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I recently had an older Seamaster (late 60s) overhauled and serviced. I bought it used, and it had not been serviced for many years. Two weeks after the service I noticed it was gaining about 17 seconds a day. I took it back to the service centre and had it tweaked. For the first week after that it kept perfect time, but then it suddenly started gaining 5 seconds a day. Yesterday (two weeks from the tweaking) it gained 8 seconds and today it gained 12!
I plan to take it back to the service centre, but I thought I'd ask for opinions here first. Is it normal that a watch, serviced after many years of disuse, would initially speed up? Do the oils that the serviceman puts in the watch take a while to penetrate? Should I take it back to the service center now or wait and see if it speeds up more and stablises?
I noticed that when the watch came back from it's initial service the manual winder was quite stiff to turn. Now it has freed up considerably and winds easily. (The seconds gain I have recorded applies to normal daily wearing of the watch with no extra winding.)
Thanks,
John Chapman.
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