Note about winding your rolex
 

hey everyone ! just wanted to note that I was reading my rolex manual (which I bought early 2012) it says wind the watch 20 turns when it is on full stop .. and NOT 30-40 as many posts say

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Note about winding your rolex
 

20 is enough ,40 is fully wound


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George

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Must be the recession, this is what one of mine says.

I thought that I had read 40 also, might be the difference between "getting it started" and a "full wind"?

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hahahahaha monBK "recession" lol !

but they didn't refer to a full wind .. they just said 20 turns

If you read some of the other threads about winding you'll see references made to both 20 complete turns of the crown and 40 turns through 180 degrees, which would be the same thing.

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80 turns through 90 degrees?

In 4+ years on TRF I've never seen a thread with this comment...

FYI I recently overwound my Caliber 3135 Datejust. What happened was the mainspring engaged some sort if overwind protection detents that made any add'l turns very unsmooth and I thought I had broken it. Once fully unwound it has been back to normal.

So don't overdo it.

That doesn't sound right...

I asked my watchmaker about this issue of "how many winds is enough for my vintage sub and GMT"... He was very clear about this.

He told me,
"If the watch has stopped, wind it enough times so that the movement starts, no more."
His claimed that extra winding when not necessary could cause additional wear on the main spring and winding gears, etc...

This gentlemen, with his 30 plus years of Rolex repair has provided me with great advice so far, so I follow his instructions, and my watches keep great time with the limited winding I do...

I am curious is this makes sense to others...

My GMTII doesn't even start ticking until past 10 turns. Think I'll try an experiment. I know the power reserve on each of my watches so I'll turn each of them 20 times, 30 times, and 40 times and compare the run times.

Should be a simple matter to determine if 20 turns is a full wind since more turns would not result in longer run times.

Makes no sense to me as I've had watches that start after only 2-3 turns.

i did that earlier today too! freaked me out.. it was scary sound. im hoping its nothing bad, reading your post sorta made me feel better.. :banghead:

I'd be very interested to know the results of your experiment. Please post a thread once you have had a chance to do so.

Complete and utter nonsense when wearing with wrist activity the winding pendulum is still winding the watch.When the mainspring is fully wound a mechanism in the spring barrel lets it slip so you cannot possible overwind.Its exactly the same if you use the winding crown once the mainspring is fully wound it just slips. So you could wind the watch for a hour or so with no harm whatsoever except perhaps too your fingers.And will add most crown related problems are simply down to the winding crown lack of use.Even when worn it will do no harm whatsoever to give watch a full wind say once a week or so.And just look of all the millions of manual wind watches with screw down crowns Rolex included they got fully wound up almost daily without any like your watchmaker said mainspring wear.And a automatic watch is just basically a manual wind watch with a auto wind mechanism and myself would like to see where it states by Rolex to only wind 20 turns.

thanks all for the interesting replies .. plz share your experiences I'm curious to know more :D

Can you share a pic of the booklet page where it says 20 turns?

You know our mantra right? Pics or it didn't happen :cheers:

sure will do as soon as I take a pic and have access to my desktop .. probably by Sunday? that's almost 48 hrs from now if that's alright :D

hahahaha I like the mantra LOL

I usuall just give it a couple (if it is not running) and wear it. I have never had one stop if I am wearing it or even wearing it everyday. I have no reasoning for this, aside from 20 turns or 40 turns isn't something that I have ever needed.

You can not overwind it. I have had watches start after 1 or 2 winds


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False---Sorry but I have watches that are 50 years plus of age and have been serviced one or twice in lifetime(some never) and they all work and run perfectly! All of them are wound 40 times when taken out of safety deposit box and worn. Winding a watch will not hurt it and anything contrary is pure rubbish IMHO and experience. :cheers:

One time at band camp I had to do a ruck march. I was running late and threw my 16610 on (on the Everest strap). It was dead stopped. By the end of my 6 mile ruck march it was happily ticking away. I'm 100% confident that it was internally wound wayyyyy over 20 times during my trek where my arm was swinging like crazy. Moral of the story, it's your watch, wind it as much as you'd like.

Thanks Alan I believe your post is right on. Thanks for sharing what your watchmaker told you.

30 years of experience is all well and good, but if Rolex says 40 winds is OK then I am going to go with that...

http://s9.postimg.org/ate9iw1u7/photo232.jpg


Please see near the winding button description :)

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Agreed :)

I noticed it this morning as well .. but why would Rolex say "20" for a partial wind and not mention the limit for a full wind ?

Why is it 20? why not say 40 for full wind ? or 10 for partial wind? or mention both full and partial?

so 20 is sufficient?