Watch winding

[Timboon32]

Hi there,

New to the group and just wanted to ask, I have a date just in which I just had serviced at Rolex.

I only wear it about 2 days per week, so obviously when I go to it each week its stopped moving.

Shall I wind it every time, or just set the correct time and wear it?

Thanks in advance

[JasTPE]

Originally Posted by Timboon32

Hi there,



New to the group and just wanted to ask, I have a date just in which I just had serviced at Rolex.



I only wear it about 2 days per week, so obviously when I go to it each week its stopped moving.



Shall I wind it every time, or just set the correct time and wear it?



Thanks in advance

If you just set the correct time and wear it, it will take a bit of time for it to start moving again, so you will need to set the time again later.

Usually I would wear it for a bit until it starts moving itself and then I will adjust the time to the correct time, so kind of allowing it to naturally start instead of manually winding it each time.

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[Alex71168]

I’d just set it give it a few winds and wear it

[Tools]

Yes, wind it before you put it on. Rolex recommends at least 25 turns, but many here advocate a full 40 turn wind-up.

[ingoodtime]

40 winds every day

[Carguy87]

Originally Posted by Tools

Yes, wind it before you put it on. Rolex recommends at least 25 turns, but many here advocate a full 40 turn wind-up.

Expertly said.

Also welcome to the Forum!!

[Rock]

Welcome - from one Aussie to another.
Your question has been answered but I did wonder about the circumstances in which you only wear your DJ a couple of times a week.
I would be looking for an excuse to wear it every day as I cannot be bothered with all the winding and setting. I have had a bit of trouble with the Crown on my DJ - replaced but still a bit dodgey IMHO - and so only wind and adjust at the beginning of each Month.
(my two "daily-wearers" run continuously on either my wrist or Winder and keep excellent time)

[Dirt]

Welcome to the forum

In situations like the one you describe, I just put a handfull of winds into it to kick start the watch, then quickly set and forget.
For me, the watch will wind itself up to full power reserve from a dead stop in about 8 hours of wear on a fairly casual day of activity, so there's no great need to fully wind the watch.

[puma1552]

Originally Posted by Rock

I have had a bit of trouble with the Crown on my DJ - replaced but still a bit dodgey IMHO

It seems like crowns being finicky is pretty common from my research; I just got a new DJ last week and found that it doesn't usually seem as simple to move it into the various positions as the Rolex guide that comes with the watch says it is.

-I found that the crown often doesn't fully pop out to the winding position when unscrewing, sometimes it only pops out halfway and you have to tinker with it by turning it a bit one way or the other to get it to pop the rest of the way out. Not a big deal once you figure out this is what's going on as it's then easy to get it the rest of the way out when necessary.

-I will say I still find it a bit difficult to move it from the winding position to the date setting position. Perhaps I just don't pull hard enough, but I find that again I tend to need to turn the crown one way or the other a bit while gently pulling before it finally will click out to the date position. But then moving to the time setting position is a straightforward pull from there with no extra tinkering and with what I would call a normal amount of force.

When you're brand new to the watch and come across these issues you think you are just doing everything wrong, e.g. you think the half popped out crown is already in the winding position, then you pull on it and wonder why you can't get to the date position, etc. Took a good bit of tinkering and a good bit of searching to figure out what was going on.

To the OP, I would wind at least 25 times per Rolex, but 40 is considered a full wind by most here. From what I've seen here, there also seems to be debate as to whether it should be fully manually wound regularly or not, but at the end of the day it's designed to be wound and eventually it will need service no matter what so your habits probably won't matter in the end. Note though that the watch is more accurate when fully wound.