Seiko 5 gaining time

[miniman]

I may have dropped it

It's now gaining circa 30 minutes per 24 hours. It came from Creation. Any thoughts?

[Fitz666]

Put it in to get fixed?

[PJ S]

You may have jolted the adjuster, in which case a bit of fine regulation would sort it.
Alternatively, the hairspring may’ve become bound – either way it’ll need to opened and checked.
Have a chat with Joe (Variomatic) and decide if the cost is worth it.

[otherman]

Mine did this and it was the spring problem. Sharp tap on the table and it was fine. Depends what the watch is worth of course. Mine was only a 5 and the cost of the service was the value of the watch.

[miniman]

otherman said:

Mine did this and it was the spring problem. Sharp tap on the table and it was fine. Depends what the watch is worth of course. Mine was only a 5 and the cost of the service was the value of the watch.

Interesting, thanks, I hate to do it but I think I'll have to try that - as you say, it's barely worth the repair cost.

[PotatoSalad]

If it's one of the cheaper ones then it might not be worth taking to a specialist.

Download Clock Tuner app on your phone and adjust it, I've done it to my Seiko 6R15 when it settled in on +20/30 sec a day after few months. A couple of useful videos:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui_QnDKciBU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTLj00tINE