Re: Rolex warranty myth?

On 2005-12-01, John S. <hjsjms@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Comments inserted.
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> Longfellow wrote:
>> Well, I'd no intention of furthering this thread, as I've little enough
>> knowledge and have run out of generic questions, but...
>>
>> I was looking at exactly those watches just last night. The Seiko
>> Perpetual Calendar watches, of which there are some apparently
>> indeterminate number depending on where one looks, advertize +-20
>> seconds a year. In the blurb, it didn't tell what sort of movement, but
>> I supposed it would have to be quartz. Temperature compensated, eh?
>
> I'm not sure if they are temperature compensated ot not. The authors
> of the lengthy article on Watchuseek were not sure either. It does use
> a high frequency crystal (192 khz?) which contributes to it's very high
> accuracy.

Okay, that makes sense.

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> I own one, a Seiko GMT Perpetual Calendar model like this one:
> http://web-ur.dk/images/SLT015P1.jpg.
>
> Why do I like it:
> 1. Unbelievably accurate for a $200.00 watch and the perpetual
> calendar does exactly what it is supposed to do - change the date
> unerringly.
> 2. Fit and finish are very nice for a sub-$500.00 watch. I really
> like the way Seiko designed the 24 hour bezel. They are not large
> watches, but sized appropriately for dress/casual wristwatches.

Is that also a 38mm watch?

> 3. The 12 hour hand is independently adjustable which give the maximum
> flexibility in tracking time changes when travelling.
> 4. It uses a 10 year battery.
>
> What would I change:
> 1. Maybe the bracelet to a different style, but that's kinda nit
> picky.
>
> I think you will be very pleased with any of the Seiko Perpetual
> Calendar watches. You will hear on this forum that those are "boringly
> accurate watches with no soul" or something similar. Well, I seen them
> as good looking reasonably priced watches that provide timekeeping that
> is very close to being auto-pilot.

Boringly accurate seems rather absurd, but I've seen the comments. That
probably refers to the plastic LCD versions, I would think. Otherwise,
I'd be amused: time keeping is time keeping, at least for the lay
person, and +-20 seconds a *year* is < 2 seconds a month, which is not
quite an order of magnitute more accurate than the old Seiko SQ I'm
wearing.

Question: the second hand on my watch does not register exactly in line
with the mark on the dial, and it's far enough off so that I'm not
satisfied with the time hacks I do. I notice one of the pictures of the
SMD series also shows the second hand misaligned. Can that be adjusted
without large expenditure? I've never gotten around to looking into
that, but I would expect a new watch to be more precisely set up.

Thanks,

Longfellow

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