New submariner dying in less than 12 hours

[pegasis0066]

Hi, new to the forum. I did a quick search, but didn't come up with anything - sorry if this is a redundant thread.

My new submariner is stopping after only 8-12 hours overnight - when I take it off for the night. I thought I read somewhere that it should last 44 hours or so. Any idea what the problem could be - I will take it back to the dealer, but thought I would ask here to get a heads-up.

Thanks

Rob

[nko51]

Give it a manual 40 winds of the crown.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by nko51

Give it a manual 40 winds of the crown.

Yup. My sentiments, too. And wear it in good health

Welcome to the FINEST Rolex forum in the world. Period!

[President]

Welcome!

[Tools]

You're spending too much time staring at it. Get up, get out...move that wrist a bit more.

[President]

I hope it isn't "SWIS MAD!!!!!"

[haakon59]

I think you will find that it just didn't wind up enough before you took it off. It's probably a waste of time to take it to the dealer. The 44 hour power reserve only applies when the watch is fully wound. How fast you reach "fully wound" status depends on how much your wrist moves. (By the way, on automatic watches, there is a "clutch" mechanism that allows the watch to keep winding without reaching the "end" the way a hand wound watch will reach a point at which it will stop so you can't wind it anymore.) So how do you know when the watch is fully wound and will last 44 hours or so? You have to guess. For most people who have office jobs, I would guess it might take 2-3 days of use before the power reserve will be built up enough with it's Rolex Movement to last that long. But obviously, everyone is different. What I do with several of my watches to keep them going at night when I take them off is (instead of winding) to rock them back and forth along the same axis as the rotor with 50 swings or so.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by Tools

You're spending too much time staring at it. Get up, get out...move that wrist a bit more.

Would that make him look TOO feminine??

[mike]

As others have said, give it 40 to 50 turns to wind it and go from there. Should be fine.

And welcome!

[pegasis0066]

Originally Posted by nko51

Give it a manual 40 winds of the crown.

Thanks and did not know you could wind it - I am not a big reader of manuals. My bad. In any event, gave it 40 good winds so hope it is good to go.

Thanks for all the responses to such a basic (and stupid) question.

Rob

[Tools]

Remember:

Lizzie Borden took a watch and gave her Rolex 40 .... oh wait

never mind, wrong rhyme.

[ashu2289]

Hey welcome to TRF and as evrone suggested fully wind the watch n then chk out the power reserve

[roadcarver]

Welcome and let us know if the 40 winds gives it 44 hrs of power reserve.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by Tools

Remember:

Lizzie Borden took a watch and gave her Rolex 40 .... oh wait

never mind, wrong rhyme.

[areyes926]

Welcome to the board! I would give the manual winding a try and if is still stops then it time to have it check out.

[padi56]

Look guys manual winding a Rolex or any other brand except some Seiko, will do no harm whatsoever to automatic watches.Just think of a manual wind watch thats wound every day,and even some of those have screw down crowns.And like the others have said 40-50 crown turns,to fully power the main spring,then should run for around 40-44 hours off wrist,if it don't advise to get it checked.