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r/RepTime•
PatrickButters

Planet Ocean 45.5mm weird noise when gently shaking

Question

I know this might be a little odd to you, but lately I noticed that when I shake my watch gently (REALLY gently), I hear a noice coming from the inside of the watch. The noise is not that loud, but not like you have to focus on it - Easily audible. It is not coming from the strap, thats certain.

As I did not pay attention to that right after I received it, I am a little unsure, whether it is simply normal. The watch itself is working as expected (as of today). So any idea, whether it normal or even the same with a gen?

Posted Nov 13, 2019, 8:14 PM UTC

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ADaveNewWorld•

It’s probably the rotor you can hear spinning. Gens use higher quality materials/are lubricated better/are built to stricter tolerances so are far less audible.

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PatrickButtersOP•

So several question regarding this

  1. Is this a first sign that my watch will be broken in near future?
  2. Is this an immediate tell to someone to bust this watch as a replica?
  3. How can I fix this?

Thanks!

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ADaveNewWorld•
  1. I don’t think so - I have a seiko 5 I picked up from ebay that does the same thing and it’s still going
  2. Pretty much in my opinion.
  3. If it is the rotor, it may be reduced if you lubricate the movement. Worth noting it is specialist stuff and less is more from what I’ve read!
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PatrickButtersOP•

Thank you a lot with your answers!

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ADaveNewWorld•

No worries!

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slclos•

My panerai has a loud noise. Realized it was the rotor when I spin it at a high rate.

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Ocpiv123•

My po 600m prof rotor has a decent sounding "whirr" if I shake it, but it hasn't seemed to be a problem at all

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