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My #seiko #6m25 #watch is great but the seconds hand has been acting up. (darmstadt.social)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Atemu@darmstadt.social to c/watches@lemmy.ml

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My #seiko #6m25 #watch is great but the seconds hand has been acting up.

It frequently gets out of sync with where the watch thinks it is and sometimes even stuck ticking back and forth in timer mode.

A year ago or so when I got it, it'd work absolutely fine and smooth.

I don't require it to be accurate but it sure is annoying and I'd like to fix it.

I did a reset procedure without removing the battery as it should still have a year left but no change.

Any ideas?

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

low battery?

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

low battery

Cool watch tho

...or... Are you trying to activate one of those weird modes?

[–] Atemu@darmstadt.social 1 points 10 months ago

@reallyzen @Zachariah

Haha, no this is just the timer mode.

The seconds hand is supposed to tick backwards and it still usually does but sometimes it just does this. Ticking backwards (or any motion that isn't just forwards) also appears to be what gets the hand out of sync IME.

The "weird mode" is actually what it gets into when you do the reset. The seconds hand was also super janky and went all over the place.

I elaborated elsewhere in the thread why I think a low battery is unlikely.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

This might be a dream you're having. How do other clocks look like?

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Sorry, you're now allowed to count only One Second at a time,

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The battery is running low. It's trying to tick up but gravity is pulling it back down.

[–] Atemu@darmstadt.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@janNatan

When it happens, it works regardless of orientation.

This is also only one of the pathologic behaviours the seconds hand exhibits.

As mentioned, the battery should have a year left still. (It was replaced last year.)

The watch is also supposed to tick in 2s steps when the watch detects a low battery and I haven't seen that happen yet.

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Dude, replace the battery. I don't care how long it's supposed to last. If that doesn't work THEN you have a problem.

[–] stolenprivacy@tldr.nettime.org 1 points 10 months ago

@Atemu
Have a look at Saturn?
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