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Quartz watches. Second hands not aligned

PunkRoquefort
PunkRoquefort Posts: 123 Forumite
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Why is it, with so many quartz watches, even ones which are not cheapies, the second hands rarely align with the minute markers?

Have you noticed this on your watch?

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  • Reddleman79
    Reddleman79 Posts: 131 Forumite
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    My Casio Wave Ceptor has a facility to align the hands if I remember rightly. Haven't needed to do it, as they are perfectly aligned already.
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,450 Forumite
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    Perhaps it needs servicing B)
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy

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  • TELLIT01
    TELLIT01 Posts: 18,507 Forumite
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    It aligns on mine.
  • Rodders53
    Rodders53 Posts: 2,848 Forumite
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    Both my 20 year old Pulsar PSR10 and more recent purchased Seiko watches have perfectly-aligned second hands.

    My late father's Timex second hand swept continuously (iirc) rather than stepper-motored like more modern quartz watches so that would never align.
  • Krakkkers
    Krakkkers Posts: 1,330 Forumite
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    I have five analogue watches and each has a way of manually adjusting each hand in case of misalignment.
    Consult the manual or a youtube tutorial.
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