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t.serban, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/t-serban/ Watch Repair & Restoration Service Mon, 22 Sep 2025 02:46:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://rkwatchservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-RK-Watch-Service-Logo-Chicago-Watch-Repair-Web-32x32.png t.serban, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/t-serban/ 32 32 Accidental shock resistance test: Glashütte Original vs Rolex vs Tissot https://rkwatchservice.com/accidental-shock-resistance-test-glashutte-original-vs-rolex-vs-tissot/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:38:07 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/accidental-shock-resistance-test-glash%C3%BCtte-original-vs-rolex-vs-tissot.5639792/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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When you have a 1-year old, the shock resistance of your watches is guaranteed to be tested sooner or later. Add to that my clumsiness and we have the following four "trials" (all results are from testing the watches on a timegrapher, distanc...

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Tissot PRS 516 from around 2010
- ETA 2836-2 movement.
- Dropped on the floor when taking it off my wrist (so about 1m high).
- Went from about +4 spd before the drop to -20 spd, sadly I didn't take a note of the…

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So two days ago, my 1 year old decided to play around with the coffee table where my 124060 sub was resting. The watch fell face down on the hardwood floor from about 50cm. I regularly test my watches on a timegrapher and this particular Rolex was averaging about 1.6-2 spd gain over 5 positions since I bought it in March 2023. The beat error was 0.1-0.3 ms depending on position.

I tested it after the drop and it's now +9 spd on average with the beat error way up at 0.7-1.1 ms depending on…

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