Manual Date Set?

[pingpong]

I found this on another watch forum:

"gears that move the date wheel begin to move around 9 PM and finish around 3 AM, manually setting the date between these hours can un-synchronize the gear train"

originator of the post had his new watch changes date at 8AM!

how true is that statement? does it applies to Rolex too?

Cheers

[seiko.citizen]

no it does not apply to rolex, as i recalled a post stating that the gears for date are "independent" of time. therefore cannot "confuse" the date.

[jSkywalker]

Most modern watches are no longer design this way. The last time I saw the un-sync happen was on a 30+yrs old swiss watch (not rolex).