650 turns per day?

[dwng715]

http://www.orbita.net/pages/17118.htm

do you guys think that is too much for a rolex automatic? or too less?

[frostie]

Well from what i know in order to fully wound the watch the rotor must rotate 700 times so i think that it's somehow acceptable. Please if i am wrong let the pro's correct me.

[watchnut]

I don't believe 650 turns is any problem at all. Imagine how many turns a really active person wearing his watch 24/7 would give it. You can't over wind a Rolex.

[Tools]

Here's the fuzzy math..

It takes about 900 wrist rotations to fully wind a Rolex..

A fully wound watch has ~2 days of power reserve...

If you put a fully wound watch on a winder then, in theory, it would take ~450 auto-winds to top off the one half of the power reserve used each 24 hours...

Toss in some variables, like the winder does not "spin" it like a wrist snap would, and you can't really over wind....

Take the ~900, divide by 2 = ~450, expect it wasn't really fully wound (add 100 or so), your winder is slow (add another 50 or so), and you just want to be sure (another 50)......

I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention, but it looks like setting a winder to ~600 to 650 "winds" per day.....it should tick forever..

[marshallr47]

Originally Posted by Tools

Here's the fuzzy math..

It takes about 900 wrist rotations to fully wind a Rolex..

A fully wound watch has ~2 days of power reserve...

If you put a fully wound watch on a winder then, in theory, it would take ~450 auto-winds to top off the one half of the power reserve used each 24 hours...

Toss in some variables, like the winder does not "spin" it like a wrist snap would, and you can't really over wind....

Take the ~900, divide by 2 = ~450, expect it wasn't really fully wound (add 100 or so), your winder is slow (add another 50 or so), and you just want to be sure (another 50)......

I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention, but it looks like setting a winder to ~600 to 650 "winds" per day.....it should tick forever..

Larry, you are a mathematical genius. Thanks for the info.

[Lol-x]

Good stuff Larry.

[Todd V]

How fast does the rotor spin when you flick your wrist?

Any videos of rotors spinning out there? This makes me want one of those aftermarket see-through casebacks.

[BigHat]

Originally Posted by dwng715

http://www.orbita.net/pages/17118.htm

do you guys think that is too much for a rolex automatic? or too less?

Why would you question one of the best watch winder companies in the world that does extensive testing when the info they provide on Rolex is pretty much in the same range as every other watch?

So no, I don't think it too much, or too little. I have a Daytona set one way and a GMTII set another and they both work perfectly on the Orbita winder.

[Lol-x]

Originally Posted by dwng715

http://www.orbita.net/pages/17118.htm

do you guys think that is too much for a rolex automatic? or too less?

Good question, nothing wrong with asking a question like that

[Downing]

Larry, you lost me at the word "math," so I'll just take your word for it.

I noticed when I got my Orbita that the recommended 650 revs for Rolex was actually on the low side compared to many other watches out there, for which Orbita recommends 850 revs.

I have no idea what that means, but I found it interesting...

In any case, I have my winder set for 650 revs and my SD and Exp II have been running continuously like little Ever Ready bunnies.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

One should not get to wound up about winders. Some are set to turn CW and CW for 3 hours and rest for 1 hour. That would keep the PR up all the time.

[f16570]

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

One should not get to wound up about winders. Some are set to turn CW and CW for 3 hours and rest for 1 hour. That would keep the PR up all the time.

Wind up about winders is this Danish Irony Bo?

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