Intermediate winding

[Lou wants a Rolex]

If you do not wear your watch enough to keep it wound by daily use can you give it a partial wind every 8-12 hours.
Say 10-20 winds.

[TonyYu]

I would just let it stop.

The next time I pick it and I will give it a 30 to 40 full winds.

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by Lou wants a Rolex

If you do not wear your watch enough to keep it wound by daily use can you give it a partial wind every 8-12 hours.
Say 10-20 winds.

Yes

[nektar]

Why not? It is your watch, you make the rules!!


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[Lou wants a Rolex]

Thanks I didn’t want to damage the watch.
I try to wear it daily but it has to be after work during the weak. That sometimes is very short period of time.

[lenfried29]

Originally Posted by Lou wants a Rolex

If you do not wear your watch enough to keep it wound by daily use can you give it a partial wind every 8-12 hours.
Say 10-20 winds.

Let the watch stop, mechanism will be less wearing.

[DoctorA]

I don’t do it but don’t see a harm in doing it

[RJRJRJ]

Every 8-12 hrs seems a bit excessive. Not that it will harm anything though. Just wind it every other day or so if you don't want it to die.

[grymg]

Originally Posted by TonyYu

I would just let it stop.

The next time I pick it and I will give it a 30 to 40 full winds.

I used to do the same, on Sunday my weekly watch would die so 40 winds at the beginning of every week. But I have heard overwinding puts more wear and tear on the winding mechanism, so have just been winding to the recommended 25 crown winds.

[roosvelt]

My late father gave me his first nice watch when he bought his 18078 in the late 70s. It's a pp manual wind I don't wear it much at all. The reason I don't want it to break i.e. repair costs! But to to op subject I love the connection when you have winding a watch. I quess I like manuals better than autos But won't give up my rolex collection.

[Bigblu10]

Get a Wolf single watch winder and keep the watch on there. It will maintain the wind in the spring!

[brandrea]

I never wear one watch long enough for the power reserve to deplete

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Lou wants a Rolex

Thanks I didn’t want to damage the watch.
I try to wear it daily but it has to be after work during the weak. That sometimes is very short period of time.

Why would you think you could damage your watch by winding it after all that's what a winding crown is for.Just think of the thousands of manual wind watches with screw down crowns Rolex included they got wound up daily for decades.And a automatic watch is just a manual wind watch with a added auto wind mechanism.And today many crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown not being used.But if not needed on the wrist to tell the time just let movement stop,when needed just wind set time and go.To fully wind a stopped watch it needs 40 full crown turns clockwise only as they only wind on the forward wind via the crown.

[rolexrabbi]

Originally Posted by lenfried29

Let the watch stop, mechanism will be less wearing.

if i wear my dj41 every day...should i not wear it every once in a while to let the reserve deplete itself? or does that make no diff?

[Pauln]

Originally Posted by rolexrabbi

if i wear my dj41 every day...should i not wear it every once in a while to let the reserve deplete itself? or does that make no diff?

No...Wear it every day. Your watch doesn’t need a day off. It’s just a watch.

[rolexrabbi]

Originally Posted by Pauln

No...Wear it every day. Your watch doesn’t need a day off. It’s just a watch.

Got it.

Thanks!

[watchwatcher]

You could, or you could give it an intermediate wind say, once a week. With an initial wind of at least 40 turns, I would think you should be able to make it to the end of the week, even without a lot of activity.

If not, then I would gauge the point where it's stopping, and put your intermediate wind about a day in front of that...should be good to go.

[77T]

I think you meant winding it partially every so often while wearing it, right ?

As said earlier above, no harm done if you chose that method.

But Peter’s suggestion (40 full crown rotations to top off the power reserve) has 2 benefits: 1) you don’t need to unstrap for the intermediate method you’re using, and 2) less chance of dropping it during that process.

Lastly, one of the intangible benefits with Peter’s suggestion is that you get to admire the watch for the minute it takes to give it 40 full winds. You get to remember the moment you first got it - or the milestone it represents - a fond memory each morning.


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