Doing This Wrong Will DAMAGE Your Watch Movement

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@shinichihayakawa7619 Жыл бұрын

If you follow this method, you need to set the day/date to the previous day, and then advance the hands until you reach the correct day/date and time on the dial. The point is, you can't tell if the watch mechanism is set at 6:30 in the morning or 6:30 in the evening just by looking at the hands. And so, it may cause the day/date display to change 12 hours too soon, or 12 hours too late.

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Great tip, that is correct! Pinning this so others can see.

@tomasu301 Жыл бұрын

I wonder people change to smart watch because of this issue

@baneq105 Жыл бұрын

@@tomasu301 I had. I’m too stupid to set watch even not knowing about that thing. And time being a bit off always bothered me. Not sure but I think some new gshocks have Auto time sync so that’s something.

@andrew1898 Жыл бұрын

Damn you need to be a rocket scientist to set your watches 😂😂

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

@@andrew1898 LOL

@suyashdubey8767 Жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear now I traveled back to 1854 and am stuck in a time loop

@impulsiveurge5837 Жыл бұрын

@realalexmackenzie Жыл бұрын

Keep your out for a DeLorean. It might help you back to this time. Watch out for the flux capacitor though. If you get too close it will magnetize your hair spring.

@gamblerjohn6058 Жыл бұрын

It happens

@nightwolf9951 Жыл бұрын

Bro no 😢

@luisbill1394 Жыл бұрын

Drugs are cool too

@muskrat4852 Жыл бұрын

6:30 is the best time… hands down

@garyz0611 Жыл бұрын

AM correct?

@matthias4522 Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@hunterpapay8762 Жыл бұрын

I hate you lol

@The_Guy_Who_Asked72 Жыл бұрын

@@garyz0611 no. 18:30 PM superiority

@Malevolent_Q Жыл бұрын

Nah, 18:30 superiority

@nicolajhardbass1608 Жыл бұрын

In 4 years of watchmaking I have heard of one very rare movement, that actually can break during this. Modern movements always have a safety mechanism to avoid breaking the watch with setting the date. Standard movements always like the 2824 ect. and also the movement shown in the video has a safety mechanism.

@shitfuckershit Жыл бұрын

Nice to know, I was a bit worried thinking back if I'd done this Is that just safety from fully breaking or any damage at all?

@Furko08 Жыл бұрын

what about *very* quickly winding the time to move the date forward several months because about 2 years ago you didn't know that that's supposedly very bad for the watch and they actually have a way to just skip days and months? asking for a friend. (as far as I know nothing broke *yet*)

@Florian-Florian Жыл бұрын

@@shitfuckershitYou do not damage anything when it is a normal modern movement like this.

@gilbertoflores7397 11 ай бұрын

If you look up a long Island watch video explaining it, there is a little plastic wheel thing that controls the changing of the two disks, it can snap and make the date/day function not work properly. You won't break the movement, but setting the date will not work. Thats why its advise not to do it, the fix is also easy enough, replacing that plastic part, but will be very costly taking everything apart to replace something that cost less than a few cents.

@frznrrfan.frznrrfan102 9 ай бұрын

@@gilbertoflores7397but if you know how to mod a simple nh35 movement which is very easy it shouldn't cost much. A watch maker shouldn't over charge for something so simple.

@keeganmartin1886 Жыл бұрын

Remember: the watch is DOWN for maintenance

@AtlGaming1 Жыл бұрын

Have had this seiko for 2 years as a daily wear. Watch is an absolute beast. Punches well above its price point

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I absolutely love it. What strap do you wear it on?

@AtlGaming1 Жыл бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck i got a strapcode jubilee on mine.

@devpratap Жыл бұрын

Whats the model name?

@shahan484 Жыл бұрын

@@devpratap Seiko 5?

@devpratap Жыл бұрын

@@shahan484 yeah I searched for it, it has a few other designs as well, will do a image search maybe

@spinerocker Жыл бұрын

I Set the time to 6:30 and had my beer. Cheers

@barryvercueil2346 Жыл бұрын

I've been getting my friends into automatic watches. Your videos have helped them a lot as I'm not great at explaining. Cheers.

@ricolorenz7307 Жыл бұрын

I just set it to the previous day, then use the hands to move the date to today. It's also good because then you don't accidently set the date to 9:00 pm instead of AM

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Smart

@ricolorenz7307 Жыл бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck Hey, thanks for taking the time to leave a positive comment, even though everyone else left the same comment as me!

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

@@ricolorenz7307 That's ok, I greatly appreciate you watching and leaving a comment in the first place. Means a lot.

@DiningTableOfficeWorker Жыл бұрын

applicable for old watches but not on the new watches with new movement

@animealpha4795 11 ай бұрын

Not true. I unknowingly tried changing date at 1pm and it felt like the day was stuck.

@wj6782 Жыл бұрын

Or you can roll the time around, which will also change the date.

@DrJiKentauriuzHero Жыл бұрын

Thi is what i do too. Just roll the time.

@JoeOrber Жыл бұрын

Let the good times roll 🎶 😂

@oddball_the_blue Жыл бұрын

I must admit I got used to winding the time on until it'd moved over to the next day (since it then means I know if it's AM or PM). But I'll remember this one for the future.

@melody3741 Жыл бұрын

Be aware - THE INSTANT DATE CHANGE WATCHES STILL START THE PROCESS EARLY LIKE 9PM.

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

You got it! I said 8 pm - 4am to be safe, but technically it's often closer to 9. True!

@Crackity_Jones. Жыл бұрын

He covered that point in the video.

@RADGoodstatsforthecost Жыл бұрын

This actually changed my life literally not capping. Thank you so much

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that sir

@RADGoodstatsforthecost Жыл бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck I wear my granpa's old watch which has a date and day adjustment system and I will make sure to do this every time I need to change anything ❤️🤝

@Avaddon911 Жыл бұрын

I just wind the watch, advance the time until the day/date click over, go to 6:30 am/pm whichever is applicable, then set the date.

@thomasm5714 20 күн бұрын

I usually use the following method: rotate the hands until the date moves forward then continue until I reach 13.00h. Then set the day and date to one day BEFORE today's date. Then advance the hands until the day and date move forward and continue until I reach today's time.

@iasonaskoutsoumis61 Жыл бұрын

Needless to say that no harm to the day/date wheel will be done if you first pull the crown to the hand setting position and then knock yourself out rotating the hour and minute hands clockwise (aka fast forward) until the desired day/date is reached

@seinfan9 Жыл бұрын

The guy in this video says that you damage the movement by doing this. I honestly can't believe that he's correct. Otherwise the watch is constantly damaging itself as it moves forward a day.

@hyperzonez1349 3 ай бұрын

some watches only let you set the hour and minute, not the date. my omega does this and it avoids this issue. It also changes the date from around 11:30 to 12:15

@ChronometerCheck 3 ай бұрын

Correct! This is only a potential issue with watches that have this feature called quickset

@laurentgagne892 10 ай бұрын

those grey seatlbelt nato really make a watch pop

@gabedellaira6924 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I always progress the hands until the day and date flip over. Then go to 630 for good measure.

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Yup, good technique

@Ethian315 Жыл бұрын

I always set the date before, then set the time and date.

@ashdeekhairuddin5263 Жыл бұрын

Funny thing, I'm wearing the SRPE61(the watch in the video) while watching this video

@edamamebiru3960 21 күн бұрын

Same, I just bought it from Amazon Japan. Weird thing is that the days are in English AND arabic. Whyyyy!

@robingp Жыл бұрын

Thanks to the GShock functionality of Muti Band 6, I don’t have to do this…I own a Seiko Automatic and it’s always a pain……

@KikoMachine999 4 ай бұрын

Seiko's anthracite dial are unbeatable! Just pure beauty! Unmatched!❤

@joedoesmemes1463 Жыл бұрын

i wish i had seen this video 2 days ago when i was setting the date. luckily the date has rolled over 2 times so i don’t think anything broken

@JohnCannonBand Жыл бұрын

It’s like a gremlin you can’t feed after midnight

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Priyodarsono Жыл бұрын

I think it's better to just advance the hands in the first date of the month (check the date before advancing, you'll do it only once every 2 months) & for the day, set it manually in the movement safety zone.

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recent support, everyone! Here's a quick tip for those new to mechanical watches.

@user-pi4cr1fh9j Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, I’ve had my first automatic watch (Bapex) for about a year and never knew I could damage the movement

@Dreamweaver94 Жыл бұрын

I hate it when my GShocks break adjusting them 😮‍💨

@AaronHuffmanPerson Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this quick reference, i forgot the times that mine told me not to change the date.

@emilianobrambilamunoz2917 Жыл бұрын

That's actually an outdated precaution. Almost every new watch movement, even the crappiest ones can't be damaged by doing that. The piece that moves the date ring is flexible, so it'll not get damaged if you use the crown in the middle of the change.

@cjbartoz Жыл бұрын

This depends on the movement.

@jhsevs Жыл бұрын

So old watches don’t exist anymore?

@hrfdude4234 Жыл бұрын

I thought you shouldn't change the time too, so I never changed it in that time too! Thanks for clearing that up for me! and also I had a quartz watch way back that I changed the date at midnight, the watch didn't break or anything, but the date changing got messed up for a while, but corrected itself after a week or too! I'm wondering what specific damages are we talking about here?!

@rawgab4439 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ..I never knew or didn't understand

@lukmanqhempunk8545 Жыл бұрын

I noticed it wrote "Malaysia" in center back of the watch 😎

@Lucky.123 Жыл бұрын

Can the movement get damaged if the watch has a ghost date position??

@PhilipAusWien Жыл бұрын

And how do I know if the watch stopped at am or pm?

@patricj951 Жыл бұрын

You can't know, but have to check it out by letting the hands pass 12 o'clock. If the date changes you can continue to 6:30 and at that moment adjust the date/day. After that, you can turn the hands to the current time of the day.

@mikelgabiolaleniz 3 ай бұрын

What's the exact model? Have you changed the strap? Thanks!

@sanctuaryjester 3 ай бұрын

it's a Seiko 5 Sports SRPE61K1 Gray Dial and yes he changed the strap into a gray seatbelt NATO.

@Sir_Panda007 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. About to buy my first real watch and would’ve broken it if it wasn’t for your advice!

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

No problem!

@2K9s Жыл бұрын

Real watches don’t break from day/date adjustment.

@cjbartoz Жыл бұрын

@@2K9s It just depends on how the mechanics of the movement are designed.

@Florian-Florian Жыл бұрын

If it is a normal modern watch you would not break anything. I do not understand why this is such a big topic because it is completely irrelevant for most watches.

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

@@Florian-Florian Not necessarily true. This is in the user manal even for Seiko watches that use the 4R35/4R36 movement which is very common in their entry-level

@vasiovasio Жыл бұрын

Valuable information! Thank you!

@NickDaskalopoulos Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@codrax557 Жыл бұрын

I have a Tommy Hilfiger watch and I used to change the date and day betwen 10am, 12am and it looks that i totally damadged the date

@louisdugrain Жыл бұрын

It can only cause damage to automatic watches I don't think that your Tommy is

@rapaladude Жыл бұрын

I'm really glad I can't ruin my watch by changing the date. I have a Rolex OysterDate ref 6694. It's a manual wind watch without a quickset date. You have to manually set it to the correct date by progressing the hands. No risk of damage that way.

@m4jikman Жыл бұрын

True

@tiddybearkush Жыл бұрын

If you change the time from the current time to change the date you need to keep track on which way you move the time so you can go reverse when you then set the current time or the date mechanism might change date wrong.

@johnmartinez7440 Жыл бұрын

But _why_ is it like that? Seems like a poor mechanism design.

@christopherfeatherley Жыл бұрын

I'm not a watch expert, but mechanical watches function by gears and springs: the more additions you add to it l (like a day and month clock) would require more gears, and they are all linked in some way -- through smaller gears -- to the main spring (the energy). In turn: the more functions, the more complicated and therefore sensitive the system is. Mechanical watches aren't programmed like digital watches, so they're limited by physics, especially to keep all those mechanism in a tiny, compact space.

@MyNameIsGhost Жыл бұрын

Accidentally did this to my seiko 5.....now the date begins switching at around 10-10:30 rather than 9 and the day now finishes changing around 3am rather than 4. 😢hope its okay

@gabrielcornea9119 Жыл бұрын

If you damaged the day or date mechanism then the day or date will not change at all. Your watch is probabli fine since it does change the date, but it could benefit from removing and better repositioning of the watch hands, so it could show midnight right after the date change.. If you can't do it yourself, then any watchmaker can do it for you

@Novaah803 Жыл бұрын

All my watches have Sekio or Miyota movements, and I just set my date to a day before today (Incase my watch is on PM and I’m setting for AM), then I start rolling the time forward after we are within a day Or two of the target. Never had any issues and I’ve been doing this for years. Seems like maybe if you have a vintage watch this may be good advise!

@louismacvux Жыл бұрын

I have a modern seiko and this is explicitly mentioned in the manual, so it's definitely still a thing. But hey your seiko is still fine though.

@wethreegamers2 Жыл бұрын

ive got a timex weekender, i love it because during daylight savings i can easily bump the hour hand forward or back, and the date is easy to change without messing with the time, since the day funcion is connected to the hour hand.

@MrDziuka 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you 😊

@G0RSHK0V Жыл бұрын

Mine always change instantly at midnight. They are 35 years old

@russelfatyh8449 Жыл бұрын

What seiko model is it?

@nicolaspeytavin3489 Жыл бұрын

SRPE51

@QuebecoisSti Жыл бұрын

I always roll the complete time instead of only the date, it takes longer but should be better for mechanism ??

@ignacio4244 Жыл бұрын

I prefer wait 6 years to get the same days cicle

@trancendental5373 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know this, my Timex Ironman thanks you sir.

@Mx_Vn_ Жыл бұрын

What strap is that? Do you have a link?

@megacab 3 ай бұрын

My watch stated this in the manual, i did it, just didn't know why

@ChronometerCheck 3 ай бұрын

Hahah :)

@user-ks1jr5op1u Жыл бұрын

That's all well and good unless you have an amtique rolex that won't let you change the time first because the mechanism is broken and NO ONE will fix it

@rahulisgreat4911 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@MrPINKFL0YD Жыл бұрын

I know the time thing and thought it was a useless video until the 630 thing. Tnx!

@kawaiirimuru2909 Жыл бұрын

I don't know if its luck or pure genius when he did that shot, amazing.

@AamirZ Жыл бұрын

6:38pm right now, close enough.

@Anirossa Жыл бұрын

Broken a few seikos like this, lol, the 4r got a plastic gear in there that will snap really easily if you forget it just once

@InterstellarWatchMods Жыл бұрын

6 would be fine, is the recommendation for 6:30 simply to dummy proof it against someone getting the hour and minute hands mixed up?

@Vincent-Singh17159 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I never knew that.

@ballessss Жыл бұрын

Never happend to me on my digital watches.

@Johnson_2022 Жыл бұрын

I've never personally liked day/date displays on watches as I find they're more hassle than they're worth.

@ionrael Жыл бұрын

My watch can't change the day along, so the trick I use is to go back and forward between 9pm and 12 am, this will make it advance 1 day by only moving between 3 hours. And how I can tell it's on 9 pm? If you turn to 12 and changes the day, so then con back to 9 and forward to 12 and there you go, much safer

@solidifiedmustard4706 Жыл бұрын

wow that caseback is super scratched lol

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Yup. I wear my watches hard

@marcushosmer1856 Жыл бұрын

I always roll the time forward to noon and then adjust the day/date

@user-cn3ie1vx3b Жыл бұрын

whats the name of the clock in the video?

@don_s 7 ай бұрын

I always set the time to 6 all this time

@discountmorty213 Жыл бұрын

Thats why I hate the day date thing.

@senpaisanchoyt5225 Жыл бұрын

What watch is that? It's beautiful!

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Seiko SRPE61

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Not a mod. Just a stock SRPE61. Changed the strap, that's all

@senpaisanchoyt5225 Жыл бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck thankyou!

@yyeezyy630 Жыл бұрын

Iv done this so many times because I work midnights and my watch is fine years later it’s a 1977 caravelle devil diver

@duxanax Жыл бұрын

can anyone tell me what watch this is?

@jimmason8502 2 ай бұрын

I'm asleep between 9pm and 1am

@deriismayandi Жыл бұрын

is it only apply to day or date settings? Cause I had set hour hands between 9 pm and 3 am, which is danger zone for seiko caliber 4R36.

@HaIsKuL Жыл бұрын

You can set the time whenever you want. It's really the day/date complication that you can't set when the hands are between 9 pm and 3 am.

@Alex420xx Жыл бұрын

Man that watch is nice

@RS-jb1lf Жыл бұрын

Many do this with the Breitling Navitimer as it does not have a fast date set.

@cjbartoz Жыл бұрын

On the older navitimers with eta movement you can not change the date during the date change. On the new inhouse breitling movement you can change the date whenever you want.

@EpicMovieMoments Ай бұрын

13 P.M is the safest to change time

@mariacruz-tx5mk Жыл бұрын

That was good to know 👍

@rinyotsu2.0 Жыл бұрын

To me that just sounds like a defect. Especially with the prices watches seem to get to

@Mrjackietreehorn Жыл бұрын

I have a seiko automatic too 💪

@Emissarian 7 ай бұрын

Great face/strap color combo. Model and link to strap?

@sanctuaryjester 3 ай бұрын

Seiko 5 SRPE61K1 Gray Dial with a seatbelt NATO strap

@-_YuvrajSingh_- Жыл бұрын

In my case, the shop keeper was like "bada beem, bada boom" there you go sir💀

@HaydenHero Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a major design flaw for what watches go for.

@myaperson Жыл бұрын

Mines a digital watch, also according to my watch Thursday doesn’t exist Wednesday is just very long

@BMW_Supremacy Жыл бұрын

I just turn the time so that the day/date is changed then change the time and day.

@battlereptile2089 Жыл бұрын

What are those "Mie", "Vie" part on the day of the watch? My watch has the problem where it doesnt show the day buy this weird words instead

@myzdmymn Жыл бұрын

i had few seiko autos and its always died and to be serviced

@hiltonryllecabeguin9192 Жыл бұрын

hi..is this harmful only for automatics?or even quartz?

@bkwong2535 Жыл бұрын

just get a watch without any day or date function 👍👍👍👍👍

@PyroClit Жыл бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck why wouldnt it affect quartsz? it has the same mechanism as the auto. Lel Itaffect both.

@PyroClit Жыл бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck you are the first one that i heard say that it doesnt affect quartz watches. It even states on the seiko manuals, heck i even checked my seiko sbbn 033s manual. it is stated there.

@PyroClit Жыл бұрын

@@mr.personal-ity thats what i thought. made some research, its written on most quartz manuals. even checked my SBBN033's physical manual, actually written on it. Guy is clueless.

@KT.81 Жыл бұрын

Owh dayummm....I don't know this on my Seiko 5 Sport 😂.

@tarikhulmahfudz7829 Жыл бұрын

Is it gonna change exactly like the calendar? In some month is 30 31 29

@Jacob-cl1eo 4 ай бұрын

The one time when having a quartz watch is useful

@terratenientesalgo2511 Жыл бұрын

yeah, this is why i hate complications on watches, i only want to know what time it is, day and date is simply irrelevant, maybe date is fine but even with my goldfish brain is hard to forget what day it is.