My Seiko Automatic has started running fast.

[APEXgunparts]

I popped in here to ask if anyone here had this problem and how to fix it. I have an older Seiko automatic (self winding) watch and the last few days it has been running fast (gaining several seconds a minute or about 5 minutes an hour).

Well I thought I'd do a quick bit of googling first and low and behold I found a solution ... one that was simple enough I figured I'd just post the answer to my own question here just in case anyone else here has had this problem.



This watch is one of the watches I got when my dad passed away back in June (the other is my grandfather's early '60s Rolex Oyster Stainless that isn't running at all so I need to eventually take it to a shop). I remember my dad tossing this watch into a drawer back in the '90s complaining that it was running fast but he didn't want to spend the cash to take it to a watchsmith. Too bad all he had to do was smack it (if I had a nickle for every time he smacked a non working appliance or TV ).

I have a SEIKO self-winder/Automatic I bought at the PX in Germany in 1980.
I have worn it daily until just a few weeks ago.
It has started loosing time!
A bit more than 5 minutes a day.
I may still try your "tap" method and see if it can be put right.
Last place that replaced the crystal said they can't repair these, I would have to ship it off to a shop that works on such devices.
I would like to get it back into service, wearing it is just part of the daily routine!

Richard

[BlasterBob]

Everyone knows time goes faster as you get older.

Truer words were never spoken!!

[Zundfolge]

I have a SEIKO self-winder/Automatic I bought at the PX in Germany in 1980.
I have worn it daily until just a few weeks ago.
It has started loosing time!
A bit more than 5 minutes a day.
I may still try your "tap" method and see if it can be put right.
Last place that replaced the crystal said they can't repair these, I would have to ship it off to a shop that works on such devices.
I would like to get it back into service, wearing it is just part of the daily routine!

Richard

Actually when I first got this one it would lose time once in a while too, I figured it was just because I wasn't moving enough during sleep. So I spent about 15 minutes shaking the watch and that seemed to fix it.

As for getting it repaired, have you talked to the guys at The Tick Tock Shop? Its my understanding that they can repair a lot of stuff.

[APEXgunparts]

Actually when I first got this one it would lose time once in a while too, I figured it was just because I wasn't moving enough during sleep. So I spent about 15 minutes shaking the watch and that seemed to fix it.

As for getting it repaired, have you talked to the guys at The Tick Tock Shop? Its my understanding that they can repair a lot of stuff.

It was the folks at The Tick Tock Shop who replaced the crystal.
They have serviced my time devices for many years.

Richard

[ruthabagah]

I figured it was just because I wasn't moving enough during sleep. So I spent about 15 minutes shaking the watch

Wife: WHAT are you doing under the cover?
Zunfoldge: honey, i am just shaking the watch....

[Zundfolge]

Wife: WHAT are you doing under the cover?
Zunfoldge: honey, i am just shaking the watch....

Showed that to the wife ... she can't stop laughing.