Rolex Sea Dweller 4000

[galant88]

Recently i just got a Sea Dweller 4000. The price i paid for is $8191 less 5% discount. Is this a fair price? So far, everything has been fine. However, over the weekend, i have not been wearing the watch and the second hand stops. Is it common that if you dont wear the watch for a day, the second hand stop ticking? Can someone advise how long before the watch stop if you dont wear it?

[paithorn]

i think the power reserve is btn 44 hr to 50 hr.... there are different figures all over the net...

[louisoh]

Min i tink sld be 40 hrs ?.... not too far from there i guess

[nottinghill]

On average, the power reserve should be about 44 hours....however, this is assuming you have worn your watch and it's fully 'wound'.....

If you wear the watch less than few hours after purchase, it will not last for 44 hours on average....

[ohlins]

if you are interested to find out the power reserve of your sd.........

wind the crown cw 50 times and when it finally stops running, u will have your answer.....

[keltzar]

Recently i just got a Sea Dweller 4000. The price i paid for is $8191 less 5% discount. Is this a fair price? So far, everything has been fine. However, over the weekend, i have not been wearing the watch and the second hand stops. Is it common that if you dont wear the watch for a day, the second hand stop ticking? Can someone advise how long before the watch stop if you dont wear it?

Price sounds about right.
All rolexes sold today outside the Cellini line are automatics (hence, 'Perpetual')... so they stop running if you don't wear them. That's why people buy watch winders to let the machine keep it wound.
So, as long as you wear it every 2 days or so ... it shouldn't stop running till it breaks down! Hence, no batteries.

That said, if yours is new...
it may take about a month for all the running parts to "smoothen out" ... after which it may keep running a little longer on each winding-up ... but not by much.

But remember you should use it regularly (at least once every two months) and.. service it at least once every 5-10years. Some people say 3-5yrs.

[galant88]

Thanks for all the valuable feedbacks. Keltzar-san, when you say "winding up", what do you mean?

I bought my SD coming to a month already. I wear it 6 days a week (on Sunday i dont wear) and it still stop when i start to wear it on Mondays..very frustrating. Anyway, i called the service centre and they say they can do a on the spot check on the power reserves, and new models so have longer than usual power reserves (about 40 to 50 hours), so will be sending it in soon since it is still under warranty.

Ohlins-san, i still dont understand what you mean by "wind the crown cw 50 times.

Sorry for the queries.....SD is my first Rolex, hehehe

[ohlins]

ha bo bian leh............how to explain this .........maybe u shd read your instruction booklet........cos there are pics inside....easier to understand on how to wind the watch....