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A few suggestions which I hope help.

Great watch! Is this the only watch you wear? I'm asking that because it is an automatic watch that must be worn probably 10 hours or so each day in order for the automatic rotor to keep the watch sufficiently wound. I have an Omega Railmaster that keeps perfect time when I wear it all day but not so perfect time if I leave it in my watch box every other day or so. Even manually winding the watch and then putting it in the box does not guarantee perfect time keeping. I have multiple watches so my Railmaster is not worn each day. If in fact you are wearing your Aqua Terra all day, every day, then it should be accurate within 7-10 seconds per day provided you have enough wrist activity to keep the rotor spinning during the day (to keep the watch sufficiently wound). My Railmaster has the coaxial escapement movement and when I first bought it, I too had a similar problem with the watch stopping within the first year of use and I had to send it to Omega service in NJ. Since I had one of the first versions/models of the Omega coaxial escapement movement (2403) I believe Omega service in New Jersey had a modification they incorporated to fix a possible issue with these first innovative movements (if a watch was returned within the three year warranty period). My watch runs fine now as long as it is properly wound. I would recommend you do the following: Manually wind the watch fully (about 60 winds with your thumb and index finger) next morning before putting it on and then wear it all day until you go to bed. If the watch is still losing 60 seconds or so the next morning, then yes, its regulation is unsatisfactory and you have a legitimate issue. However, I have a strong feeling that the issue may be related to the watch winding down (not fully wound) each day. Some arm/wrist activity is key to keeping an automatic watch sufficiently wound. It is okay to supplement the automatic winding with manual winding if this helps keep the watch nearly fully wound.

By the way, while others will disagree, I am not a fan of watch winders (battery or electric), especially the cheap ones found on e-bay. I believe they keep watches too fully wound which I believe affects their regulation. They never allow a watch sitting in such a winder to ever unwind even the slightest amount (the cheap winders, that is). Plus, many of the cheap ones have magnets in their motors that are too close to the watch being wound. Remember, magnets are a watch's enemy. NEVER put your watch on top of anything with a strong magnet in it like loudspeakers (the tweeters near the top typically emit a strong magnetic field) or the older TV's with picture tubes. They can magnetize the watch's movement which a watch maker would then need to demagnetize (actually an easy fix). Also, if you must use a watch winder, buy a really good one (expensive) like Orbita, Wolf Designs, etc.

Good luck with your Aqua Terra! I'll be very curious if my response helps you at all.

: It's a Aqua terra automatic. When I had sent it the first time, it
: had stopped running and they had for almost couple of months,
: then when I got it was running fast, so sent it back again they
: had had it for couple of months and when I go it back it was
: still not running properly. It has gone like for 5 times. I just
: it back last week and it is still running slow ( almost a minute
: behind in 24 hrs).

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