[QC] How Accurate should a Super Rep be?

[tripdog]

And my 200$ Seiko is not a masterpiece, they are all +5s max guaranteed

Absolute nonsense.

The movement in your Seiko is rated at -20/+40 s/d

^^ this, this is what is acceptable timing accuracy for a Seiko when it leaves the factory.

+6 seconds a day is excellent.

 

[trailboss99]

What Trip said, if your Seiko is rated at +2 it's a quartz.
+ or - 6 seconds a day is excellent for a mechanical watch and is quite acceptable for a gen Rolex. At any rate, as people have said it won't be that when it reaches you anyway, it could be better, it could be worse. As Fakemaster used to say, it you absolutely, positively have to kill someone on time, buy quartz.

 

[Storm.]

I highly doubt that your Seiko has "better" values. As already mentioned above there is no ONE accuracy value. It depends on the position (tilt and shift), the temperature and how much the watch is wound up. If you have problems with this values simply buy a AAA-Rep with a quartz movement - they have dream results better than every Gen-Rolex ;-)

Especially seen as Seiko accuracy for series 5 is 45-50s/day.

 

[Kielxx]

Seiko cosc (4r36) :thumbsup:

 

[CeterisParibus]

Just to clarify, Jtime responded and made an other video after watch smithing, with a way better 0s/day.

Lucy also QC an other watch at 0s/day and told me that all movements are not at the same quality or need some watchsmith intervention to be more accurate.

All Seiko 5 i've moded and seen are max +5s/day, even if technical documentation says 20/40, and that's why i was wondering.

Thank you all for your answers.

 

[derjenigewelcher]

You get what you pay OP.
Read more about mechanical watches in general, about seiko movements, and most important about superclones of the rolex calibres and their differences.
You will be surprised. The watch may look like a 10k watch, but believe me: it is not.

 

[RJames]

Seiko cosc (4r36) :thumbsup:

I have the exact same watch, was like +14s/d from factory perfectly flat like in your picture. Nothing a quick regulation didn't fix. I wouldn't expect your timegrapher readings to be the norm out of the box.

 

[Kielxx]

I have the exact same watch, was like +14s/d from factory perfectly flat like in your picture. Nothing a quick regulation didn't fix. I wouldn't expect your timegrapher readings to be the norm out of the box.

Hi mine was +25s/d ,after around 2h of regulating and it's cosc , full day at wrist +2s/d

 

[mech500]

It should be as accurate as you need it to be in your life.

I can live with say +/- 10mins..Don’t really wear the same watch for more than a couple of days...so can just manage any issues until the watch breaks completely (same with gens).

it’s just a piece of wrist jewellery at the end of the day - so I don’t care if it’s +/- 2sec or +/- 10mins per day


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[RJames]

Hi mine was +25s/d ,after around 2h of regulating and it's cosc , full day at wrist +2s/d

Ah makes sense. Thought you got super lucky. I love this watch, its I think my cheapest gen, and it keeps good time once regulated. Just was never that accurate out of the box compared to others. Surprisingly the most accurate gen out of the box that I ever owned is a Cristopher Ward C60 Trident Bronze limited edition Ombre dial. It's also one of my cheaper watches. I knew it was supposed to be cosc but that thing has been dead nuts since I've bought it a year ago.

 

[ShiroTenshi]

Seiko cosc (4r36) :thumbsup:

Nice but I'll be a little worried with that amplitude though lol.

 

[Kielxx]

Nice but I'll be a little worried with that amplitude though lol.

nothing to worry it's not Rolex 3135, fully wound it's around 280