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Re: Seamaster date problems
In Response To: Re: Seamaster date problems ()

: you can disrupt the date change mechanism if
: you change the date +3/4 hours on either
: side of midnight - do you think that this
: problem may have occured with mine?

No.

Try just turning the hands forward 24 hours and see exactly WHERE the date does change. As long at the date changes ONE of the times when the hands are at 12, then it was nothing other than you being confused on how to set the time right.

Now it would be different if the date changed at an odd time, like 2:00. But so far, it sounds like you have no idea yet when the date actually changes.

Of course, if the date NEVER changes, that is different and is something broken on the watch.

This is a common confusion -- people mistakenly assume that mechanical watches are smarter than they really are. People get used to digital clocks and watches knowing the difference from AM and PM and forget that mechanical watches operate on a simpler basis.

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