right when you start it, is there a slight hiccup before it starts? or is it immediate?
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The SH4131 Daytonas - Long-term reliability test
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A little update. So far I'm impressed with the scratch resistance of the steel, the piece has no more than light desk dive marks even tho it's had a hard life already. Most of them would Cape Cod out and the few that wouldn't are hardly bad, A light buff would remove them.
I did some fencing last week and was using a post driver which involves slamming star pickets in with a rammer and imparts a lot of high G shocks to your wrists. This has resulted in a loss of accuracy, it's out to about 5 minutes a week. This will be due to the adjuster moving from the inertial forces and TBH I expected it as I'm pushing a chrono MVT well beyond what is intended. I'll leave it as is rather than adjusting it back because I want an end result in totality at the end of this test.
I did some fencing last week and was using a post driver which involves slamming star pickets in with a rammer and imparts a lot of high G shocks to your wrists. This has resulted in a loss of accuracy, it's out to about 5 minutes a week. This will be due to the adjuster moving from the inertial forces and TBH I expected it as I'm pushing a chrono MVT well beyond what is intended. I'll leave it as is rather than adjusting it back because I want an end result in totality at the end of this test.
Thanks for the update. Do you think it is another alloy then it was on your DD3285 GMT you tested a long time when it reached the market?
About the speeding up/slowing down: You hitted the watch few times and it reached 42s/day off. It would be very interesting if we would know if the adjusting lever of the balance wheel was moved, or something is not ok with the ruby stones / shock absorber.
Really looking forward to your conclusion when your done with this watch.
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So after ~48h testing the watch has about +2 sec. It turned out much better than I expected.After some more adjusting I achieved the following. Its measured with a smartphone app. The reality check will proof or unproof the resultes.
52 is the standart (and on some movements wrong!) that TDs make measurements. The 4131 calibre lift angle AFAIK is not confirmed yet on calibrecorner website.
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yes, the 4130 (and the 4131) have a lift angle of 52 degrees. In general, if you don't know what the lift angle is, then 52 is a good default value. There are some movement (e.g. the rolex 32xx and its dandong clones) which have a higher lift angle due to the geometry of the chronoenergy escapement (either 55 or 58 degrees depending on what you read, I use 55 degrees).
This thread is awesome. Looking forward to updates and the end result. It'll probably determine whether I go for the 116500 or the 12 as my first Dayton rep in more than 15 years.
Those tests! 12 years ago, all of the hour markers would be in a heap at the bottom of the dial along with the hands. I lost an hour marker on my first "AAA replica" Sub sitting on a plane less than a week after leaving the Grand Bazaar.
How far we've come.
Those tests! 12 years ago, all of the hour markers would be in a heap at the bottom of the dial along with the hands. I lost an hour marker on my first "AAA replica" Sub sitting on a plane less than a week after leaving the Grand Bazaar.
How far we've come.
