{"id":1956,"date":"2021-02-19T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2023-07-01T13:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:58:35","slug":"why-your-watch-skips-a-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/why-your-watch-skips-a-second\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY YOUR WATCH SKIPS A SECOND"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Watch<\/div>\n

All the time, people come into the jewelry store saying “There’s something wrong with my watch. It skips a second.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n

\nThey hand me their watch and I look at it. Sure enough, the second hand only ticks once every 2 seconds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Skip, Pause!<\/h2>\n

\nIt’ll tick once, pause, jump 2 seconds, pause, jump 2 seconds more… The really odd thing about this is, the watch is still keeping accurate time<\/strong>. How is this possible?<\/p>\n

\nPeople think something is wrong with the movement… Maybe the inner mechanism got wet? It could be rusting? Maybe the watch got bumped? Who knows?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What causes the second hand to skip a beat?<\/h2>\n

\nThe watch has a warning signal.<\/strong> That’s right! What warning might the watch be sending you?<\/p>\n

Low battery.<\/h2>\n

\nSome watches have the ability to tell you when your watch battery is going low by skipping a beat<\/strong>. When the watch starts skipping every other second, it’s the watch’s way of conserving precious energy<\/strong>. It’s doing everything it can to keep the correct time and if it has to sacrifice ticking every second, it will.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIt’s actually a great little tool to have. No more will you have to wonder if your watch battery is low. No longer will you have to take it to a jeweler and have it tested<\/strong>. One simple look at your watch and in a second you’ll know<\/strong> (or in 2 seconds). I think it’s an awesome feature and a great function to have.<\/p>\n

I wish all watches did this neat little trick.<\/h2>\n

\nMost watches just up and die on you with no warning<\/strong>. And usually it’s at the worst possible time, like when you’re out on vacation. That’s a drag.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Something else…<\/h2>\n

\nIf you happen to look down and the second hand is frozen in place, but jerking like it’s trying to move<\/strong>… then you have more serious problems. Mechanical ones<\/strong>. More than likely you’ll need a cleaning, alignment, a new movement. It could be lots of things. You’ll have to send it out for an estimate to see what the real problem is.<\/p>\n

\nPretty much any jeweler can change your watch battery for you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nYou can buy batteries<\/a> and do it yourself also, but I don’t advise it. Jewelers have all the knowledge, tools and presses needed for such tasks…<\/p>\n

The last word…<\/h2>\n

\nIf you decide to change your watch battery, be careful.<\/strong> You could break the crystal or the seal (gasket) in your watch. You could warp the lid<\/strong> putting it back on. You could even void your watch warranty<\/strong> if you don’t know what you’re doing. I always advise people to not change their watch battery themselves! Let a pro do it. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\nIt’s a risk you take… Just don’t beat <\/strong>yourself up about it.<\/p>\n

\nCheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All the time, people come into the jewelry store saying “There’s something wrong with my watch. It skips a second.“ They hand me their watch and I look at it. Sure enough, the second hand [Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[190,53,187,186,188,189,150],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-watches","tag-battery","tag-jewelry","tag-repair","tag-skips","tag-tips","tag-tricks","tag-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}