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sierra11b
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by sierra11b » Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:23 am
namor wrote:Seppia wrote:Where did you get the +/-3 sec per day?
If I recall correctly it's something like -15/+25
My two MM300 were +15 per day and +8 per day respectively
The marketing materials almost always quote -10/+15 seconds a day for the high end mechanical watches. But, internally, they rate them using a "AA", "AAA", and "AAAA" system of accuracy standards. These correspond to -3/+5; -3/+3; and -2/+2 seconds a day respectively. Those are the actual expected results. The 8L35 should correspond to an "AA" standard, based on the scale.
Having owned about as many 300MMs as Brice has owned Pelagos, I can say that experience confirms the -3/+5 standard easily.
It appears you've been incredibly lucky then...
MM300 #1 +2 seconds/day (perfect - should have kept it)
MM300 #2 -12 seconds/day
MM300LE +8 seconds day (hack every day to slow = livable)
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andrema
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by andrema » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:20 am
It looks exactly the same as the SBDX001...what is the deal? Is it different in any way?
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hoppyjr
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by hoppyjr » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:40 am
andrema wrote:It looks exactly the same as the SBDX001...what is the deal? Is it different in any way?
All we know at this point is;
MEMS parts
New crown with Prospex "X"
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JP Chestnut
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by JP Chestnut » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:41 am
hoppyjr wrote:andrema wrote:It looks exactly the same as the SBDX001...what is the deal? Is it different in any way?
All we know at this point is;
MEMS parts
New crown with Prospex "X"
I suspect that "X" might make a lot of people long for the unmarked previous version.
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hoppyjr
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by hoppyjr » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:07 pm
JP Chestnut wrote:hoppyjr wrote:andrema wrote:It looks exactly the same as the SBDX001...what is the deal? Is it different in any way?
All we know at this point is;
MEMS parts
New crown with Prospex "X"
I suspect that "X" might make a lot of people long for the unmarked previous version.
Yep. Sometimes, when we get what we ask for, we realize we didn't need it after all. All the whining about a "signed crown" and now the ugly X. Karma I guess.
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by dnslater » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:40 pm
sierra11b wrote:
It appears you've been incredibly lucky then...
MM300 #1 +2 seconds/day (perfect - should have kept it)
MM300 #2 -12 seconds/day
MM300LE +8 seconds day (hack every day to slow = livable)
Probably just that the same three MM300's from 2001 being passed around the forums so they need a service.
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by 5661nicholas » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:36 pm
Im pretty sure I am going to scoop up a SBDX001 while the market price is where it is.
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toxicavenger
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by toxicavenger » Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:22 pm
my mm kept great time and i didn't treat it great by any means. but i am not a regulation junky
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sierra11b
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by sierra11b » Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:52 pm
dnslater wrote:sierra11b wrote:
It appears you've been incredibly lucky then...
MM300 #1 +2 seconds/day (perfect - should have kept it)
MM300 #2 -12 seconds/day
MM300LE +8 seconds day (hack every day to slow = livable)
Probably just that the same three MM300's from 2001 being passed around the forums so they need a service.
I've bought all mine new from japan thinking it would finally stick.
#1 was a 2008 serial, #2 2011/12 and #3 2014 IIRC...
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sierra11b
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by sierra11b » Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:52 pm
toxicavenger wrote:my mm kept great time and i didn't treat it great by any means. but i am not a regulation junky
Either am I by any means but would MUCH prefer a watch running at +10 than -10 a day.
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by toxicavenger » Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:55 pm
sierra11b wrote:toxicavenger wrote:my mm kept great time and i didn't treat it great by any means. but i am not a regulation junky
Either am I by any means but would MUCH prefer a watch running at +10 than -10 a day.
i agree, so if i had one that lost quite a bit of time i would send it to iww or abc watch werks and get it regulated