It has been keeping nearly perfect time for many years without adjustment (I never take it off, BTW). I'm sure it's fully wound, but this morning it started losing big hunks of time. If I take it off, it eventually stops. Tapping it gets it started again for a while. When you shake it, it sounds like there is a loose piece rattling around inside.
It's a very small timing gear, will roughly cost about 60.00 to fix it, has to be taken down part of the way to be put back into place, very common for them to pop loose
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SOURCE: 1989 Rolex Datejust
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SOURCE: How do I adjust my time
hi friend,
i think your rolex watch must be a automatic one. this kind of watch, you don't need to put battery, after in full power, i can last 24-48 hours. if you wear it, it will not stop, but if you don't wear it for long time, it will stop automatic. to adjust the time, you just need to wind the crown counterclockwise, and then pull out the crown, and then you will hear the sound of "click" and then find the right position, and then wind the crown to change the date. please note that the date have to change from small number to big number. after adjust it, you have to screw down the crown to a good water proof capability.
source form: Swiss ETA watch
SOURCE: new automatic watch keeps stopping
You can wind this watch until it is snug. If it does not continue to run during normal wear then you should have the watch looked at. The swing weight or main spring maybe malfunctioning. If you can return it under warranty that would be best.
SOURCE: I can not open the back cover of my Rolex
If the watch is working okay, and it is a self-winding model (i.e. it doesnt not have a battery which relatively few Rolexs do) then the noise you probably can hear is the self-winding mechanism.
Rolex backs are very, very difficult to remove and watch repairers have special tools to do so. As a Rolex is an offically certified chronometer, and therefore has an incrediby accurate and complex mechanism, the backs are deliberatly designed to be difficult to remove by just anybody.
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