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Re: Setting the time

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Thanks for the reply Richard.

The reason I asked was something on this site which says -

"The one general rule is that if your mechanical watch's second hand does not stop when you put the watch in time setting mode, then you should definitely not turn the hands backwards."

The rest of that page is here -

http://chronocentric.com/watches/ownersguide.shtml

I have 2 watches of similar age. The first is a simple gold Omega from 1958. When you move the hands backwards on that, the second hand keeps moving forward ok.

The second watch is the one I am concerned with. It has a 562 movement (model 166.002). When I moved the hands backwards the second hand comes to a halt which scared me off doing it again. It just did not look healthy. Are you sure it is OK?

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THANK YOU *NM*

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