winding the watch

[ackh88]

is it ok if i full manually wind my watch every end of the week? Even if i wear it everyday.

[Rocket_Man]

Sure.

[kilyung]

Won't hurt

[dreamcar88]

Is once a day 2 Much? I only wear mine wed thursdays i cant wear it at work. Dont want it sitting the rest of the days not working.?

[Dirt]

Only if there's evidence that genuinely suggests it needs a bit of a manual wind as a top up.
Otherwise it's a waste of time and unnecessarily adds to some wear and tear on the mechanism.

[the0thrdude]

Yeah, thats what the manual wind function is for.

[Andad]

Why bother?

[T. Ferguson]

Originally Posted by dreamcar88

Is once a day 2 Much? I only wear mine wed thursdays i cant wear it at work. Dont want it sitting the rest of the days not working.?

Sure you can wind it daily, but why have it running the five days out of seven every week when your not wearing it? Even resetting it you'd never have to jump the date more than 5 days, probably less by the tie the power reserve runs out.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Dirt

Only if there's evidence that genuinely suggests it needs a bit of a manual wind as a top up.
Otherwise it's a waste of time and unnecessarily adds to some wear and tear on the mechanism.

Complete nonsense you can wind as much as you like, after all manual wind Rolex with screw down crowns got wound up daily for decades.And a automatic watch is just a manual wind watch with a auto mechanism fitted. Fact today most crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown not being used enough.Both my SD and Sub even if worn get wound up at least two or three times a week not so active as I once was now.And when they were active as full working tool watches they still got a full manual wind once or twice a week.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by padi56

Complete nonsense you can wind as much as you like, after all manual wind Rolex with screw down crowns got wound up daily for decades.And a automatic watch is just a manual wind watch with a auto mechanism fitted. Fact today most crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown not being used enough.Both my SD and Sub even if worn get wound up at least two or three times a week not so active as I once was now.And when they were active as full working tool watches they still got a full manual wind once or twice a week.

Why not get a winder Peter?

[padi56]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Why not get a winder Peter?

As long as I am still able to breath and walk around and still got the use of my fingers and and arms, why the hell would I need a bloody machine to wind my watches.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by padi56

As long as I am still able to breath and walk around and still got the use of my fingers and and arms, why the hell would I need a bloody machine to wind my watches.

Love you too buddy.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Why not get a winder Peter?

He has you Mon.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by directioneng

He has you Mon.

I thought I was winding him down?

[John Condom]

I would not wind it myself, why place extra strain on the crown and winding mechanism?

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by John Condom

I would not wind it myself, why place extra strain on the crown and winding mechanism?

Did you read post #9 ?

[John Condom]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Did you read post #9 ?

I did, and I don't agree.

[Spoonage]

Originally Posted by padi56

As long as I am still able to breath and walk around and still got the use of my fingers and and arms, why the hell would I need a bloody machine to wind my watches.

This!

[padi56]

Originally Posted by John Condom

I did, and I don't agree.

Please enlighten us why you dont agree.?

[John Condom]

Originally Posted by padi56

Please enlighten us why you dont agree.?

Did you read post #15?

[padi56]

Originally Posted by John Condom

Did you read post #15?

Yes I did and why would you think it would put extra strain on the winding mechanism.As basically its the same a manual wind watch that gets wound up daily for decades.If it was possible to do any harm by winding the watch manually by the winding crown dont you think Rolex would put some sort of warning in the instructions.And crowns and crown tubes are just disposable service items that are often changed as part of service.All my watches now are 20 years old and over and have been used and sometimes abused as working tools. Yet after regular wearing and manually winding are still going strong and expect then to be still ticking when my own ticker stops for good.Today most crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown not being used enough.

[John Condom]

Originally Posted by padi56

Yes I did and why would you think it would put extra strain on the winding mechanism.As basically its the same a manual wind watch that gets wound up daily for decades.If it was possible to do any harm by winding the watch manually by the winding crown dont you think Rolex would put some sort of warning in the instructions.And crowns and crown tubes are just disposable service items that are often changed as part of service.All my watches now are 20 years old and over and have been used and sometimes abused as working tools. Yet after regular wearing and manually winding are still going strong and expect then to be still ticking when my own ticker stops for good.Today most crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown not being used enough.

Let's agree to disagree

[Johny]

Originally Posted by MonBK

I thought I was winding him down?

sounds more like fully wound mon.

[tomallen]

Like Padi states It is a manual wind watch with an automatic wind feature. I have 9 automatic Rolex watches in rotation, each is wound every day and reset if needed on Saturday. The only watch that had a problem was an Air King Precision back in the late '70s. I broke the winding tube and it was repaired under warranty.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by John Condom

Did you read post #15?

Yes and it's so wrong.

[Johny]

Originally Posted by John Condom

Did you read post #15?

hi. what is "extra strain"? thanks.

[ratty]

Originally Posted by John Condom

Did you read post #15?

I was hoping for mechanical facts as opposed to, I don't because I just don't!

On what factual, mechanical basis does manually winding the watch impost "extra strain" on the movements?

[John Condom]

Originally Posted by ratty

I was hoping for mechanical facts as opposed to, I don't because I just don't!

On what factual, mechanical basis does manually winding the watch impost "extra strain" on the movements?

My friend is a watchmaker and told me

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by John Condom

My friend is a watchmaker and told me

Is that the guy that told you a watch is magnetized when running 4 seconds fast?

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Is that the guy that told you a watch is magnetized when running 4 seconds fast?