Erict719 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I have read a post saying that this is a way to check gen movement turn the time over midnight so the date changed, then turn the time backward to 8 o'clock , the date will change back to previous date . Is this true? I tried it on eta 2824-2 it doesn't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bc1221 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) you NEVER turn the time backwards past midnight. EVER. bad bad bad. i hope you didnt break something.. i think the backwards date setting thing was possible on the old movements with no quick set. (1570) i dont think it works on modern movements (3135). regardless, its never a good idea to set any watch backwards. Edited October 1, 2014 by Bc1221 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martijnp Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 This isn't true at all mate, just don't try this anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 that was a method to use for a semi quick set way back with older Rolex movements. I believe I use to do that years ago with and early Datejust. I bought it from and AD and they were the ones that showed me the way to move the hands back and forth to advance the date I found this in and article on date setting of non quickset watches. some of the older watches simply did not have a quick method of setting the date, that came later, to check to see if your date can be set quickly, turn the hands forward until past midnight when the date flicks over, now turn the hands backwards until the date starts to move again, now this should occur around 8 0r 9 o'clock now either one of 2 things will happen, if the date moves back a bit then jumps back to the same date then you have a quick set date, all you have to do is wind the hands back until the date flicks wind the hands forward and it should jump to the next number, go back and forth until the right date comes up then set to time remembering the am/pm time period. I don't know that I would utilize this method, but Rolex endorsed this way back when. In researching it, there were some folks who said that if your Datejust movement was old and worn, this method wouldn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 regardless, its never a good idea to set any watch backwards. Could you give a reason why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 you NEVER turn the time backwards past midnight. EVER. bad bad bad. i hope you didnt break something.. On an ETA 28xx, you will not break anything by doing this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erict719 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 As I recall eta 2836 change date as per gen. So will it be able to flip date backwards then ? This function is on all date rolex including 116610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceejay Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Did you know the 2824 has a hidden alarm function accessible through the bezel...oh yeah Sent from my toilet using Andrex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Rolex 1530 base date movements usually move the date one day backwards or hang the date half way in the window when you back the hands up. You have to go 24 hours ahead to flip it one day. After a few dozen (hundred?) hand trips around the dial the canon pinion becomes loose on the center wheel and the watch runs but the H and M hands do not move. Then you have to remove the movement, hands, dial, cp and tighten the crimp in the cp. If the cp has been mounted on the center wheel dry (no lube at all) they will sometimes seize and you can not set the time without breaking something or unscrewing the crown from the stem. There is no easy way to qs a slow set 1575 etc. Imho the best thing to do is let it go or park the watch until the date catches up the next month. This is why you need two slow set rolex watches but only one no date rolex watch. Wall calendars are a lot cheaper than paying to have a loose cp fixed. Swiss Eta 2836 will not flip the date backwards. Backing the hands through the date change will hot harm the movement but should be avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacher62 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I have a 45 year old Bulova Snorkel and that is the way one sets the date. Turn forward past 1 AM and then backwards past 11 PM and then forward again. Even so, it will not flip the date backwards. Modern movements with hacking and quickset features do not support this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoulouse Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Why would you ever need to do this?? If a Month only has 30 days in it, you just go one day manually to get by the 31st?? Am i thinking this wrong? Never had a non quickset, but dont really see the problem unless you leave it off your wrist for several days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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