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Old 10 June 2014, 02:28 AM   #1
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I am new to the Rolex family, so pardon my dumb question. Just got a Submariner V and am curious how much do I wind it? Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks so much
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Old 10 June 2014, 02:31 AM   #2
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Give it 40 turns of the winding crown in the winding position... then you're sure it has full power reserve. Don't worry about "over winding" it because you cannot over wind a Rolex due to the safety clutch.
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Old 10 June 2014, 02:35 AM   #3
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Awesome, How often do you think?
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Old 10 June 2014, 02:39 AM   #4
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Awesome, How often do you think?
Depends how much you wear it and how active you are. If you wear it 24/7 and are very active you won't need to wind it at all. Great thing about automatics.
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Old 10 June 2014, 02:42 AM   #5
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Depends how much you wear it and how active you are. If you wear it 24/7 and are very active you won't need to wind it at all. Great thing about automatics.
About every other day or so. It has stopped once since I didn't wear it for several days.
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Old 10 June 2014, 03:04 AM   #6
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About every other day or so. It has stopped once since I didn't wear it for several days.
Even when worn it will do no harm whatsoever to give a full manual wind once a week or so to keep mainspring at peak power reserve.
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Joking... wind as Bo says above. Welcome!
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Awesome, How often do you think?
Once. Then keep it on your wrist and it'll wind itself!
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Old 10 June 2014, 02:49 AM   #9
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40 full turns is a good reference
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Old 10 June 2014, 03:19 AM   #11
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Thank ya'll. Also, another question. Do the bracelets still have a part number on them? Mine is a 2008 and doesn't have a part number. Went and looked at a brand new one and didn't have a part number on the bracelet either.
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