Unitas 6497 running slow.

[jacob what the hell man]

Hi There,

 

I'm a little disappointed with my first rep. It is a U-Boat U-42 from TrustyTime. It runs the Asian 6497 manual hand-wind and it doesn't keep the correct time. I didn't measure precisely, but I see it losing about 10 minutes per hour. It also stops sometimes, and can be restarted with a jiggle.

 

Is this a really bad sign? It's straight out of the box, never dropped.

 

I've read a lot of posts about the necessity of a quality servicing so it looks like I will have to find a reputable person willing to service a fake.

 

Thanks for any input.

[jacob what the hell man]

UPDATE

 

So I brought the watch in for service and "timing" whatever that means. I'm pretty sure the guy did nothing.

 

What I noticed was that when the watch is sitting on a table motionless, it keeps perfect time. When I wear it, then it begins to lose time. What a joke.

 

I could just hang it on the wall, it's big enough to be a clock.

[Rolexman]

So I brought the watch in for service and "timing"

Probably a wall mart amateur. Find yourself a real watchmaker. MD is in the Stated en myself and some others in EU. Although reps the movements sometimes are the same as gen and need specialist attention. MD already gave a lot of valuable input on this thread.