Thank you for your reply. Regarding the date danger zone, yes, I'm aware of that. The watch was at 5:30 or so when it had stopped on the 2nd. I then moved the hands forward past 12 but as I indicated it didn't change till I got to 5:00 again.
I'll give it a few weeks of ware and also check it around midnight to 1:00 AM to see if it changes date on its own then.
This watch, though discontinued, is brand new. My father-in-law bought it in 2002 and it sat in a drawer ever since. I did ask a Breitling dealer (authorize) whether in this case it should be serviced and he said no, it should be treated as new and look to service it at the 5 year mark (from the time I started wearing it).
Oh, and good to know about the winding. I'll just plan on winding it about 30 times the morning of every day that I don't plan on wearing it.
Thanks again!
Dave
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