Rolex Power reserve question?

[nba]

1. How many hours you should wear the watch minimum per a day to hold it charge? I don't want to use a winder.

2. Can I use the watch for 4 hours then do manual winding?

Thanks

[padi56]

Originally Posted by nba

1. How many hours you should wear the watch minimum per a day to hold it charge? I don't want to use a winder.

2. Can I use the watch for 4 hours then do manual winding?

Thanks

You can manually wind as much as you like will do no harm whatsoever.After a full manual wind 40 full crown turns clockwise only then if worn for around say 8 hours plus a day with reasonable wrist movement watch should run while off wrist over night.On a full 40 full crown turn manual wind while off wrist static,then watch should run between 39-48 hours give or take a hour or so before stopping.But even when worn regular it will do no harm to manually wind say once a week or so keep mainspring at peak power reserve.

[Cinquecento]

I had my Yacht master sitting for a week, I gave it a manual wind 40x and wore it for two days at about 8-9hrs a day I put it back down and stopped wearing it, its been running steady for three days now. I am sure it will stop running today.

[nba]

Thanks for info.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by nba

1. How many hours you should wear the watch minimum per a day to hold it charge? I don't want to use a winder.

2. Can I use the watch for 4 hours then do manual winding?

Thanks

1. It does not matter how many hours a day you wear your watch, that does not wind it, activity does. So, some folks who are very active can keep their watch topped up daily. However, most folks are not active enough to fully wind their Rolex and most average around 20-30 hours of power reserve

2. As Peter says, you can manually wind a Rolex any time you want to.