Manual wind speedies....comments?

[jmsrolls]

As for winding, I had no problem winding these four every day:

Fr. John+

[padi56]

Originally Posted by applebook

Manual-winding movements generally have fewer parts, are simpler, and can be more rugged.

Yes agree 100% correct,but afraid today like most things we have just got lazy, overall it must take around 20 seconds to wind.

For me, the dividing line is really between hand-wound on the one side, and automatic on the other.

A hand-wound movement "lives" because you actively want it to run . you sort of breathe life into it, and you have to do it on purpose. I think that's an entirely different attitude toward a watch than merely picking it up and find it working. And knowing that it will continue to do so without additional intervention by yourself.And IMHO makes you just part of the soul of the watch,and I like having to wind a watch each day,to keep its heart beating.

When I pick up one of my hand-winds and wind it, the whole process, the act of winding, just seems to have a sense of history and tradition to it. This makes hand winds special to me. I can imagine my grandfather, and his father, and his father's father performing the same daily ritual. It's a connection to the past horology speaking.A auto wind is just a manual wind with a added auto wind mechanism you can still manual wind a automatic if you want too.

To me automatic movement runs just because of gravity and the fact that you are not dead and still, and are moving alive and kicking to speak.Or as long as the electric winder doesn't stop or burn out. In that sense now especially on a winder, I find automatic movements sometimes as "soul-less" as quartz, when compared to a true hand-wound movement. One might argue that an automatic movement on a winder is not so much "alive" as permanently undergoing gentle resuscitation.I for one deplore the demise of the hand-wound movements. I like flat thin type watches, and most hand-wound movements are inherently flatter thinner than automatics. But most watch cases today are built to accommodate the higher thicker automatic movements.The speedy manual wind is 100% bullet proof very very reliable and extremely long lasting and quite forgiving in its service times.

[explodingtaco]

Originally Posted by padi56

When I pick up one of my hand-winds and wind it, the whole process, the act of winding, just seems to have a sense of history and tradition to it. This makes hand winds special to me. I can imagine my grandfather, and his father, and his father's father performing the same daily ritual. It's a connection to the past horology speaking.A auto wind is just a manual wind with a added auto wind mechanism you can still manual wind a automatic if you want too.

I really want a manual wind, but the watches I like most are Auto's as I like sport watches that can be "dressed up" Also I worry about messing up a screw down crown unscrewing and screwing in every day.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by explodingtaco

I really want a manual wind, but the watches I like most are Auto's as I like sport watches that can be "dressed up" Also I worry about messing up a screw down crown unscrewing and screwing in every day.

Well myself have a few from the 1960s and never had a problem,most crowns and crown tubes are replaced when ever service dictates anyway.But all will in most cases last for many years, some for decades without any problem.

[Tools]

Here is one of my Manual Winds from the 60's. It only usually does dress-up time now-days, but for a few years it was my daily user. I bought it new in 1967 instead of a Rolex.



And another Manual Wind of mine from the 60's;

[Perdu]

Winding is all part of the fun of having a mechanical.