Seconds hand remains hacked after pushing the crown back

[Roleχ]

After winding my sub 20 turns and starting the seconds hand, I set the time and the second hand hacks as usual, however it didn’t start ticking again after Having screwed the crown down. It was only after shaking the watch that the seconds hand started moving again. Is this normal?

[breitlings]

Need to wind the watch a bit more.

[Roleχ]

Originally Posted by breitlings

Need to wind the watch a bit more.

The watch was fully wound before setting the time, I could feel it, and tge seconds hand was ticking. Weird that it stopped ticking right after setting the time.

[Onikage]

Not normal but if it was a one-off no big deal. No need to rush it into Rolex emergency unless it becomes a frequent prob... in my opinion. I'm one of those people who never sees a doctor so maybe the techs and watchmakers might know if it's serious.

[breitlings]

Originally Posted by Roleχ

The watch was fully wound before setting the time, I could feel it, and tge seconds hand was ticking. Weird that it stopped ticking right after setting the time.

20 winds isn't fully wound. try the same process with 40-50 winds next time. you could bring it to rsc to get checked but it doesn't sound broken. just barely enough power to get it started then not enough to restart after hacking.

[Blansky]

Not sure if the OP is familiar with automatic watches that much.

If it's been sitting and is dead, you should wind it 30-40 turns before you wear it. If you have a sedentary job you may not be doing enough to keep it wound during the day or the next day.

You probably shouldn't "shake" it, but instead rotate your wrist in a circular motion which turns the rotor to wind it if you wish to wind it in this manner.

With an automatic watch if you do wind it and wear it but sit around all day, probably in a couple of days it will stop just from not enough wrist motion.

If you happen to have an automatic watch with a see through back you can see what it takes to move the rotor and learn to wind your watch just with the wrist motion if you have been couch potatoing all day and want ensure it doesn't stop in the next 48 hours.

[moyski]

My Sub doesn’t even start moving even after 20 turns. I usually count 50-60 full turns before I feel the mainspring slipping. Then, I know the watch is fully wound.


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[breitlings]

What happened with the OP?

[Duey]

It's normal -
sometimes it takes a little shack to get it going if you don't do the full 40 turns

[The_Watch_Clocker]

this happens on my 20 year old watch after losing all power and having to be re-wound.

nothing wrong with it at all - just a little tap after 30 winds or so.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by breitlings

What happened with the OP?

He's winding his watch