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psharpless · 20 August 2011, 10:22 PM

how long would I need to wear an automatic each day to keep it going? Say I wanted to keep my sub and breitling from running down and do not want to use a winder, how many hours a day of wrist time needed for each? Thanks for insights!

watch watcher · 20 August 2011, 10:37 PM

I work usually 4 or 6 hours a day. When I get home, the first thing I do is rip the watch of my wrist. When I don't use the watch, the reserve last for ~ 49 hours. I also only wind it a couple of times or so to get it going after taking it out of rotation; the wrist action is enough to do the rest of the winding. By the way, I'm a mechanic, so my wrist is always moving.

dddrees · 20 August 2011, 10:38 PM

Honestly this depends more on how active you are than more on how much time you need to wear it.

Besides it is always best to give it a full wind about once a week anyway just to keepit more fully wound and more accurate anyway.

Winding them once in awhile is a good thing anyway.

Megalobyte · 20 August 2011, 10:45 PM

I'm moderately active, not very, but neither am I sitting at a desk all day. I wear my Sub about 16 hours, and it rests on a table for maybe 8 hours overnight, it seems to stay pretty much fully wound. The winding system on Rolexes is said to be very efficient and my experience seems to confirm that.

ExpII · 20 August 2011, 11:47 PM

I'd say about 8-10 hours of average wear for a desk diver (like me) to keep it wound. My Milgauss hates the winder and revolts by slowing down considerably so I leave it out and wind it. The Sub is the Honey Badger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg) of watches and doesn't care.

Jason71 · 20 August 2011, 11:54 PM

I typically switch between 2 different Rolex watches during the day, often only wearing one for as little as 6 hours. I don't have any problem with them stopping overnight

mrbill2mrbill2 · 21 August 2011, 02:29 AM

For anything mechnical the best way to prevent problems is to exercise it. Therefore, I manually wind all my automatics once a week to keep the winding mechanism excercised.

Take a boat. Run it every day no problems - just routine maintenance. Run it once a month - a whole different story.

20 August 2011, 10:22 PM	#1
psharpless "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southeast USA Watch: DD Dayt SubC Celli Posts: 104	Daily wrist time to keep automatic going? how long would I need to wear an automatic each day to keep it going? Say I wanted to keep my sub and breitling from running down and do not want to use a winder, how many hours a day of wrist time needed for each? Thanks for insights! __________________ YG Daytona YG Day-Date YG Cellini TT Sub-C Blue

20 August 2011, 10:38 PM	#3
dddrees "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2010 Real Name: Dan Location: USA Watch: This N That Posts: 34,253	Honestly this depends more on how active you are than more on how much time you need to wear it. Besides it is always best to give it a full wind about once a week anyway just to keepit more fully wound and more accurate anyway. Winding them once in awhile is a good thing anyway. __________________ When it captures your imagination, that's when you know you have found your passion. Loyal Foot Soldier of The Nylon Nation. Card Carrying Member of the Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons

20 August 2011, 11:54 PM	#6
Jason71 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Real Name: Jason Location: USA Watch: Rolex/Tudor Divers Posts: 7,973	I typically switch between 2 different Rolex watches during the day, often only wearing one for as little as 6 hours. I don't have any problem with them stopping overnight __________________ Best Regards, Jason Just Say "NO" to Polishing Card-Carrying Member of the Global Association of Retro-Grouch Curmudgeons LIfe is too short to wear inexpensive watches PLEXI IS SEXY

21 August 2011, 02:29 AM	#7
mrbill2mrbill2 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Real Name: Mr. Bill Location: South Florida Watch: 16610 Posts: 6,148	For anything mechnical the best way to prevent problems is to exercise it. Therefore, I manually wind all my automatics once a week to keep the winding mechanism excercised. Take a boat. Run it every day no problems - just routine maintenance. Run it once a month - a whole different story. __________________ Card Carrying Member of the Global Association of the Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons - ID # 13

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20 August 2011, 10:37 PM	#2
watch watcher "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ME Watch: Vintages Posts: 565	I work usually 4 or 6 hours a day. When I get home, the first thing I do is rip the watch of my wrist. When I don't use the watch, the reserve last for ~ 49 hours. I also only wind it a couple of times or so to get it going after taking it out of rotation; the wrist action is enough to do the rest of the winding. By the way, I'm a mechanic, so my wrist is always moving.

20 August 2011, 10:45 PM	#4
Megalobyte "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Real Name: Ari Location: Florida Watch: ...me go broke Posts: 2,428	I'm moderately active, not very, but neither am I sitting at a desk all day. I wear my Sub about 16 hours, and it rests on a table for maybe 8 hours overnight, it seems to stay pretty much fully wound. The winding system on Rolexes is said to be very efficient and my experience seems to confirm that.

20 August 2011, 11:47 PM	#5
ExpII Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: chris Location: Boston, MA Watch: Milgauss, PAM 359 Posts: 390	I'd say about 8-10 hours of average wear for a desk diver (like me) to keep it wound. My Milgauss hates the winder and revolts by slowing down considerably so I leave it out and wind it. The Sub is the Honey Badger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg) of watches and doesn't care.

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