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IVXX wrote:
Quartz time pieces (this includes clocks, too) do funny stuff when the battery is dying. The second hands dance around.
I'd have it checked out.
Or it could be dirt or debris in the movement. Especially if it's a new watch.
Or, sometimes if it gets dropped it will dislodge crap in the case and gum up the works.
This can happen even in a quartz watch.
Hope this helps.
IVXX wrote:
If it's been awhile since you've had the battery replaced it's probably it.
Quartz time pieces (this includes clocks, too) do funny stuff when the battery is dying. The second hands dance around.
I'd have it checked out.
Or it could be dirt or debris in the movement. Especially if it's a new watch.
Or, sometimes if it gets dropped it will dislodge crap in the case and gum up the works.
This can happen even in a quartz watch.
Hope this helps.
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I concur . . . I watched my wall clock do this very same thing, last week (seconds hand going forward, then back, then forward).
A battery change was all it needed.
I concur . . . I watched my wall clock do this very same thing, last week (seconds hand going forward, then back, then forward).
A battery change was all it needed.
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Very true as I have seen personally......bet it is a battery.
Spaceview wrote:
Very true as I have seen personally......bet it is a battery.
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look up the movement.Chances are, the battery is almost drained.The reason its bouncing between the one second mark is how quartz watches are designed to conserve the battery.Thats why the second hand clicks at one second intervals.
With a low battery, it doesn't have enough power to make it jump to the next second.In a few days, it will just stop moving at all.If its been over 2 years, it might be time to also get it cleaned and lubricated, and the seals checked.
look up the movement.Chances are, the battery is almost drained.The reason its bouncing between the one second mark is how quartz watches are designed to conserve the battery.Thats why the second hand clicks at one second intervals.
With a low battery, it doesn't have enough power to make it jump to the next second.In a few days, it will just stop moving at all.If its been over 2 years, it might be time to also get it cleaned and lubricated, and the seals checked.
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