Starbug Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Firstly, I don't have any pics, so you guys will need to take my word for it After wearing (and enjoying) my new YM for a few weeks I noticed it was running slightly fast. About +18 secs per day. Reading through the forum I saw that this was well within acceptable levels, and I agreed! However, this provided the perfect reason to get more into this new hobby.. So I did some searching on altering the time on mechanical watches and found that it's called "regulating".. Ok!.. So after some very helpful posts and pic descriptions I had some idea of how to do it.. First task was to get the caseback off.. I tried the masking tape ball, but that didn't work.. So after some further searching I discovered rubber might work (knew those rubber gloves in the cupboard would come in handy one day! ).. The rubber glove worked a treat, and I witnessed my first ever movement in action.. very tiny, and very complex looking First thing I discovered was that the smallest screwdriver I found was way too big.. Back to the forum for some more tips on sizes.. 1 helpful post later, and I was on my way (ordering some precision screwdrivers).. Anyway.. this post is getting long winded now, so I'll get to the point. The new screwdriver worked perfectly and I turned the little screw next to the +/- on the movement. It was 18 secs, so I turned it a few notches and then re-assembled, and set to the exact time. That was 24 hours ago, so I remeasured against the GMT online clock... Perhaps I was lucky, but after 24 hours I am now 0.5 seconds slow... I'm loving this hobby!! Now I need to get even more reps to regulate, and mess around with! Have a good weekend, fellow RWG'ers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linder Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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