zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Hi

I purchased a SMP Mid Size Chrono almost a year ago. When I first purchased it, it was gaining time (around +2sec/day). Now, about a year later, it is losing time (-1.5sec/day) - probably due to "break in". I started to notice this loss of time about three months ago.

I didn't try to compensate for the time gain, but when I noticed the time loss, I started to try to compensate. Initially, the face down position caused my watch to counteract the time loss. In fact this caused my watch to gain about 1 sec/day, which I was happy with. Now three months later, the face down position just counteracts the time loss during the day. When I put it face down at night it hasn't lost any time when I put it on in the morning. Of course I'm still losing time because of the time loss that I observe during the day. I am also winding my watch almost every other morning 30 or so turns

I'm attempting other resting positions at night in an attempt to gain a little extra time. To rest the watch in the crown up, crown down, face up, and face down positions is obvious. But what is not so obvious is to how to get the watch in the crown right and crown left positions. Does one just need to prop the watch upon itself such that the face is vertical and the crown is either pointing left or right? If not, what is the best way to acheive the Crown Left or Crown Right position?

I know losing 1.5 seconds a day is no big deal and if I were gaining 1.5 seconds a day, I wouldn't even be writing this, but to lose time is kind of a pain so I'd like to figure out a position at night that would compensate.

Thanks.