given the brand. Has it always lost the same amount of time reliably? If so it might just need regulating, but if it's a change in its accuracy, it might need a service.
 
Bluecube said:
Do automatic watches lose time? Over a period of a week, my Oris loses about a minute or two something which I’ve never observed in any other watches I’ve owned.
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Yeah it's pretty normal to lose/gain time, 1 to 2 mins (well just under) is within spec unless it's the new in house movement too. The sellita movement (the current red rotor one) can lose between -5 and +20 seconds a day according to specs.

I've seen comments that how you rest the watch when not in use can impact the accuracy, ie crown up or crown down etc, but you're never going to match quartz accuracy no matter what you do.

As said if it's a new occurrence it could need servicing/regulating or it could even be be magnetised if the watch isn't 'anti magnetic' (think most oris are not anti magnetic)
 
Mobius 1 said:
I’m not. I have one I like atm. Was just wondering :p

thanks guys, I appreciate your input.
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There's an urban gentry video on YouTube where he covers this segment. Lots of crackers you can get under 500.

Bluecube said:
Do automatic watches lose time? Over a period of a week, my Oris loses about a minute or two something which I’ve never observed in any other watches I’ve owned.
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Yes. Get more automatics and wear them on rotation and you'll never have to worry about it :cry:
 
£205 customs fee to pay to FedEx for the Stowa :(

Looks liek this will be the last expensive watch I buy outside of the UK no thanks to those of you who voted leave.
 
mrk said:
£205 customs fee to pay to FedEx for the Stowa :(

Looks liek this will be the last expensive watch I buy outside of the UK no thanks to those of you who voted leave.
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Surely you would have paid this regardless of leaving EU ? (I was remain) I can't imagine Stowa would do an Aliexpress and say it's $10 watch parts so you don't pay import/customs tax ?
 
Just saying because I've bought watches from France and Germany since Brexit as well as bike parts of decent value and not had to pay any fees or anything!
 
hughtrimble said:
They can lose, gain or stay pretty much bang on, but yes they're typically much less accurate than even cheap quartz.

Depending on the movement in your Oris, that might be within spec but I'd be surprised given the brand. Has it always lost the same amount of time reliably? If so it might just need regulating, but if it's a change in its accuracy, it might need a service.
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Bought second hand and it’s been reliably slow since I bought it. Excuse my ignorance but what’s regulating?
 
mrk said:
Just saying because I've bought watches from France and Germany since Brexit as well as bike parts of decent value and not had to pay any fees or anything!
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That's odd, anything over £135 you're supposed to pay the vat/customs (or have the "pleasure" of Royal Mail/DHL/etc doing it for you), if we'd remained in EU then the vat would have just been charged when you bought it
 
mrk said:
£205 customs fee to pay to FedEx for the Stowa :(

Looks liek this will be the last expensive watch I buy outside of the UK no thanks to those of you who voted leave.
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Um... the price on the stowa site includes VAT, did they remove the vat on the payment page before you purchased the watch? If they didn't then I'd be going back to them and complaining because according to their own site they should have removed it
https://www.stowa.de/en/V-A-T+-+Payment+-+Delivery/

EDIT: I just went to checkout with a stowa watch and it removed the vat so most of that £205 will be the VAT they removed plus the fee's that fedex have stuck on (usually the worst bit, £12.50 minimum or 2.5% after that point, yes I know rip off).

You would have had the VAT charged one way or another whether we were still part of the EU or not, it's just now paid in the UK instead of at the EU store.


Bluecube said:
Excuse my ignorance but what’s regulating?
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Essentially it's turning a few screws/dials in the movement to make it more accurate, think of it like tuning a car in a service so it runs better.
 
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