Winding ?

[Dbug]

I recently purchased my first Rolex a brand new Green Submariner. I love it.

I travel a lot and often do some types of work where I take it off so it doesn't get damaged. I have noticed if I wear it all day every day it stay wound but there have been a few times it stopped on me because I didn't wear it often enough.

I have been considering a winder to have at the house but when traveling I often just take it off and put it in the truck when doing work that might damage it.

Anyway to my question I know you can manually wind it but what are the guidelines for this? How many times should I twist the crown? Can I do it too much or too frequently? Is there an amount of time the wind will last if not worn? How much do you have to wear it and move to keep it wound? Maybe if I just did X number of turns every night or morning it would never stop?

[Rt0203]

I don't think there's a need for a winder but it's a personal preference. From a dead stop, wind it 30 times or so. If you're wearing it on a daily basis or every other day just put it on and go. Congrats. The hulk is a great watch.

[Dbug]

Thanks. So I should never manually wind it unless it stops?

[Likestheshiny]

Thanks. So I should never manually wind it unless it stops?

If you suspect it'll stop overnight and you want to top it up, you could do that. But it's not like you should ever need to manually wind it if you wear it consistently.

[Thatguy]

Originally Posted by Dbug

Thanks. So I should never manually wind it unless it stops?

Wind away. You can't over wind it.


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[Dbug]

Originally Posted by Likestheshiny

If you suspect it'll stop overnight and you want to top it up, you could do that. But it's not like you should ever need to manually wind it if you wear it consistently.

I know there a ton of variables and you can't exactly quantify it but how much do you need to wear it to avoid having to wind?

[WatchNutcase]

I herd that manually winding at least once a month is actually good for the watch, and also you can't over wind.

I was just thinking about get a winder also for the convenience, and to also gaze at my Air-king as it rotates.

[MCO1]

Its a pleasure to wind them...kind of makes you one with the watch and lets you know you aren't wearing a quartz. I generally give it 40 to 50 turns when I have let them stop.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Dbug

Thanks. So I should never manually wind it unless it stops?

You cannot overwind your watch once the mainspring is fully wound it just slips in the spring barrel just like it would do on the wrist.To fully manual wind it needs 40 full crown turns clockwise only.And it will do no harm whatever to give a manual wind even if worn to keep mainspring at peak power reserve.

[wrist_watcher]

Originally Posted by Dbug

I know there a ton of variables and you can't exactly quantify it but how much do you need to wear it to avoid having to wind?

It has to do more with your activity than wearing the watch. If you sit at a desk for 8 hours a day the winding rotor obviously won't spin much. Just give it a wind every couple days if it seems to stop on you.

[Boaters]

I always manual wind before I put it up on the winder to make sure it is fully wound to start with.

[dhmrs]

I would avoid winding it too often as you can wear down the gears. However, you cannot break anything by winding the watch

[Calatrava r]

are best not manually wound. Rolex dealers are among the few watch sellers who vigorously manually wind automatic movements. Can it hurt the watch, I DONT KNOW, but virtually every other watch manufacturer recommends their automatic winding watches not be regularly wound. Grand Seiko has a watch which is designed to be an automatic and manually wound movement. They make a big, you that right , a big deal over it. If keeping an automatic watch fully wound is important to you I would out it on a winder. Enough said.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Dbug

I recently purchased my first Rolex a brand new Green Submariner. I love it.

I travel a lot and often do some types of work where I take it off so it doesn't get damaged. I have noticed if I wear it all day every day it stay wound but there have been a few times it stopped on me because I didn't wear it often enough.

I have been considering a winder to have at the house but when traveling I often just take it off and put it in the truck when doing work that might damage it.

Anyway to my question I know you can manually wind it but what are the guidelines for this? How many times should I twist the crown? Can I do it too much or too frequently? Is there an amount of time the wind will last if not worn? How much do you have to wear it and move to keep it wound? Maybe if I just did X number of turns every night or morning it would never stop?

You can manual wind as often as you like will do no harm whatsoever, to fully wind it needs 40 full crown turns clockwise only as they only wind on forward turn.After a full manual wind movement should run between 40-48 hours give or take a hour or so off the wrist.

Originally Posted by Calatrava r

are best not manually wound. Rolex dealers are among the few watch sellers who vigorously manually wind automatic movements. Can it hurt the watch, I DONT KNOW, but virtually every other watch manufacturer recommends their automatic winding watches not be regularly wound. Grand Seiko has a watch which is designed to be an automatic and manually wound movement. They make a big, you that right , a big deal over it. If keeping an automatic watch fully wound is important to you I would out it on a winder. Enough said.

Not true with any Rolex watch its just a manual wind watch with a auto mechanism fitted, fact most winding crown related problems are simple down to the winding crown not being used.A winder is not needed with any Rolex watch as long as you have the use of your fingers and wrists.Machine winders were not around in the 1940s to around late 1980s and yes Rolex had auto movements then.But then all used there fingers and wrists to wind there watches now some seem to think they must have one at all costs little more than big boys toys IMHO.