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28 June 2024, 06:51 PM | #1 |
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16202ST power reserve woes
Only got my jumbo about 2 months ago. Been wearing it daily for the most part, but today I had the power reserve run out for the 5th time or so even after daily use in each of the 5 cases. Anyone else have this happen to them?
Although I wear it daily, I probably only average 5-6 hours of use per day since I wear multiple watches a day. None of my other watches with even a lower advertised power reserve has had this problem. I wind it at least 40-50x to bring it back to life after each time. I would think 5-6 hours of daily wrist time is enough to keep it running (?) |
28 June 2024, 07:18 PM | #2 |
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Unless you're sitting there not moving for 5-6 hrs, I think there's something wrong with your watch.
I like to take mine off and put it on a stand if I'm sitting at a desk, so probably have overall wear time lower than yours per day and mine still doesn't need manual winding. |
28 June 2024, 07:40 PM | #3 |
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Easiest and most reliable way to self test is to wind it up about 80x to ensure it's fully wound up and leave it on your desk to let it run flat. I would say it's the most accurate way to monitor the power reserve.
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28 June 2024, 08:18 PM | #4 |
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Five hours of wearing is not enough time to fully wind your watch unless you're wearing it very actively. The other possibility is that the rotor is not functioning properly.
This watch doesn't have a screw down crown so wind it 20 times before you wear it each day. |
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thanks, will give this a shot next week when I can. I guess I'll have to plan it so that the 52th hour after starting this experiment ends while I'm awake
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You can simply set the time to a new day (example 12 midnight where it turns to a new date) and it'll easily be monitored as you know exactly when it's going to run flat by counting the hours. |
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2 July 2024, 12:01 PM | #9 |
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I had the same power reserve issue with mine too early on. Sent it in to Clearwater. No issues since.
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They said it needed an adjustment. Got it back in less than a month.
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