Winding Crown Back to Case

[chicagowatchman]

After winding the watch 40 times and pushing the crown in to tighten should it be easy to wind in the threads or should there be some resistance? meaning i feel nothing moveing except for the crown once it hits the threads to the case.

[SLS]

Some of my watches wind smooth, others have a bit of resistance. What you are feeling is normal IMO.
~Scott

[chicagowatchman]

Originally Posted by SLS

Some of my watches wind smooth, others have a bit of resistance. What you are feeling is normal IMO.
~Scott

What do you mean by smooth? when it is winding back to the crown is anything else happening or winding on the watch?

[buz-lh]

I don't believe anything is happening once you push the crown in to make contact with the threads. All of my watches feel a little different.

[SLS]

Originally Posted by chicagowatchman

What do you mean by smooth? when it is winding back to the crown is anything else happening or winding on the watch?

By smooth I mean less resistance on the tube when winding the crown into the closed position.
~Scott

[Art161]

I think the key thing is not in tightening the winding crown, but in loosening it. It is my understanding that when you turn the winding crown counterclockwise so that the winding crown pops out to the winding position, you should have turned it by at least 360 degrees before it reaches the winding position. If it is less than that, you may need a new case tube.

[chicagowatchman]

Originally Posted by Art161

I think the key thing is not in tightening the winding crown, but in loosening it. It is my understanding that when you turn the winding crown counterclockwise so that the winding crown pops out to the winding position, you should have turned it by at least 360 degrees before it reaches the winding position. If it is less than that, you may need a new case tube.

No the issue i have is when i tighten it . it almost feels like the stem came off and its just the crown thats threading whit no resistance but when i unwind it the crown pops out and all is well...to me it seems to wind on to the threads a bit too smooth.

[Art161]

Originally Posted by chicagowatchman

No the issue i have is when i tighten it . it almost feels like the stem came off and its just the crown thats threading whit no resistance but when i unwind it the crown pops out and all is well...to me it seems to wind on to the threads a bit too smooth.

When you unwind it, how many degrees of rotation do you go through?

[chicagowatchman]

It takes about 3 winds to loosen it. i am not understanding what it has to do with my issue?

[Art161]

Originally Posted by chicagowatchman

It takes about 3 winds to loosen it. i am not understanding what it has to do with my issue?

I was wondering whether it was tightening properly. It's easier to determine this by loosening it. It seems to be tightening properly, if it takes three 360 degree rotations to loosen. So from what I understand, there doesn't seem to be a problem. If it takes that many turns to loosen, it must have tightened okay. It seems to me that the "feel" is irrelevant as long as the winding crown tightens properly.

[chicagowatchman]

Thanks!