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Re: Is it possible that the watch is so new that i
In Response To: Is it possible that the watch is so new that it.. ()

It is possible. I am going to watch it for a while and see how it does. Probably, next week some time I will let it run down again and see if it lasts longer than 14 hours. I guess there is a certain amount of mystery to these things!

Adam

: needs some time to run in first? It is clear that new watches
: get more accurate after the run in period. But what about
: power reserve? Is it the same thing or a totally different
: matter?

: I have never left my Seamaster Bond on the night table any
: longer than 24 hours when I first bought it. There was a
: couple of times when I went upcountry and left it home for
: 36 hours or so, no problem at all. But those were 3 months
: after purchase. So I could never tell.

: May the force be with your watch.

: Ruckdee C. [E20JLS] http://i.am/renardnolt

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