How To Adjust your Automatic Watch Speed in less than 3 Minutes

Quick video on How to fix or regulate the speed of an automatic mechanical watch thats running fast or slow, using my Orient F6922 Caliber
For this adjustment, your watch has to have a Hackable Movement.
Watch: Orient Kamasu (Black)
Movement: Orient in house F6922
Bracelet: 22mm Black Steel Jubilee Style from eBay
Easy DIY that anyone with basic watch tools can do
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[@sportclay1]

I realize this is an older video, but anytime a mechanical watch is running that fast, Before you do any poking around . Check the watch to see if it is magnetized. The balance wheel spring/hair spring is easily magnetized by any number of electrical sources that are so common today. cell phones, almost any electronic equipt. Speakers etc. Very common problem. Easily diagnosed and solved. If you have a pocket compass simply pass it next to the watch if you get a significant deflection of the compass needle, it is magnetized. When someone brings me a watch with this large of a time gain the first thing I do is check for magnetic problems. A sudden gain of 25 sec/day or more is almost always a magnetic problem. trying to correct the problem by doing what you did will almost always compound the correction issues after demagnetizing/degaussing the movement. Without a timegrapher you are spinning your wheels. There are apps for iphone and android that can help. Gauss meters, and timegrapers. The phone timegraphers are reliant on the quality of the microphone . This video unfortunately won't help much.

[@rossocorsahf]

Really do not try this unless you have a timegrapher, if you are not careful you'll spend days on it and make it worse. You need to check the beat as well, set beat first if needed then set the speed, with a timegrapher this is relatively easy as you can measure as you go. If you fiddle too much with the settings without the timegrapher you can get to a position where the watch runs badly and you can't find your way back.

[@hb9145]

Agree. Set it roughly with a timegrapher or (Android) Watch Accuracy Meter, and take notes on how it keeps time with daily use. My Vostok Amphibia loses a few seconds at day, but gains a little at night.

[@WhyDoPeopleNeed2BeSoRude]

and that is why, eistein was right with time being relative 🙂

[@darcymac7754]

Great video, thank you! I used a loupe (old eyes!) and took a photo of the position of the adjuster through the loupe so that I could gauge how far I had moved the adjuster. I have got it very close to perfect! Thanks again.

[@pushkrajjanwadkar]

Helped me with my Rado. Saved a couple of hundred dollars and on the other hand gave a love time of joy playing with Time.

[@onefourmars9886]

This vid is so helpful. Thank you. I've been having problem with my grandpa's old Seiko that is going way too fast.

[@DHodges187]

Awesome thank you. Dug out one of my older Invicta's with a nice Seiko movement. NO I didn't have it in the winder.... and it was running wicked fast. Cant let nice things SIT. Thanks to this video and already owning the tools... ive got it down to 1 minute fast in 24 hours. was running 15 min fast every 3 hours. WOW. or about 1.5 hours just over night.... Thank you.

[@rogerauclair1670]

I noticed that after you adjusted the regulator it moved quite far so I imagine it ended up going too slow. I have some experience regulating automatic watches and is such that moving the regulator lever 1mm can make it go from fast to slow, but I usually manage to get about *10 seconds a day. I have a Steeldive watch that suddenly sped up from +5 seconds a day to +20 seconds a day, but I didn’t need to open the watch as I Googled the symptoms and found that it had become magnetised which speeds it up considerably. A cheap demagnetiser bought from Amazon solved the problem. I would advise anyone opening a watch to regulate it should hack the movement first to prevent damaging the rotating hair spring, which happened to me with 2 Invicta watches, then restart the watch after adjusting the regulator.

[@abdulilahdeiraniya9853]

Very precise and to the point .Full marks

[@paulwilson3434]

Thank you 😊. Concise and to the point

[@MyCatInABox]

Very helpful video- Thanx for the upload! (And that's a nice watch, too)

[@ntag411]

Spoke with my supply house/watchmaker sometime ago about any specific tool that would adjust the regulator lever on the balance cock. There appears to be non. Pushing the lever is just too course of an adjustment. I'm still looking for such a tool or may have to fashion one from a tinny socket driver using a Dremel.

[@sarahconner9433]

Awesome vid...3 minutes simple answer

[@dalehammond1749]

A good DIY way to save $$$ and keep your watch as close as possible to the time.

[@adriansvarela]

Such a dope watch! Now I have to have one hehe

[@jonmcruz]

Same problem with my watch... Thanks for the info

[@vincentcalcopietro6970]

Your a champion thanks for the great video

[@cme4brain11]

fantastic informational video.

[@indianasunsets5738]

Good video. Thanks for the help as mine's about a minute fast every day too.

[@zeeshanahmed9801]

Now is the time of your watch correct or not?

[@indianasunsets5738]

@@zeeshanahmed9801 yes, it took a couple tries, but its now running about +12 seconds per day which is okay for an NH35.

[@jacko717]

Good video, but I recommend to use a wooden toothpick instead of a screwdriver in case it's magnetised.

[@HK-qj4im]

Help me understand why? There is no electronic parts. My Auto 5 runs on a spring. I am learning.. Help me understand

[@jacko717]

@@HK-qj4im if you were to get the internal parts of your mechanical watch magnetised, it could make it run very fast (or extremely slow.)

[@MrCyred7]

@@HK-qj4im most of the parts inside the watch are from some kind of metal and if you magnetize one or more of them they start attracting (or the opposite) each other and it would mess with other parts of the movement (it wouldn't run smoothly). There might be other things too, I'm just using my common sense.

[@adfernandez67]

@@HK-qj4im The hair spring that drives the balance wheel (the part what oscilates 6 times a second) is fine tuned to mantain this frequency (which sets the accuracy of the watch) and is made of steel. If this steel spring gets magnetized, it changes its spring constant (its "strength" ) and thus changes the oscillation frequency, causing the watch to run faster/slower than normal

[@juandeleondesigns5227]

Awesome thank you i will try it soon

[@AMIRUL1997]

Thank for the tip

[@nikossiotas]

What if that thing doesn't spin at all, can I fix it somehow, shops in my town refused to repair it, they just opened the case saw that it didn't work and said me to buy a new one

[@littleofeverythings7553]

thank you so much!!!

[@richk320]

Thank you ,easier than I thought

[@bradcasper4823]

Does doing such thing void warranty?

[@iqbalsayed2021]

Very good.

[@stagladam6684]

Is it ok if i pull the corona first to stop the watch moving before calibration? I am afraid of reaching the wheel and ruin the clock.

[@BadAssEngineering]

i guess it would be fine

[@joashyator6103]

Hi @ BadAssEngineering. I already adjusted my Seiko 5 twice but it still turns very fast. It is advanced for almost 1 hour a day.

[@BadAssEngineering]

You could have it serviced 👀

[@mercpindi5522]

You explained about running fast what about running slow ? I just got a new rado watch it was running good up to the time until recently it slows down to like 5 mins after couple of days idk why

[@mrfixit100]

Please do not try to regulate your RADO yourself as it is very easy to damage the hairspring, not only will you void the warranty if it is a new watch you will also find you will be hit with a £300 to £500 service if returned to RADO. Take it to a professional watch repairer who will very quickly diagnose what the actual issue is without costing a fortune.

[@MasterKajro]

It can actually be opened with just a normal flat screwdriver. Great video!

[@annamoranova9597]

*I have watch like this and on back is glass but I dont see that + or - ...*

[@cjaymarc3432]

Thank you

[@annamoranova9597]

*I used 5dolars watch 20years it was that watch with light in side now I use phone as watch cose they get broken and need clean...2years ago give me my friend watch like in this video they go to fast but im to lazy to open it cose in back I have glass and dont see the + and - symbols... I will ask u what to do give it to someone else as gift?*

[@mustang0468]

Hi my orient open heart only moves when it faced down is there a fix for this?

[@BadAssEngineering]

with a service technician probably

[@alans49]

I have the same watch and love the way it looks. I have it adjusted and it runs 10 seconds fast per day. Is this the best I can hope for?

[@BadAssEngineering]

Yup, only 10 seconds a day is amazing, orients are pretty sh*t, and I wouldn't buy one again

[@narapraja8720]

Hi,do you have any idea,after I did the same thing to my seiko,the escapement stop running?

[@BadAssEngineering]

Sounds like you need to take it to a technician

[@annamoranova9597]

*lol u kill it XD* now only technikal will be u hero :)

[@Quranation]

Does this mean i can turn my regular 2 cycles a day 12 hour watch into a one cycle 24 hour watch ? Will this put any strain on the parts on the long run? I have a bulova classic automatic skeleton dial 98A179 . Thanks

[@mindbodyandsoul604]

my wheel is not moving at all what could be wrong?

[@justinharianja9160]

i have the same watch, and i love your breclet, what is the name of those nice bracelet?

[@BadAssEngineering]

I got it on eBay as a jubilee style bracelet

[@ctrip34]

So if my watch is running 10sec fast each day I probably shouldnt worry about it?

[@joeaaaa]

how about chinese watch is it have same method?

[@MrAlessandromonaco]

Very interesting and I followed step by step the instructions. Despite this, my Kamasu always goes too fast I have to say that I had fallen months ago and has since lost my accuracy. If you have the urge and patience, can you suggest something more effective, or the only solution is to take it to a watchmaker? 🤔

[@BadAssEngineering]

The Kamasu runs fast if you wear it too much (The barrel gets too full). If you use the watch less time every day, it will be way more accurate.

[@eazy___4032]

@@BadAssEngineering Does that also happen with the Ray 2?

[@timlagendyk]

@@eazy___4032 it definitely happens with my ray 2

[@SilentShadow07]

@@eazy___4032It mostly does, given that the kamasu and rays utilise the same calibre.

[@zainhafeez2601]

I have a 40yrs old seiko5 7009 which was running pretty good but then it suddenly sped to 10 hours in a day thats very stange?does this adjusment make it work properly?

[@BadAssEngineering]

Sounds like a further problem that you need to check with a technician :(

[@zainhafeez2601]

Thanks Mate 😙

[@tutorube]

Looks like you need a watch demagnitazer.

[@zainhafeez2601]

@@tutorube took it to watch maker.he serviced it and all fine now

[@Coedddd]

Thanks bruh

[@WLVFX]

What clamp or vice are you using? What's the brand and model? Tried googling but couldn't a vice that you were using. Seems to be a very good vice compared to others.

[@BadAssEngineering]

It was a 15 dollar kit that came with quite some tools

[@WLVFX]

@@BadAssEngineering Thanks, I'll see if I can find something else similar.

[@bulldogms]

What was the result?

[@nunoareia27]

Does opening and closing the watch affect the water resistance?

[@BadAssEngineering]

Not if you do it correctly, you can also apply a little silicon grease to the rubber seal for extra peace of mind

[@nunoareia27]

@@BadAssEngineering thanks!

[@wengcanezocrizaldoiiitv2486]

Tnx ,,my Seiko also advance 1 minute per 5 days

[@HEEEEROOOO1111]

You said the watch is running fast, so you adjusted the movement to go even faster?

[@BadAssEngineering]

No, i moved the lever towards the minus sign...

[@tommydude969]

@@BadAssEngineering not towards the minus sign, in the direction relative to the minus sign. I can see the confusion, just learned this myself from what you actually meant

[@TheContrariann]

Could have used the Watch Tuning App !

[@S7E7V7E7N]

what is the bottom lever for?

[@BurritoBanana]

I’m wondering the same thing!!!

[@sleepinglysithia]

Beat error.

[@hb9145]

It adjusts the amount of time the turning wheel is using from side to side. The optimal is the exact same time from side to side. Don't touch it unless you have equipment to measure beat error.

[@S7E7V7E7N]

@@hb9145 ty

[@mahbubmithun9610]

I reached the maximum slowest point but still my watch completes a minute in 55 sec. what to do? I dont have any sort of repairshop in my country for automatic watch

[@ayoooooodaniel]

just means ur watch is shit

[@mahbubmithun9610]

@@ayoooooodaniel also means you are mean 🙂

[@ayoooooodaniel]

@@mahbubmithun9610 yup

[@hb9145]

It is probably damaged by impact or needs service.

[@ionlybluffAA]

i moved it too much and it moved the bigger one underneath it......

[@madarauchiha919]

I have a really old watch and it's seems that even on the slowest setting it's to fast

[@BadAssEngineering]

It probably needs a full service with a good technician, if it's very old

[@madarauchiha919]

@@BadAssEngineering yeah its aost 80 years old (1942)

[@hb9145]

Could be magnetized, but it probably needs service as well.

[@FLYBOY123456789]

did that slight movement slow the watch down?

[@BadAssEngineering]

FLYBOY123456789 yes... that's why it was for

[@FLYBOY123456789]

@@BadAssEngineering My bad - dumb question...did that slight movement correct the movement, or did you have to adjust it again? Poorly worded question on my part. Great video by the way.

[@BadAssEngineering]

@@FLYBOY123456789 There are no dumb questions, those who dont ask are dumb. I didnt have to adjust it again, its running rather precisely now

[@marduj2768]

You pushed the regulator a lot. This is because the clock went more than a minute faster every day. If someone wants to fix the accuracy for 10,15 seconds you need to move the regulator much less and then it is very difficult. The hand must be very calm.

[@balsonnaoshekpam6240]

How come so easy

[@richieb74]

Lol that was a huge adjustment

[@chrismeedestiny557]

Is this appicable also for seiko5 divers??

[@BadAssEngineering]

Yes, any mechanical watch. Seikos are very similar to orients

[@gt5845]

I moved the small lever to slow it down and now the watch doesn't work, the piece under the lever that rotates back and forward no longer moves. Gutted

[@BadAssEngineering]

Your watch probably needed a service to begin with, nothing a good service wont fix

[@ivankerr3570]

Easy fix 20/50 engine oil if its fast or wd40 if it's slow. Sorted.

[@annamoranova9597]

I dont think wd40 or oil will be best meby u can demage with it it have small parts and that stuf can vork as some pealing I think use on watch only product what is made for it....*

[@foodforthought4546]

My Timex automatic is losing about 1/2 hour per day. Is that something I can fix with the plus-minus regulator? Or does the watch need to be cleaned inside? Thanks.

[@BadAssEngineering]

Seems like too much, a trip to a technician would be better

[@rubinsteinway]

@@BadAssEngineering Thanks

[@DD-ix3bm]

Yeah 30 mins is crazy! +- 30 seconds sounds like something you can adjust

[@milo5524]

No! Non fatelo mai da soli! È un lavoro che può fare soltanto un orologiaio con le sue attrezzature! 😮

[@Trig672]

My vintage citizen running 8 minutes slow per hour will doing this adjust to run faster

[@BadAssEngineering]

No, It needs a complete service

[@Randyolsson]

Don't do this without a timegrapher

[@BadAssEngineering]

you can get away with it by trial and error, but i agree, you do need a timegrapher

[@Randyolsson]

@@BadAssEngineering Sure if you wait 24hrs between every regulation. Moving it like you did must have set it off by several minutes?

[@s.c4024]

Hi brother thank you for this video the machine or dinner or fuck please I need somebody answer this machine origin in Japan or Chinese???

[@electron7659]

I have 2 watches. Both are Casio, except one is a $90 G- Shock and the other is a $27 regular Casio. Ironically, the G-Shock runs like 30 seconds too fast per month and the regular Casio runs less than half a second slow per month. (Almost perfect) They're both digital. I just don't know how to adjust the speed on the G-Shock to slow it down some. It's a very nice G-Shock. Very good quality materials. Very comfortable. However, what bothers me is its inaccuracy. 🤔

[@patricj951]

I don't think it's possible to regulate a quartz. But seriously: 30s/month is not a problem unless you are outside the civilisation for very long time without the possibility to adjust the time according to GMT.

[@electron7659]

@@patricj951 So after a year, it will be already 6 minutes ahead. Which means I'll be needing to re-adjust the time every 6 to 12 months just to be on time. 🤦‍♂️ Is that acceptable for a $90 watch?? 🤔

[@patricj951]

@@electron7659 Personally I think it is. I don't consider it as a problem to adjust the time of a quartz every months even for a more expensive watch. And because the smartphone is regularly adjusted from GMT time it's so easy. 🙂

[@Moiselle555]

Can you please make a video to slow down time on a digital watch?? As this video is not helpful for those who wear digital watches!!

[@Robert-Downey-Syndrome]

That's an ugly ass watch. Love it

[@BadAssEngineering]

Yes it is lol

[@adambrosz5219]

A bit disappointing to see the plastic movement holder, whereas Mako 2 and Ray 2 have the metal holder...

[@BadAssEngineering]

It is a rather disappointing watch all together

[@BadAssEngineering]

@slickNICKHD My 50 dollar invictas are better quality and keep time better

[@debbiebebington9803]

Bit concerned about your hands shaking

[@chavijr9020]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@tancreddehauteville764]

Swiss watches are much easier to regulate because they have screws, I hate the Asian types.

[@BadAssEngineering]

*expensive watches are much easier *i hate cheap types