Vsf 126610 losing time

[Doglover]

Hi all! Received my new vsf LV last Wednesday. Put it on and wore it till Sunday. Kept great time. Monday morning and came to work and took off and put in car. After I p hours off the wrist it lost 5 minutes. Same thing yesterday. And just went check at lunch today and the same issue. Planning on sending it to get serviced. Any ideas on if this a easy fix or is this something serious?


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[macarone]

Why are you driving to work with it but leaving it in the car? Oh yea a service would help this.


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[Doglover]

Why are you driving to work with it but leaving it in the car? Oh yea a service would help this.


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Lol I work in a machine shop and have been cutting a lot of messy metal lately. Well that’s good news! Thank you for your reply!


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[moonspell]

[h=1]How do magnets affect automatic and mechanical watches?[/h] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7uZ01DuQQ
[h=1]How To Demagnetize Your Watch[/h] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ODu91ZUeVI

 

[Doglover]

[h=1]How do magnets affect automatic and mechanical watches?[/h] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7uZ01DuQQ
[h=1]How To Demagnetize Your Watch[/h] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ODu91ZUeVI

This was brought to my attention so I started reading on it and from what I saw when magnetized watches gain time. This is worth a shot though for 9 bucks it can’t hurt! Thank you!


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[mpx]

When a watch is magnetized it runs too fast, not too slow. So it would gain a few minutes.

 

[moonspell]

When a watch is magnetized it runs too fast, not too slow. So it would gain a few minutes.

I respect your experience, I'm also here to learn but I am currently studying in watchmaking manuals. In my manual (it's in Italian, which is this one: Davide Munaretto, Orologeria - Manuale di riparazione e restauro dalla teoria alla pratica, the author of the manual also has his own website here: http://www.dmorologeria.com/ ) on page 499 about magnetization it says they can go forward or backward.

 

[bc1221]

Are you sure it is a VR?

I have run in to similar issues with a SH. Losing EXACTLY 5 mins. No matter how I adjust it, it loses 5mins. If you shake it hard, does the min hand move? If so, either your min hand is slipping because the pinion got smaller over time for some reason or a gear tooth broke/bent on the min gear. Hell, it could be based on temperature being it’s just a thin brass tube.

Mine was the min canon pinion got smaller (no idea how). If I had to guess, it would most likely was due to removing and resetting the hands a few times. You can fix it but It’s a pain in the ass and most likely will mess up. Even then, it may slip eventually. I’d just get a VR3135 and replace it.


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[Ex-ki]

About magnetization it says they can go forward or backward.

Generally the watch runs faster because when magnetized the spiral (balance hair spring) sticks with itself.
This reduce the size of the spiral and, as a result, the balance spins faster and the watch gain time.