Should we only "prime" and not fully wind our auto Rolexes?

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Dirt

Oh god. You've done it now
I'm getting a hankering to wack on my trusty SKX173 now and with that old clunker 7s62 rattling away in there.
But then again, on second thoughts i couldn't tell how long i've got to sit there arcing and rocking it side to side in the classic finest Seiko fashion for an extended period only to spend the rest of my day wondering if it's fully wound or even winding to its fullest potential all by itself

No worries - with its 'magic lever' system, the Seiko self-winding movement is supposedly more efficient than the Rolex.

[Easy E]

Originally Posted by Kevin of Larchmont

I’m in the 40-turn club from stopped and I let my wrist do the rest until I need to reset it or I take it off and it stops then I do it all over again.

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[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by Dirt

Oh god. You've done it now
I'm getting a hankering to wack on my trusty SKX173 now and with that old clunker 7s62 rattling away in there.
But then again, on second thoughts i couldn't tell how long i've got to sit there arcing and rocking it side to side in the classic finest Seiko fashion for an extended period only to spend the rest of my day wondering if it's fully wound or even winding to its fullest potential all by itself

I think you got a bit dyslexic there, unless I’ve suddenly become so afflicted, you meant 7S26.

Kat, AKA Huge Seiko Fan


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[Dirt]

Originally Posted by KatGirl

I think you got a bit dyslexic there, unless I’ve suddenly become so afflicted, you meant 7S26.

Kat, AKA Huge Seiko Fan


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Quite right

[Dirt]

Originally Posted by Easy E

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Lol.
How about in the best interests of equality.
We have Primer club T shirts as well?

[Easy E]

Originally Posted by Dirt

Lol.
How about in the best interests of equality.
We have Primer club T shirts as well?

No, they can have koozies

[Dirt]

Originally Posted by Easy E

No, they can have koozies

Ooh noice.
Wouldn'tit be lovely

[faz]

For best results , I use my electric screw driver and give it a full minute of wind. You can never be too sure.


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[faz]

Joking aside, I have always wound my automatic watches with no issues whatsoever.

[Easy E]

Originally Posted by faz

For best results , I use my electric screw driver and give it a full minute of wind. You can never be too sure.


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Yes! Add replaceable bits for each crown. I like where your head is at on this one.

[Dirt]

Originally Posted by faz

For best results , I use my electric screw driver and give it a full minute of wind. You can never be too sure.


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Why not?
After all, it's not possible to overwind a Rolex at all.
Apparently

How many turns would that put into it?
Would that be a better alternative to a watch winder?

I might be in the market

[faz]

Originally Posted by Easy E

Yes! Add replaceable bits for each crown. I like where your head is at on this one.

Only the best!







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[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

How about your SKX009?

yes i just shake that one for about 30 seconds.


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[Cassian739]

Originally Posted by faz

For best results , I use my electric screw driver and give it a full minute of wind. You can never be too sure.

That's hilarious! Hope it's doesn't go over 40-60 turns

Not that it matters

[Andad]

Originally Posted by Easy E

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Count me in.

By the time I set it from zero PR my auto watch will be running and I just wear it.
It will be up to 1/2 PR by lunch time.

[daysky1]

Originally Posted by swils8610

The only time I’ve wound my Rolex is when it sat for a few days and stopped running. My wrist has always kept them wound.


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if my Rolexes are at a dead stop I'll wind them up 40 times if I'm wearing them regularly each day they get wound up plenty even though I sit in a chair and watch TV I do drink a lot of coffee and I use the hand my Rolex watches on to hold my coffee cup in so I know it's getting plenty of winding considering how much coffee I drink.

[codecow]

“Is it safe to wind my Rolex?”

[geoach]

Originally Posted by Guppydriver

Had an interesting convo with a watch maker who I like and trust. I guess he doesn't "make" watches but he owns an indie watch and clock shop and services all models.

Over coffee, he mentioned that automatic watches have a far less robust winding mechanism than a manual wind. He said he would avoid fully winding by hand any automatic watch. That they are designed to be primed with a few turns and then worn to wind and not manually wound to the stop.

Since all modern Rolex are automatics, I thought it was an interesting topic.

True? Urban legend? Somewhere in between?

your watch maker might be right........my PP aqua manual states'' turn the crown just 10 times when the watch has not been worn to start the watch''

[911991]

Wound my 5 digit Sub date about 50 times for 25 years with no issues, last 10 years its been on a watch winder, guess what, still no issues. Just wear em and enjoy!!!

[Mr Ben]

Originally Posted by Mystro

It’s very easy to feel or even hear when you are at the top of the wind. With Rolex you will feel an ever so slight “tick—click” every 3/4 turn when you are at the top. You can even hear it “tick—-click” as you slowly wind next to your ear. It is the mainspring slipping past a grove that is there to prevent over winding. Some movements like an Omega or Panerai makes a slightly louder click but Rolex movements either 31 or 32 have an audible and feel to them you can’t miss. This is another way to train your sense of feel when you do wind you learn approximately how many winds it actually does take with your fingers to fully wind a movement from it’s stopped position. That is why we say between 40-60 winds because every ones fingers are different and you don’t know how many times the crown rolls between their finger and thumb pad.

Thank you - this does indeed work on the Rolex. Still figuring out the speedmaster - it’s new to me and I haven’t had a manual wind watch before.

[brandrea]

Here another article I just read

https://www.everestbands.com/blogs/b...oUpj_Mo.dYenhA


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[Chiboy]

Originally Posted by codecow

“Is it safe to wind my Rolex?”

[Easy Rhino]

Originally Posted by Dirt

Why not?
After all, it's not possible to overwind a Rolex at all.
Apparently

How many turns would that put into it?
Would that be a better alternative to a watch winder?

I might be in the market

From what I can find, many cordless power screwdrivers run at about 210 rpms. So that would put in around 200 turn +/- in a minute. But if 40 winds is good, surely 200 winds is better.

But seriously, if I understand correctly, the mainspring inner barrel surface is coated with a light layer of braking grease upon which the end of the mainspring slides once the spring is full wound; therefore, it is not possible to overwind these springs. Someone can correct me if wrong.

[majidessa]

Rolex user guide is clear about this a minimum of 25 turns for adequate partial winding. On another note, manual winding before wearing a watch that is stopped is improatant to maintain a healthy amplitude which would actually increase service life of the movement many might not know this!

[Easy E]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Here another article I just read

https://www.everestbands.com/blogs/b...oUpj_Mo.dYenhA


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I didn't know about the term bridle or how it actually work. Pretty slick. Thanks

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Easy E

I didn't know about the term bridle or how it actually work. Pretty slick. Thanks

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[Bald Angus]

Just don’t use the crown while still on the wrist.


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[Devildog]

Originally Posted by Mystro

How do you know they are fully topped off? Really the only way to tell is to take them off after that 6-8 hours and wind them up manually to hear the mainspring slip past to actually know in fact that amount of movement that day is enough to fully wind the movement.

The take away is not to wind every day arbitrarily but IF your watch is stopped and you have to unscrew the crown anyway, why not fully wind the watch?? It takes 15 seconds longer to do before you rescrew in the crown anyway. The act of unscrewing the crown is what most want to avoid but IF you have to unscrew the crown anyway, then fully wind the watch. It will also be more accurate right off the bat when you reset the time as the Rolex movements (especially) is always its most accurate at the top of the mainspring power.

We have had many reports of owners with sedimentary office jobs where their watch has stopped on the wrist from lack of motion. Then to find out all they do is give a few winds when their watch does stop only to report again their watch has stopped.

Obviously it depends on how active you are, but tests confirm that I can give my stopped watches a few winds (5 or so) wear them for a day or two and they keep ticking for pretty much their full power reserve.

For me, wearing fully winds my watches, it doesn't just maintain the pre worn PR.

[alphadweller]

I only wind until the seconds hand starts ticking. After that, I let the rotor do what it's designed for.

[ColoradoTime]

Originally Posted by Krash

The difference is that if you fully wind a manual watch more than you should, it will break. It literally will break. But you can’t overwind an automatic Rolex (or Omega for that matter). So I’m not sure I’m buying it.


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I’m not sure this is true for all manual wind. I only have one manual wind - a speedy - and you can’t overwind it.


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