Should I Be Worried?

[JSB544]

I received my grandfather's watch back from being serviced yesterday. It's an Oyster Royal ref. 6426 manual wind. I went through my AD to some guy they use in NY. I've read that when a manual wind watch is fully wound, you'll meet resistance. It's been over 24 hours since I fully wound it, and I've tried winding it once every 8ish hours or so, and it's still met with resistance. The watch is still ticking, so I guess the question is, is it normal to meet resistance this long after fully winding the watch, or should I bring it back in?

[Brazicano]

I always get worried when people say they used “some guy” in NY “some guy” in Michigan etc. But, that being said it’s probably fine. Just wind it up all the way and see how long it will run on one wind. Should be 30-40 hours, don’t know the exact spec on the older calibers. In general just wind it up every morning.

[RHIII]

I would keep an eye on it - if it’s running - you should be fine.

A manual wind watch can run 30-40 hrs and should be wound around the same time every day it’s worn for optimal performance.


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[JSB544]

Ok. I tried winding it this morning, and it still had some resistance. My AD put a two year warranty on the repair, so worst case I'll bring it back to them. They swore up and down by this guy, so I guess I figured they'd be good to go.

[RHIII]

Originally Posted by JSB544

Ok. I tried winding it this morning, and it still had some resistance. My AD put a two year warranty on the repair, so worst case I'll bring it back to them. They swore up and down by this guy, so I guess I figured they'd be good to go.

Good deal. If it was me - I’d keep an eye on it for a cpl weeks — see how it performs - and if you’re concerned on any level - reach out to them.


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[Wcdhtwn]

Let it wind all the way down. If you wind it from dead and meet resistance in less than 20ish turns then have it checked. Winding it every 8 hours isn't indicative of anything, especially if you're wearing it.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by JSB544

Ok. I tried winding it this morning, and it still had some resistance. My AD put a two year warranty on the repair, so worst case I'll bring it back to them. They swore up and down by this guy, so I guess I figured they'd be good to go.

I'm not sure what you are saying

All manual wind watches will have some resistance once the spring begins to tighten. You wind a manual wind watch until it hits the stop - you can't wind it any more. You do that every morning.

Why are you winding it every 8 hours? At this point it is unlikely to be wound down very far and will have resistance as the power reserve is a couple of days.

[Andad]

The question confused me Larry.

[JSB544]

Originally Posted by Tools

I'm not sure what you are saying

All manual wind watches will have some resistance once the spring begins to tighten. You wind a manual wind watch until it hits the stop - you can't wind it any more. You do that every morning.

Why are you winding it every 8 hours? At this point it is unlikely to be wound down very far and will have resistance as the power reserve is a couple of days.

Sorry, I probably didn't explain it very well. Here's what happened: I picked up the watch around 2:45 PM on Tuesday. I wound it until I couldn't anymore. When I had the watch before I sent it off, and wound it, it would just wind and wind and wind. I only found out later it is supposed to feel like you can't really wind it anymore. So I tired winding it again right before bed that night, around 9:30 PM. It still felt like it couldn't wind any further. I tried to wind it again the next morning, around 5:30 AM, and it still felt like it couldn't wind anymore. I tired again around 7:30 PM last night, and it felt the same way. I just tried winding it again, and it still feels like it can't wind anymore. The watch is still ticking though, I think it's lost about 12 seconds since last night. I wasn't winding every 8 hours, I was just seeing if it would wind, I guess.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by JSB544

Sorry, I probably didn't explain it very well. Here's what happened: I picked up the watch around 2:45 PM on Tuesday. I wound it until I couldn't anymore. When I had the watch before I sent it off, and wound it, it would just wind and wind and wind. I only found out later it is supposed to feel like you can't really wind it anymore. So I tired winding it again right before bed that night, around 9:30 PM. It still felt like it couldn't wind any further. I tried to wind it again the next morning, around 5:30 AM, and it still felt like it couldn't wind anymore. I tired again around 7:30 PM last night, and it felt the same way. I just tried winding it again, and it still feels like it can't wind anymore. The watch is still ticking though, I think it's lost about 12 seconds since last night. I wasn't winding every 8 hours, I was just seeing if it would wind, I guess.

Just wind your watch just once every 24 hours leave all the checking alone when you wind just wind clockwise direction only.

[77T]

I agree with Peter about winding once every day. My suggestion is to wind it when you remove it to sleep - all the way to a full stop. Then you’re ready to go in the morning for a full day’s work or other activities.

Often we are in a rush in the AM and forget to wind a manual watch. This is especially true if you have multiple watches and some are battery driven or automatics.

This way you don’t experience the “my watch stopped” excuse for being late to a meeting.




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[JSB544]

I finally stopped ticking and I was able to wind it up. I'm new to the world of manual winding watches so I guess I got a little paranoid when it got stuck. When I first got the watch, and I wound it, it would just wind and wind, like an automatic movement did, so I didn't really know any better

Originally Posted by 77T

This way you don’t experience the “my watch stopped” excuse for being late to a meeting.

Sometime's I feel like this would be a good excuse to have for work.

[77T]

There are some great articles to explain how and why your watch might have never reached a “stop” while winding it.

This can happen if there’s a failure at the arbor connection to the spring. This often happened at the end of the winding process, that’s when the spring is wound as tightly as possible around the arbor, and then there is some slippage.

But once it was fixed, and a new spring installed, or the old one reattached, you should always feel some resistance as you reach a fully wound mainspring. When you reach the stopping point you know it’s fully wound.

If you’re worried, just go a turn or two past the resistance and you should have 24-30 hours of power reserve for the movement.


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[JSB544]

I figured it was something to do with the spring. It felt like it would catch at a certain point and then just keep going. I'm just glad it's fixed now.

[mineral]

Originally Posted by JSB544

I received my grandfather's watch back from being serviced yesterday. It's an Oyster Royal ref. 6426 manual wind. I went through my AD to some guy they use in NY. I've read that when a manual wind watch is fully wound, you'll meet resistance. It's been over 24 hours since I fully wound it, and I've tried winding it once every 8ish hours or so, and it's still met with resistance. The watch is still ticking, so I guess the question is, is it normal to meet resistance this long after fully winding the watch, or should I bring it back in?

I will be excited to see the picture of your grandfather oyster Royal watch. Reason being is that I have exactly the same watch 6426 manual wind in cream dial and blue second hand. It is quite small size at 34mm but I enjoy it very much.

Here she is, wear very comfortable on the wrist.




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[Navarino]

Originally Posted by mineral

I will be excited to see the picture of your grandfather oyster Royal watch. Reason being is that I have exactly the same watch 6426 manual wind in cream dial and blue second hand. It is quite small size at 34mm but I enjoy it very much.

Here she is, wear very comfortable on the wrist.




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Beautiful watch! Out of curiosity, what's the story behind "Royal" on the dial? I've never seen that before on my limited exposure to the 6426. Usually the top half of the dial looks the same (less the "Royal" line) and has "Precision" on the bottom half of the dial.

[JSB544]

Originally Posted by mineral

I will be excited to see the picture of your grandfather oyster Royal watch. Reason being is that I have exactly the same watch 6426 manual wind in cream dial and blue second hand. It is quite small size at 34mm but I enjoy it very much.

Here she is, wear very comfortable on the wrist.

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Absolutely. Here it is. I don't think the hands are original, he might have had them replaced when he got it serviced. I had to source the bracelet. Whenever I found the watch it was upside down, just the watch itself, in his bed side table. My dad thinks he purchased it when he was overseas in the Air Force, but he doesn't know much more than that. I would have loved to find out more about it, but unfortunately towards the end he suffered from dementia and couldn't really remember much.





I was also able to find a picture of him with the watch on. I don't know the exact date when the picture was taken (I'm doing my best to find out). He's the one on the right. He had already replaced the bracelet with one of those stretchy bands.



I won't lie, I was never really interested in Rolex watches until I got this one. Even when I first got it, I figured I'd keep this one because it was his and get me an Omega Seamaster Pro. After I've worn this one, I've been nothing but impressed with the watch and want to get an Explorer to call my own.