Winding my Glashütte Original

[Nodelicious]

Hi all,

I have had GO original panomatic model with a caliber 90 movement.

I recently stopped wearing it for a few days and when I went to wear it again I gave it 15 winds to start the movement. For some reason the seconds hand would not start moving even after I up. It would only start moving after I gave it a shake so that the rotor would spin.

Alls good now running perfect as always.

My question is should the winding have started the second hand moving or is it normal to require a few shakes?

Thanks!

[Rodentman]

I am not an expert, but I wouldn't be alarmed about needing to give it a shake. Maybe there's some inertia involved, a balance wheel at rest tends to stay at rest...

[dddrees]

This isn't unusual for an autmatic watch. Often when winding one of my Rolex watches this occurs as well.

Somtimes they don't start until after 20 winds or so. It happens.

Not to worry, they are mechanical devices, and I believe it has something to do with the mainspring and tension being right before it starts to work.

[Nodelicious]

Thanks for the help guys!

[dddrees]

By the way, I would make sure to give it a full wind.


It will function better this way as well.

[Nodelicious]

How do I know that it's full. I usually wind it until it becomes more difficult to wind.

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by Nodelicious

How do I know that it's full. I usually wind it until it becomes more difficult to wind.

It would depend on the movement. For me I have a few Rolex watches which require 40, and one which requires 50 to be fully wound.

The resistance you start to feel is probably a sign that is probably fully wound. I wouldn't continue to wind after that.


You probably have a user manual, I'd give that a gander and see what they recommend.

[yessir69]

Originally Posted by dddrees

By the way, I would make sure to give it a full wind.


It will function better this way as well.

Dan - the instructions specifically say not to wind it more than a few turns. At least my Senator Chronograph instructions state that.

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by yessir69

Dan - the instructions specifically say not to wind it more than a few turns. At least my Senator Chronograph instructions state that.

It appears I may have been incorrect with this particular watch. I'll have to remember this in the future.

Thanks Kevin.

[paverman]

Originally Posted by yessir69

Dan - the instructions specifically say not to wind it more than a few turns. At least my Senator Chronograph instructions state that.

That seems odd to me.
A few turns for an automatic watch from a fully unwound condition?
Interesting.

[improviz]

I believe my owners' manual says something on the order of 10 turns before wearing, but it certainly didn't seem to imply that more winds would be harmful. I've personally found that it keeps better time when wound more, I usually do 30 if it's been sitting long enough to have stopped (which isn't very often!)....

[Andad]

I usually just give mine a few winds and a 'swirl' as recommended by my dear departed mate JJ.

I then put it on my wrist to fully wind it.