Newbie question - submariner stopped after a few days of inactivity,

[andwhat]

Hi guys,
Longtime reader, first time poster!

After years of saving, I got my first vintage submariner last week and I absolutely love it. I wore it everyday for about 5 days and then took it off on Friday night and put it back in the box. I just went to grab it and it stopped moving. Is that normal for movement to stop after about 60 hours of inactivity? I wound it and it's moving again but I'm concerned there's a larger issue. Is this normal?

please help experts!

[locutus49]

Normal. Just wind it and wear it.

[offrdmania]

And I thought the power reserve was about 50 hours on a new sub. 60 hours is great for vintage!

[superstarmar]

It's an automatic movement watch ... After not wearing it for
about 40 to 48 hrs it will stop because the power reserve
has expired .It's normal ...

Wind the crown at least 40 turns for a full wind and set the
time again and you should be ok ...
If it doesn't run after you fully wind
It properly then u have a problem ...

[T. Ferguson]

Originally Posted by offrdmania

And I thought the power reserve was about 50 hours on a new sub. 60 hours is great for vintage!

I believe he said vintage, not new.

In any event, I don't believe any Sub reference ever had a 60 hour power reserve. IIRC, the current 116610 is rated at about 40-42 hours by Rolex. Essentially your watch did exactly what it was supposed to do...stop running after about 38-42 hours.

Just wind it and go.

[andwhat]

thank you guys so much!

[speedolex]

Originally Posted by andwhat

Hi guys,
Longtime reader, first time poster!

After years of saving, I got my first vintage submariner last week and I absolutely love it. I wore it everyday for about 5 days and then took it off on Friday night and put it back in the box. I just went to grab it and it stopped moving. Is that normal for movement to stop after about 60 hours of inactivity? I wound it and it's moving again but I'm concerned there's a larger issue. Is this normal?

please help experts!

As others have said, that's normal for inactivity.

As far as keeping it functioning perpetually, I find I can wind my Submariner 90 revolutions and wear it indefinitely, as long as I've got it on my wrist 10 hours a day I never need to wind it, ever. For the last 5 years I had to give up my Rolex hobby for the sake of having 4 kids, stopped wearing my collection, only wore my 16610, wound it just once a year since 2011 (beach vacation week), it worked perpetually with 5 winds in 5 years. Just pointing that out in case it wasn't clear.

[offrdmania]

Originally Posted by T. Ferguson

I believe he said vintage, not new.

In any event, I don't believe any Sub reference ever had a 60 hour power reserve. IIRC, the current 116610 is rated at about 40-42 hours by Rolex. Essentially your watch did exactly what it was supposed to do...stop running after about 38-42 hours.

Just wind it and go.

I was pointing out that a new one has a reserve of about 50 and I was amazed that his vintage went 60. Read the last word of my original reply.

[tomilg]

I'm gonna guess that after 60 hours (2 1/2 days) he noticed it had quit working. That is not to say when the power reserve actually fell off.

[Gina Marie]

I am guessing he looked at the time and assumed that the watch stopped a few minutes or an hour before he checked...however if you subtract 24 from 60 you get the likely power reserve and a lucky check by him.

[crowncollection]

This is normal for your watch


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[Old Expat Beast]

...from 1948:

[andwhat]

Originally Posted by tomilg

I'm gonna guess that after 60 hours (2 1/2 days) he noticed it had quit working. That is not to say when the power reserve actually fell off.

Correct, that's when I noticed - not necessarily when it stopped.