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Old 25 September 2016, 10:58 AM   #1
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winding the watch

is it ok if i full manually wind my watch every end of the week? Even if i wear it everyday.
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Old 25 September 2016, 11:01 AM   #2
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Old 25 September 2016, 11:02 AM   #3
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Old 25 September 2016, 11:05 AM   #4
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Is once a day 2 Much? I only wear mine wed thursdays i cant wear it at work. Dont want it sitting the rest of the days not working.?
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Old 25 September 2016, 04:12 PM   #5
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Is once a day 2 Much? I only wear mine wed thursdays i cant wear it at work. Dont want it sitting the rest of the days not working.?
Sure you can wind it daily, but why have it running the five days out of seven every week when your not wearing it? Even resetting it you'd never have to jump the date more than 5 days, probably less by the tie the power reserve runs out.
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Old 25 September 2016, 01:02 PM   #6
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Only if there's evidence that genuinely suggests it needs a bit of a manual wind as a top up.
Otherwise it's a waste of time and unnecessarily adds to some wear and tear on the mechanism.
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Old 25 September 2016, 05:55 PM   #7
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Only if there's evidence that genuinely suggests it needs a bit of a manual wind as a top up.
Otherwise it's a waste of time and unnecessarily adds to some wear and tear on the mechanism.
Complete nonsense you can wind as much as you like, after all manual wind Rolex with screw down crowns got wound up daily for decades.And a automatic watch is just a manual wind watch with a auto mechanism fitted. Fact today most crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown not being used enough.Both my SD and Sub even if worn get wound up at least two or three times a week not so active as I once was now.And when they were active as full working tool watches they still got a full manual wind once or twice a week.
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Old 25 September 2016, 05:59 PM   #8
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Complete nonsense you can wind as much as you like, after all manual wind Rolex with screw down crowns got wound up daily for decades.And a automatic watch is just a manual wind watch with a auto mechanism fitted. Fact today most crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown not being used enough.Both my SD and Sub even if worn get wound up at least two or three times a week not so active as I once was now.And when they were active as full working tool watches they still got a full manual wind once or twice a week.
Why not get a winder Peter?
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Old 25 September 2016, 06:12 PM   #9
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Why not get a winder Peter?
As long as I am still able to breath and walk around and still got the use of my fingers and and arms, why the hell would I need a bloody machine to wind my watches.
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Old 25 September 2016, 06:15 PM   #10
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As long as I am still able to breath and walk around and still got the use of my fingers and and arms, why the hell would I need a bloody machine to wind my watches.
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Old 25 September 2016, 08:41 PM   #11
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As long as I am still able to breath and walk around and still got the use of my fingers and and arms, why the hell would I need a bloody machine to wind my watches.
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I thought I was winding him down?
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Old 25 September 2016, 01:11 PM   #14
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Yeah, thats what the manual wind function is for.
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I would not wind it myself, why place extra strain on the crown and winding mechanism?
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Old 25 September 2016, 08:22 PM   #17
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I would not wind it myself, why place extra strain on the crown and winding mechanism?
Did you read post #9 ?
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Old 25 September 2016, 08:37 PM   #18
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Did you read post #9 ?
I did, and I don't agree.
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I did, and I don't agree.
Please enlighten us why you dont agree.?
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Old 25 September 2016, 09:09 PM   #20
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Please enlighten us why you dont agree.?
Did you read post #15?
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Old 25 September 2016, 09:24 PM   #21
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Like Padi states It is a manual wind watch with an automatic wind feature. I have 9 automatic Rolex watches in rotation, each is wound every day and reset if needed on Saturday. The only watch that had a problem was an Air King Precision back in the late '70s. I broke the winding tube and it was repaired under warranty.
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Old 25 September 2016, 11:18 PM   #22
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Like Padi states It is a manual wind watch with an automatic wind feature. I have 9 automatic Rolex watches in rotation, each is wound every day and reset if needed on Saturday. The only watch that had a problem was an Air King Precision back in the late '70s. I broke the winding tube and it was repaired under warranty.
I posit, that it's primarily an Automatic winding watch with a supplemental and secondary manual winding function.
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Old 26 September 2016, 02:58 AM   #23
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I posit, that it's primarily an Automatic winding watch with a supplemental and secondary manual winding function.
They were all manual wind before the self winding feature was engineered into the design. You think Rolex would weaken a proven twin lock or triplock winding system because of a self winding mechanism.
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