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Re: Question re: so called "break in period"
In Response To: Question re: so called "break in period" ()

Two main reasons:

One is that the test only proves the movement is capable of running within COSC spec. The watch movement is tested BY ITSELF. Once it passes, it is then put in inventory aty the factory to soon be made into a watch. By the time it has been made into a watch a delivered to you, a lot has happened to that tested movement.

The other is that all mechanical devices settle in. Their performeance changes at least slightly. Many will still be in COSC tolerances after all that--mine certainly is.

But the point of waiting for a break-in period is to merely NOT adjust the watch to correct for any small abberations until AFTER it has been running long enough that the performance is not likely to change again.

Otherwise, you may have to adjust it AGAIN by being too eager to adjust it before the movement has settled into its normal level of performance.

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