power reserve question

[boogiebot]

sorry for the noob question gents...

i was testing the power reserve on my subc and gave the watch 30 spins and let it sit. The watch ran for a bit over 24 hours. I know the power reserve is approx 50 hours correct? should i be concerned?

[MonBK]

A full wind is at least 40 turns.

[boogiebot]

ok let me give that a go

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by boogiebot

ok let me give that a go

Do 50 just to be sure.

[hawg]

I am getting 48 hours reserve after a 40 wind. Watch is 26yrs old. Think you should get more.

[azguy]

If it hasn't been serviced in a long time, that sounds pretty good

[Omega 1120]

From a recent past search of power reserve on this forum I have found that most of the people have given it 40-50 winds (do 50 just to make sure).

The average seems to be around 47-48.

I have read that a watch with a quick set date saps some of the maingspring power in order to get ready to advance the date wheel. It would probably be better to wind the watch fully around 9am to 3pm so when your watch hits the upper 40 hours it is not caused to stop by the date getting ready to change.

Here is what I have found through searching this forum:

2008 SS GMT IIc - 46 hr: 38 min: 26 sec
1997 SS Lady Date - 46 hr: 42 min: 58 sec
2004 SS Explorer II - 47 hr: 22 min: 41 sec
1984 Gold Day Date - 49 hr: 0 min: 59 sec
1986 SS DateJust - 49 hr: 44 min: 59 sec
1988 SS DateJust - 50 hr: 48 min: 34 sec
2004 SS Tudor 79280 - 52 hr: 48 min:47 sec (chrono not running)
SD - 48 hours and 3 minutes.
TT Blue Sub 16613 - 47 hours and 20 minutes.
GMT II Black - 46 hours and 5 minutes.
GMT II Black/Red 46 hours and 37 minutes.
Pepsi M 3186..........48:05:11
GMT TT IIc..............47:45:03
Sub LV....................47:51:34
SD..........................47:02:59
Milgauss GV............46:56:56
Blue TT sub.............47:30:53
Daytona.................
Sub Date.................47:36:32
14060m. ...............45:34:57
Sub - 47.18 (JJIrani)
Sub IIC TT - 47.20 (JJIrani)
Yachtmaster Platty - 47.47 (JJIrani) re-test 46.50
New Sub TT Blue - 48.15 (50 turns) (JJIrani) re-test 47.37
Sub LV - 47 (JJIrani)
Daytona 4130 - 71 hours
Yachtmaster - 46.35
Sub LV - 47.25
Sub-C - 47.35
Explorer II - 47.42
New Day Date - 47.33
Date Just - 49
Sub - 47
Sub - 46.06
New Date Just - 42
Deepsea - 43
SeaDweller - 47.5
Day Date - 43.58
Sub LV - 48.18
Sub LV - 46
Sub LV - 47.05
Sub ND - 44
GMTIIc - 48
GMTIIc - 46.55
Sub - 48
GMTII - 48.27
GMTIIc - 48.29
Sub ND - 47.20
Sub TT - 47.50
GMTIIc - 47.08
Sub - 47.45
GMTIIc - 47.05
GMTIIc - 47.44
Sub TT New - 49.05

[Stonedcl]

Daytona 4130 - 71 hours

How does the daytona get 22 hours more then the other watches?
I was going to say maybee the date uses the extra power BUT the 14060 had 45 hours..
Can someone test there daytona to see if they get the same resuts?

[Ebruner]

Originally Posted by Stonedcl

Daytona 4130 - 71 hours

How does the daytona get 22 hours more then the other watches?
I was going to say maybee the date uses the extra power BUT the 14060 had 45 hours..
Can someone test there daytona to see if they get the same resuts?

The Daytona manual states a 72 hour power reserve.

-Eddie

[boogiebot]

omega that is quite the list. thanks for sharing that.

never knew the Daytona had 3 day reserve. now i want one even more

[MortgageGuy]

Yup, I would give it a complete 40-50 turns of the crown (make certain they are complete turns) and I am willing to bet you will get dramatically closer to the norm

[liptonnr]

Nice info omega! Thanks!