How accurate are my watches: Omega, Rolex, Seiko +

Watches:
00:00 Introduction
00:49 How to use a timegrapher
03:01 Seiko 5 Dive Watch
04:03 Vintage Omega Seamaster
04:45 Christopher Ward C63 GMT
05:47 Rolex Explorer 14270
06:37 IWC Mark XX
07:19 Omega Seamaster 300m
08:19 Rolex Submariner 16610
09:16 Rolex GMT Master II

[allanpeters]

For the seiko 5, you can wind it, btw. It was only the skx or old 7s26 movement, where you will have to do the seiko shuffle. Love the videos!! Keep them coming!

[MarkvanVaals]

FYI to get accurate amplitude reading you need to set the lift angle for that specific movement. Note that not all manufacturers publish the lift angles for their movements.
Also, just get a cheap demagnetizer. They cost less than 20 £/$/€ and within 10sec you can fix a magnetized watch.

[michaelriera]

This is easy. If you’ve purchased your watch within the last 15 years you do Not need to service at any set intervals especially if the watch is not worn everyday and is part of a larger rotation. Newer watches use synthetic oils that do not gunk up, degrade, or evaporate like older mineral oils. Periodically check them on a timegrapher and if the amplitude is between 230-315, small beat error, not running too fast or too slow then there is absolutely No reason to submit the watch to an intervention that may ultimately introduce issues that were not originally there.

[DarrenBates]

You can manually wind that Seiko 5, it has the relatively new 4R36. Any Seiko 5 with that new "superman" logo has it.

[Pete...NoNotThatOne]

When measuring a watch’s stats on a Timegrapher, there are three things you need to remember.
1) Don’t do on an absolutely full wind. If you’ve been wearing it all day, let it wind down a bit for half an hour.
2) Lift angle. It can affect the results of the measure, and can vary between 42 degrees (Vostok movements) and 56.5 (old Seiko 5). Lift angels are usually available online, and worth setting.
3) Accuracy by itself doesn’t tell you much. Important stats are beat error and amplitude.

It is possible to regulate even fifty or sixty year old movements in good condition to be +-10 seconds a day, but always let your watchmaker do the hard bit. And always remember; just because it says one thing on the Timegrapher, your accuracy may be vastly different wearing every day.

[therapiststeve]

You know what's sad? I found this video absolutely riveting. I'm hopeless. Great video, Adrian. Thank you.

[ShawnHineidi]

im so glad that the Omega Seamaster 300 came on top! im planning on getting one this September for my birthday! thanks for the great content Adrian!

[kresimirpleic]

Adrian, two things: 1) lift angle, and 2) the 4R inside the Seiko can be hand wound.

[majedalessa]

The lift angle needs to be movement specific and not just set at 52

[Mark..P]

I was born in 1966 and the Turn-o-Graph is working better than I am 🤣

[vantage]

I’m confused as to why he said the vintage Omega is more accurate than the Seiko 5 when the Omega was +26s/day and the Seiko was +0s/day. Wouldn’t 0s be dead on accurate?

[jamescgarrett]

A really interesting insight, thank you for putting the time into this film.
I have my own timegrapher and tried a similar experiment myself a couple of years ago. I immediately found that what the timegrapher displays in static conditions (regardless of position) varied massively from what I witnessed when wearing any particular watch over several days. For example, my Tudor Black Bay 36 (older version, ETA movement) showed around +/-3sec a day in various positions on the Timegrapher, but would be about -30sec off after wearing it for a week, while my trusty Seiko SKX would show massive variation on the Timegrapher (anything from +20sec a day to -30sec a day, depending on position) yet would be off my no more than 10sec when worn on the wrist.
I’ve since migrated to wearing mainly CWC quartz watches, and Grand Seikos with 9F movements. Problem solved!
Keep well :-)

[Geniusclicks]

Finally. The least talked about subject! Yet at the end of the day. The MOST important

[Kranberry]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the Co-Axial movement seems like the cheapest way to get a well-made, decently good looking, interestingly-engineered, and reliable mechanical movement

[raphaeldeback]

I've the same seamaster 300m (in black). This watch is just incredible. It has been hit, went throught airport, near industrial motor with big magnetisism.. and still + 0s/day for years... An unbreakable awsome watch !

[rainerbuechse]

On the Seiko: „Zero seconds a day is quite remarkable“. 😂

[drnick]

My Omega Aqua Terra does the same thing. It is the most accurate watch in my collection. Bulletproof!

[gwb]

The way you set down the root beer after testing it really shows you just love to wear them as how you would a G shock, absolutely love that

[markbyrum]

I purchased an Explorer 1016 new in 1986 and it consistently gained 7 seconds per day (checked by the "beep" on the radio for the correct time). After about 8 years I had it serviced by Rolex when the crown threads began to fail (I would reset it daily). It came back gaining 4 seconds per day. Now my daughter has it - I suspect in a box. Good vid. Keep at it.

[Lintybaybay]

I’ve waited for this content for a very long time. Probably one of my favourite videos of yours, thanks!