Pagani Watch is slow.

[Post_Shave]

Help!
I bought a “Pagani Design” watch on AliExpress and it keeps desperately slow time. Yes, I know it’s a cheap watch...actually it’s a very heavy, well machined, self winding watch with a Seiko NH35A mechanism. For $60, I like the watch. I timed it with my phone and it loses about a second per minute. Seems like a lot! I wound the darned thing to store up some energy and it’s still screwed up. I have requested to return the watch, and I’d buy another on just like it. We shall see what happens.
Any ideas? Am I doing something wrong? Can I fix the watch somehow?

99.99US $ 80% OFF|2021 Pagani Design Brand Automatic Mechanical Men Watch 100m Waterproof Male Sapphire Glass Sports Wrist Watch Relogio Masculino - Mechanical Wristwatches - AliExpress

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[brucered]

I'm no help with the watch, but your first mistake was buying from AliExpress

The site is full of scammers, fraudsters and counterfeiters.

I'll be shocked if you get a reply to your refund request. Don't be surprised if your account gets locked after you press them for a refund.

Good luck

 

[Post_Shave]

I have gotten a refund for other AliExpress items.
The vendor has agreed to refund $55 of the $63 that I originally spent, without returning the watch.
we will see...

 

[StillShaving]

That movement is being sold on ebay for $33+ so if it is inside your watch, seems like a great deal. I would try removing the caseback and adjust the movement. I believe there are videos on youtube describing how to do it, though I am not sure about adjusting it that much.

 

[ajkel64]

With the refund it makes it a very cheap watch. I would keep it. Might even ask a watchmaker to place it on a timing machine just to see how much time it is actually losing. With the money from the refund this would help with the watchmaker. Win, win in my book.

 

[Ladit]

In many cases watches that lose their accuracy are simply magnetized. Try to demagnetize it or to have it demagnetized. the Seiko NH35 is a tractor like movement, not the most accurate but long living and well built.

 

[Rudy Vey]

First of all, I would wear the watch for a few days, so it gets warmed up on your wrist and gets used to be worn and wound while wearing it.
Then I would set it and see how it much loses per day when you wear it.
A second per minute is totally unacceptable. A good mechanical watch should not loose more than, say 10 or so seconds a day. My latest acquisition is a minute fast over a period of 8 days, making it 7-8 seconds per day, which for me is totally fine.