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"C" Type Balance issue

Post by toxicavenger » Sat Oct 06, 2018 4:06 pm

So it looks SPencer is retracting his comments about the c type balance. I can tell you that in my short time with the 6r15 it has been hit or miss on performance. Just like the 8r15. https://forums.watchuseek.com/f21/c-typ ... 03059.html


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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by 59yukon01 » Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:12 pm

Yep....my Blumo loses less than a second a day regardless how I wear it, so the movement is capable.

That being said the other 5 I've had/have kinda suck, so yes it's like playing the lotto.

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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by DenverBuff » Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:28 pm

I had a SARB035 with the 6r15 that ran about -40 a day. Drove me nuts. Nobody was able to regulate the thing. Off to a good home.

On the other hand, my SARY057 with the 4r36 is rock solid and insanely accurate.

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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by toxicavenger » Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:44 pm

DenverBuff wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:28 pm
I had a SARB035 with the 6r15 that ran about -40 a day. Drove me nuts. Nobody was able to regulate the thing. Off to a good home.

On the other hand, my SARY057 with the 4r36 is rock solid and insanely accurate.
I have had great luck with the 4r36's for sure.

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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by Selym » Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:00 pm

Sounds like it's a case of sloppy assembly. Everyone seems to think these movements are assembled by robots. That doesn't make sense. If they're using robots to assemble them, why are they doing it in Malaysia? Robots aren't paid, last I checked.

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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by Torrid » Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:11 am

toxicavenger wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:44 pm
DenverBuff wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:28 pm
I had a SARB035 with the 6r15 that ran about -40 a day. Drove me nuts. Nobody was able to regulate the thing. Off to a good home.

On the other hand, my SARY057 with the 4r36 is rock solid and insanely accurate.
I have had great luck with the 4r36's for sure.
All have been great since I have learned to regulate them myself. My daughter’s 7S26 SNK is within a few seconds a day and I got my 777 down to losing 1 second every two days. My only 6R15 loses 3 seconds a day so that wasn’t worth cracking open the case.

I use a timegrapher app which isn’t completely scientific when compared to an actual machine, but comparing those results with what it actually gains or loses in a day while wearing it usually only takes a few minutes of effort to get pretty accurate results from regulating.

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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by Henryj » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:53 pm

Torrid wrote:
Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:11 am
toxicavenger wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:44 pm
DenverBuff wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:28 pm
I had a SARB035 with the 6r15 that ran about -40 a day. Drove me nuts. Nobody was able to regulate the thing. Off to a good home.

On the other hand, my SARY057 with the 4r36 is rock solid and insanely accurate.
I have had great luck with the 4r36's for sure.
All have been great since I have learned to regulate them myself. My daughter’s 7S26 SNK is within a few seconds a day and I got my 777 down to losing 1 second every two days. My only 6R15 loses 3 seconds a day so that wasn’t worth cracking open the case.

I use a timegrapher app which isn’t completely scientific when compared to an actual machine, but comparing those results with what it actually gains or loses in a day while wearing it usually only takes a few minutes of effort to get pretty accurate results from regulating.
Which app are you using?
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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by hoppyjr » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:58 pm

I owned several of the “Shogun” model and found most close to (of within) COSC, while others were +/- 25. The last NAFT I had was well within COSC. I think regulation and timekeeping are absolutely not a priority for any Seiko below GS level.

It doesn’t make me like the brand any less, it’s just good to realize going in.

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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by Torrid » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:10 am

Henryj wrote:
Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:53 pm
Torrid wrote:
Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:11 am
toxicavenger wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:44 pm
DenverBuff wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:28 pm
I had a SARB035 with the 6r15 that ran about -40 a day. Drove me nuts. Nobody was able to regulate the thing. Off to a good home.

On the other hand, my SARY057 with the 4r36 is rock solid and insanely accurate.
I have had great luck with the 4r36's for sure.
All have been great since I have learned to regulate them myself. My daughter’s 7S26 SNK is within a few seconds a day and I got my 777 down to losing 1 second every two days. My only 6R15 loses 3 seconds a day so that wasn’t worth cracking open the case.

I use a timegrapher app which isn’t completely scientific when compared to an actual machine, but comparing those results with what it actually gains or loses in a day while wearing it usually only takes a few minutes of effort to get pretty accurate results from regulating.
Which app are you using?
Timegrapher Lite. Works best using the microphone from the included phone earbuds.

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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by Henryj » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:38 am

Found a “Watch Tuner Lite”. That it?
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Re: "C" Type Balance issue

Post by Torrid » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:34 am

Henryj wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:38 am
Found a “Watch Tuner Lite”. That it?
Yep I was wrong on the name, that’s the one.

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