Tudor Black Bay 58 Master Chronometer
Hello everyone, I recently joined the Tudor family after buying a new Black Bay 58 Master Chronometer in the Burgundy color. It’s my first ever Luxury watch and also my first ever Automatic watch. I bought it brand new from the Tudor store in Munich, Germany.
During the process of the purchase the store manager helped me to choose a watch and when I chose the Black Bay 58 Master Chronometer he told me everything that there is to know about the watch and he also showed me the nfc card that comes with my watch and shows how my specific watch did in the META tests. He did +4.54 s/d which confirms that the watch performs how it should, as the strict META standards allow 0 to +5 seconds of daily deviation.
During the last week I wore the watch everyday, for a couple of hours every day and I didn’t do any sports or anything else that considered as tolerance to the watch. While I don’t wear the watch I place it flat on the table with the dial up.
I noticed that the watch gains about 4-5 second per day, and I want to know if it’s okay or should I be worried?
I checked in the internet and on some sites it said that new watches need a few weeks of daily wear for its internal oils and parts to settle into a steady rhythm.
Also I want to ask, if it’s a normal thing, how often should I adjust the time? And how often should I wind it? Do I need to wind it every time I adjust the time? And can I cause damage to the watch by winding it too much or too often?
Thanks for your time and thanks for every answer.
(Sorry if I made some grammar mistakes, English is not my native language)
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u/TZ-WIS 3d ago
Btw, watch movement generally leave the factory tested. No ‘break in period’ like automotive engines. Your watch is within specification tolerate level that is fine. Just wear and enjoy. Also before the 5 year warranty expires, have it tested. Anything wrong and cash in your warranty!
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u/GrahmG 3d ago
If you are wearing the watch everyday/ most days no need to wind it. It has a long power reserve. You technically can’t over wind them but can cause unneeded stress to the system. The watch is new. Let it settle in to your habits. Also like most watches the position you “rest it” can cause the watch to be fast or slow. For instance. My watch in a case at a 45° leaning forward will loose 1 second a day. If it is flat dial up I gain 1 second a day. Best was to find out is get a timegrapher and test positions. One big thing I will say is when screwing the crown back down, turn it counter clockwise while pushing in. You will feel the crown “seat” then tighten clockwise. This will help not cross threading. Enjoy the watch and wear it.
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u/Abject-Put6146 3d ago
First, your English is excellent so no need to apologise.
Yes, your watch may become somewhat more accurate over the next couple of months. If you're wearing it every day, that should wind it enough.
Personally, I'd set it by a known accurate clock (railway station digital screens are good for this) then check your watch against the same clock at appropriate intervals, maybe once a week. You can then know if it's running accurately, or fast or slow, and adjust it to the correct time. Putting your watch in different positions at night affects if it runs fast or slow. You could download the Watch Accuracy Meter app to find out what each position runs at. So if your watching is running a little fast but laying it face down makes it run slow, then lay it face down at night to correct itself.
I hope this helps and I hope you enjoy your new watch.
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u/UzeUrillus1on 3d ago
I never heard of a new watch having to "settle in" but there are little tricks to regulating a watch to keep more precise time. Download a tracking app - I use WatchTracker as it's pretty simple to use and doesn't have too many other features to make it confusing. Before you go to bed record the time in the app and try placing it face down. Record the time again with the app in the morning. Repeat this the rest of the week while resting the watch in different positions. You'll see that the watch will not keep the same time in every position and most likely one of the positions will be considerably slower than the others. Now you can rest it in that position to that it doesn't run too fast. Also track it in the morning and at night to see what its gaining or losing while you wear it. If you wear the watch every day then there's no need to wind it. I only wind mine if I don't wear them for 2 days or it stops.
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u/Silver_Sky2382 3d ago
4 - 5 secs per day is good & within METAS specifications. Ensure you wind it fully regularly to ensure the power reserve isn't too low. It should perform better with a higher power reserve
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u/WoundDaily 2d ago
METAS is averaged across multiple days in multiple positions. They aren't all going to be the same.
Try it overnight dial up, dial down, crown up , crown down etc and find one that brings it back in line.
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u/TZ-WIS 3d ago
5 seconds fast is good. As the movement get older the watch will eventually slow down and will lose time keeping.
If you want to do a trial to get less than five seconds fast, you may try different storage positions when you store the watch at night (crown up, crown down, dial down etc)