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teo · 11 December 2008, 03:43 AM

Just curious, how do you get your watch move? Always wind your watch when you first put it on your wrist or just give it a shake? Which would be a better way to prevent damaging?

Tools · 11 December 2008, 04:08 AM

If it's dead stopped, you should always wind it....

Rolex even recommends this and puts an information tag in the box after service to ensure that you do...

Chris B · 11 December 2008, 04:21 AM

If it's stopped I'll wind it, I like the interaction

padi56 · 11 December 2008, 04:24 AM

Always best to wind with most automatics like Rolex,some certain Seikos they must be shaken to start.

Parachrom · 11 December 2008, 04:25 AM

got parkinsons. so i just shake

esm · 11 December 2008, 04:34 AM

i always wind it...... i dont shake it, just in case i drop it when i get too excited.....

f16570 · 11 December 2008, 04:34 AM

Never stopped as yet, but as my wife only wears hers at the weekends it is manually wound first.

JJ Irani · 11 December 2008, 04:36 AM

NEITHER!!

First a gentle "brandy like swirl" to set the wheels in motion.....then around 40 turns of the crown.....and you're back in business!!

JJ

Dan Pierce · 11 December 2008, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

NEITHER!!

First a gentle "brandy like swirl" to set the wheels in motion.....then around 40 turns of the crown.....and you're back in business!!

JJ

I agree w/ JJ. Except I would add: drink the brandy THEN wind the watch.

dP

ttannert · 11 December 2008, 06:34 AM

Wind it!

swatty · 11 December 2008, 06:36 AM

Slow shake first (or is that Brandy swirl) then wind it

JJ Irani · 11 December 2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by swatty

Slow shake first (or is that Brandy swirl) then wind it

I just said that above, tosser!!

valentine · 11 December 2008, 07:39 AM

family friendly forum= I cannot disclose my ways of getting my watch started.

rkboyer911 · 11 December 2008, 07:57 AM

hummmmmm Well I have never taken my watch off for over 12-14 hrs so I have never had it stop. Only time I saw the second hand sitting still is when it was in the case before I bought it and when I set the time.

Porsche · 11 December 2008, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by rkboyer911

hummmmmm Well I have never taken my watch off for over 12-14 hrs so I have never had it stop. Only time I saw the second hand sitting still is when it was in the case before I bought it and when I set the time.

+1

You can wind them??? I never knew that ...

Suppose I should have RTFM

I have bnever taken mine off snce purchase (except to change to Summer daylight saving time) and I also took the opportunity to re-set the seconds exactly, after nearly 2 months of ownership, I gad lost approx 1½ minutes, = 90 seconds/60 days = approx 1.5 seconds/day!!!!

I am very happy about that

baldyspoon · 11 December 2008, 09:38 AM

A gentle shake try not to wind it to much as an AD said undoing and doing up the crown wears the thread and it will need replacing/repairing much quicker than needs be

Dan471 · 11 December 2008, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teo

Just curious, how do you get your watch move? Always wind your watch when you first put it on your wrist or just give it a shake? Which would be a better way to prevent damaging?

I let the winder do the work.

onkyo · 11 December 2008, 10:02 AM

Shake??? Absolutely not.

Atlanta · 11 December 2008, 10:06 AM

After 4 months, mine stopped for the first time over a weekend with no wear. I wore it to work without setting the time which got it going, then set it to the correct date/time - still did not wind it whether right or wrong?

Thanks to Steve M., I now have a winder so no more worries!

Mrdi · 11 December 2008, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

NEITHER!!

First a gentle "brandy like swirl" to set the wheels in motion.....then around 40 turns of the crown.....and you're back in business!!

JJ

C'Mon JJ, it's.................

More like a sheep like shake and then a few back and forths with the "crown."

GradyPhilpott · 11 December 2008, 10:48 AM

My Explorer hasn't stopped yet.

I give it forty turns when I reset the time every week or two.

armypilot · 11 December 2008, 12:29 PM

I was taught this many years ago by an antique watch/clock maker. Hand wind your watch and while holding it in your hand with the dial facing up, flip it over using wrist action so it is dial down and then flip it back dial side up and that should start it. I have done this for years with all of my mechanical pocket watches and wrist watches.

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11 December 2008, 03:43 AM	#1
teo "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: amk Posts: 792	How do you get your watch move? Just curious, how do you get your watch move? Always wind your watch when you first put it on your wrist or just give it a shake? Which would be a better way to prevent damaging?

11 December 2008, 04:08 AM	#2
Tools TRF Moderator & 2025 Titanium Yacht-Master Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,681	If it's dead stopped, you should always wind it.... Rolex even recommends this and puts an information tag in the box after service to ensure that you do... __________________ (Chill ... It's just a watch Forum.....) NAWCC Member

11 December 2008, 04:24 AM	#4
padi56 "TRF" Life Patron Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Peter Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng Watch: ing you. Posts: 53,240	Always best to wind with most automatics like Rolex,some certain Seikos they must be shaken to start. __________________ ICom Pro3 All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Good Judgement comes from experience,experience comes from Bad Judgement,.Buy quality, cry once; buy cheap, cry again and again. www.mc0yad.club Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder

11 December 2008, 04:34 AM	#7
f16570 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Real Name: F Location: Scotland Watch: Exp II White Face Posts: 4,272	Never stopped as yet, but as my wife only wears hers at the weekends it is manually wound first. __________________ Why have what's new when you have what's best. f

11 December 2008, 04:21 AM	#3
Chris B "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Peterborough Posts: 9,631	If it's stopped I'll wind it, I like the interaction

11 December 2008, 04:25 AM	#5
Parachrom "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: canada Posts: 721	got parkinsons. so i just shake

11 December 2008, 04:34 AM	#6
esm "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Eric Location: Location,Location Watch: this, bro... Posts: 15,340	i always wind it...... i dont shake it, just in case i drop it when i get too excited.....

11 December 2008, 04:36 AM	#8
JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,317	NEITHER!! First a gentle "brandy like swirl" to set the wheels in motion.....then around 40 turns of the crown.....and you're back in business!! JJ __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

11 December 2008, 06:34 AM	#10
ttannert "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Real Name: Tim Location: Ohio Watch: SS Black Daytona Posts: 872	Wind it! __________________ The greatest luxury in life is time; treasure every second. __________________ My Collection: SS Rolex M Black Daytona SS Rolex V Black Milgauss GV SS Rolex M Black Milgauss TT Rolex Z White MOP Datejust SS Rolex M Coke GMT II SS Tag Heuer Black Kirium Chronometer

11 December 2008, 06:36 AM	#11
swatty 2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Peter Location: Sydney Watch: The Game Posts: 17,416	Slow shake first (or is that Brandy swirl) then wind it

11 December 2008, 07:39 AM	#13
valentine Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Justin Location: Baltimore, MD Watch: TT Diamond DJ Posts: 2,809	family friendly forum= I cannot disclose my ways of getting my watch started.

11 December 2008, 07:57 AM	#14
rkboyer911 Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Real Name: Roy Location: Kansas City Mo Watch: Sea Dweller "M" Posts: 181	hummmmmm Well I have never taken my watch off for over 12-14 hrs so I have never had it stop. Only time I saw the second hand sitting still is when it was in the case before I bought it and when I set the time.

11 December 2008, 09:38 AM	#16
baldyspoon "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: uk Watch: Rolex 114060 Posts: 725	A gentle shake try not to wind it to much as an AD said undoing and doing up the crown wears the thread and it will need replacing/repairing much quicker than needs be

11 December 2008, 10:02 AM	#18
onkyo Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Pav Location: Manhattan Posts: 11,495	Shake??? Absolutely not.

11 December 2008, 10:06 AM	#19
Atlanta "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Jack Location: Atlanta, GA Watch: 126619LB & 114270 Posts: 767	After 4 months, mine stopped for the first time over a weekend with no wear. I wore it to work without setting the time which got it going, then set it to the correct date/time - still did not wind it whether right or wrong? Thanks to Steve M., I now have a winder so no more worries! __________________ Member# 14554

11 December 2008, 10:48 AM	#21
GradyPhilpott 2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Mexico Watch: 14060M Posts: 34,490	My Explorer hasn't stopped yet. I give it forty turns when I reset the time every week or two. __________________ JJ Inaugural TRF $50 Watch Challenge Winner

11 December 2008, 12:29 PM	#22
armypilot "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: John David Location: Buckeye, AZ Watch: 1980 Rolex 16750 Posts: 256	I was taught this many years ago by an antique watch/clock maker. Hand wind your watch and while holding it in your hand with the dial facing up, flip it over using wrist action so it is dial down and then flip it back dial side up and that should start it. I have done this for years with all of my mechanical pocket watches and wrist watches. __________________ J.D.

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