Regarding those Seiko 5606 movements…

I have one with the common broken plastic quick-set gear. The day/date changes with the time, so I manually adjust them.

What I’ve been doing is setting the day by passing midnight until the day changes, then going backwards until around 8:00pm, then forward again until the day advances; doing that until I get the desired day. I was wondering is there’s a way to adjust the date the same way? It seems the date just goes back and forth to the same date without advancing. Maybe I need to go…

Regarding those Seiko 5606 movements…

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Seiko gen 1 monster

I have a gen 1 I wear at times and I strapped it on Tuesday morning until now (Friday night) and I’m 2 min 15 sec slow…is this ok? I was wearing it from 6:40am to roughly 10 pm each day no over nights. This is a never sell watch that I actually was wearing when I got married . I bought it new in 2011 and it’s been on a lot of trips but still glows like a x mas tree.
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Gift Pogue

I did NOT find this watch in Grandpa’s sock drawer (disclaimer)

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My SO gave it to me!

Short explanation; My SO helped care for a close friend who recently passed away. She was helping the departed ladies brother clean out the apartment, the woman was a bit of a hoarder. Among many boxes and bags were several boxes of old jewelry. My SO asked the brother if he wanted any of the jewelry, he didn’t. She noticed the watch and again asked if he wanted…

Gift Pogue

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