winding, does this sound right?

[venkman]

hi guys i wonder if you can advise me

on an explorer 114270, (which of course is automatic) when the watch stops running, i know of course to give it a full 40 manual winds to give it a full wind instead of just shaking it, but shouldn't it start again if you do shake it?

my question is should it start ticking again with normal movement from your arm? i assumed the watch would start ticking again if i put it on and moved around but it did not start up again even after 30 minutes of wearing it, i had to manually wind it to get it going again and it didn't even start ticking until the 15th or so turn of the crown.

is this normal for a rolex perpetual movement, to not start ticking when it's stopped and you move it around?

thanks

[George Ab]

Rather then shake, just rotate the watch. However the gearing of the rotor to winding with the stem is quite different. Around 650 full rotations to bring to full wind if using the rotor only. You will also notice on Rolex watches that you have to make a number of manual winds before the watch starts ticking as there is a minimum amount of force in the main spring to start operation. It will take many rotations of the rotor to wind the main spring to get to the minimum force to start operation.

[venkman]

thank you george, yes it took around 15 full winds (is fully wound now to 40) before the watch started to tick

i was just concerned that prior to winding it whilst wearing the watch and moving around quite a bit for half an hour did not start it again, because it's that kind of movement that's supposed to keep an automatic going, on another automatic watch i have, just a cheap japanese one, if that one stops then any movement at all starts it ticking immediately if you just pick it up (it doesn't hand wind or hack and i know it's a different movement altogether but they're both automatic)

does that sound ok to you, that the movement of my arm moving around picking things up doing tasks around the house didn't make the rolex start again?

thanks again

[Watcheroo]

Totally normal. You need to wind the thing.

Cheers.

[MonBK]

All is good.

[venkman]

thanks you guys

another thing i'm not sure about is that when i unscrew the crown from it's screwed-down position it makes a clicking noise, (obviously it clicks when you manual wind it i don't mean that) but it also makes a clicking sound as i unscrew it to reach the winding position

i don't hear the clicking when i re-tighten/screw down the crown after winding

is it correct for the crown on the rolex to click when unscrewing it?

many many thanks