Definitely not unusual amongst micro rotor movements. But yes. Very annoying. My Pateks with micro rotors sometimes have this problem. My Bulgari has this problem in spades. The new version of Bulgari movements has fixed this issue supposedly. And if I owned one of these Tondas, I’d probably have so
Leave it to those precise Germans. They want a watch that hacks so the time can be set to the second. I do understand the counter argument. Hacking the movement will mean that rate will likely be unsteady for the first few minutes as the balance Spring will need some time to recover regaining its rh
So many fancy brands don't have hacking seconds... How can I set my Patek Philippe exactly, some of them don't have second hands and some of them with second hands don't hack. I think the majority of the Pateks in my collection aren't able to be set exactly.
Faux hacking isn't good for the movement, but not usually damaging to the movement. The situation is more serious if the watch is a Tourbillon - the Tourbillon will not take to faux hacking and reversing very nicely (since the Tourbillon cage itself can't spin backwards).