What time do you wear?

I agree.......the Rolex was/is geared toward the sportsman-woman with an active lifestyle. Actually, I've had a couple of "older" costumers whose Rolex's would stop occasionally as they weren't active enough! The Rolex automatic modules are not the most efficient, but it is rare when someone moves that little. I've heard suggestion to use the next lighter mainspring...not recommended by Rolex. Anyway, 007 Sean Connery, never took his off....well maybe in the sheets.....that automatic would be spinnin' !!

i framed a house all day just pounding nail with a heavy framing hammer. all day. and my explorer went exploring.. for time in another universe. got overwound i guess and ran hours fast for a day. took it off for a few days and ran perfect forever after. am i the only person to be sliced open by the clasp on a rolex? it laid me open about an inch long slice on top of underhand thumb. when i was young thought i was tough and never wore gloves. ha. live and learn.

Do you wear your watch on your hammer hand? Either way, an automatic watch has a mainspring which is designed to slip back after full wind-up. That is why you can manually wind an automatic for ever, it never gets to the end of the mainspring. As to "overwinding" a manual wind will come to the end, and especially older versions say 1960 or earlier, which had blued-steel mainsprings, are more prone to breakage when slightly pushed further when at end. Or at least they will be force of the connection at either end, termed "un-hooked". As to your watch running a few hours fast, only one thing can cause this phenomenon. The hairspring or balance spring is in charge of fast or slow. It is a flat coiled or spiraled spring. Above and below it are the balance jewels which hold a small bit of oil. A very hard knock "can" dislodge oil out onto the spring, which while coiling and uncoiling can make to (or more) coils stick together hence shortening the "working" length. Shorter spring-quicker opening and closing. The coils on your watch happened to free themselves after running a while. Keep up the good "Exploring" :)

as you can guess i,m a bit messed up. left and right handed but not ambidextrious. ??? so have to wear watch on right wrist or will trip over feet. throw left but hammer right so it's difficult to protect instruments and i,m not taking it off. ha. thanks for the info. always trying to learn.

Yes Hotmailjbc, you are indeed a bit messed up, as are many of the other fine members here. Me..? I'm very fortunate as being still in denial of any human weaknesses'. You hammer here, throw there, watch over here....you are just plain unpredictable, good thing. Messed up?, good! Once we self realize our own human frailties, we are over the hurdle and can go on to any greatness!!! I suggest researching this News story yesterday, as of this writing: Manhatten, Actor, Tom Magill,suicide attempt. Jumped from 40th story, landed on Dodge automobile, broken leg. He is given a second chance, and I hope he does good! Im also working toward becoming imperfect one day!!