I love my Speedy Pro BUT

[KBM]

Originally Posted by Mastergreenhand

I have been thinking that actually. I do like my 44mm watches.

I own the 9300 steel Speedy, and while it is a great watch, the winding is a true nuisance. It seems this problem was not improved from the Pro.

That put aside, I've been happy with it.

[Mastergreenhand]

Update - Sadly, I parted with the Speedy. I ended up flipping it for a SubC ND. Not too long ago I sold my SubC Date. I regretted not getting the ND, as the cyclops just didn't seem to suit my style. Anyway - I still love Omega, but maybe down the road I'll try an automatic.

[Chadridv]

I have to say, my speedy is only about 7 months new to me (but almost 20 years old), but I have to say for the most part I enjoy winding my watch. It's kind of ritualistic and gives me one more thing to do with my watch aside from simply wearing it.

Anyhow I don't have any other manual winding watches so nothing else to compare it to as far as the crown goes.

[Passinthru]

I am a fairly new owner of an old 105.012

I'm sure I am not the only one who does this, but I don't wind the watch with thumb and index finger.....too hard to grip. I hold the watch in my left hand, face up, and place the radial side of my index finger under the crown and the friction between my finger and watch crown is enough to wind the watch using a to and fro movement of my index finger. I wonder, though, if that is too much lateral stress on the crown as I push upwards on the crown to get enough friction between finger and crown to wind it?

Now that I've told how I wind my Pro. I have a question. It is very easy to wind, and though I wind it several times I never feel the mainspring tightening. It feels as if the mainspring is broken, but the watch was just serviced and keeps great time after I wind it. Is there some mechanism on the c321 to keep me from over winding? Or do I have to wind it many, many times. I don't want to overwind it.

2nd question: How did the astronauts wind their watches in their spacesuits? or did they make sure to take off their suits every 24 - 48 hours to wind their watches?

Thanks for the answers.

[flyinghell34]

Originally Posted by Passinthru

I am a fairly new owner of an old 105.012

I'm sure I am not the only one who does this, but I don't wind the watch with thumb and index finger.....too hard to grip. I hold the watch in my left hand, face up, and place the radial side of my index finger under the crown and the friction between my finger and watch crown is enough to wind the watch using a to and fro movement of my index finger. I wonder, though, if that is too much lateral stress on the crown as I push upwards on the crown to get enough friction between finger and crown to wind it?

Now that I've told how I wind my Pro. I have a question. It is very easy to wind, and though I wind it several times I never feel the mainspring tightening. It feels as if the mainspring is broken, but the watch was just serviced and keeps great time after I wind it. Is there some mechanism on the c321 to keep me from over winding? Or do I have to wind it many, many times. I don't want to overwind it.

2nd question: How did the astronauts wind their watches in their spacesuits? or did they make sure to take off their suits every 24 - 48 hours to wind their watches?

Thanks for the answers.

You have to wind it many times until the crown comes to a complete stop. You are not going to over wind the watch unless you get to the point where the crown stops turning and you grab a pair of pliers and force it further. It's a pretty robust watch so no need to baby it. I'm in the habit of winding the watch every morning around the same time so I always know it takes 22-25 winds to hit the stopping point. When I know I'm getting close I ease up on the force used until it stops. As you get closer to a full wind you should feel it getting a litter tighter.

Second, space suits may have been worn longer than 24-48 hours on early Gemini missions but the gloves and helmets came off which would make winding the watch possible.

[Passinthru]

Originally Posted by flyinghell34

You have to wind it many times until the crown comes to a complete stop. You are not going to over wind the watch unless you get to the point where the crown stops turning and you grab a pair of pliers and force it further. It's a pretty robust watch so no need to baby it. I'm in the habit of winding the watch every morning around the same time so I always know it takes 22-25 winds to hit the stopping point. When I know I'm getting close I ease up on the force used until it stops. As you get closer to a full wind you should feel it getting a litter tighter.

Second, space suits may have been worn longer than 24-48 hours on early Gemini missions but the gloves and helmets came off which would make winding the watch possible.

Hi Flying,

Thanks for your answers.
So I wound and I wound and finally just before the crown stopped there was a little extra tension. On my other manual winds I can feel the tension building about half way through the winding process.

The other question I had buried in my first comment: Is it bad to wind a watch with just the index finger as opposed to between thumb and index finger? Would the index finger put too much lateral pressure on the stem?

Thanks again.

[flyinghell34]

Originally Posted by Passinthru

Hi Flying,

The other question I had buried in my first comment: Is it bad to wind a watch with just the index finger as opposed to between thumb and index finger? Would the index finger put too much lateral pressure on the stem?

Thanks again.

I would not but that is just me. I have read a few posts where some only use their index finder and roll the crown from underneath and it has caused the stem to bend. I'm not an engineer but I think there is most likely something to be said for distributing the pressure around the crown and stem evenly by winding with both thumb and index finger. I would wind the watch off the wrist with both fingers.

[jshepard]

I slide my finger up and down behind the crown. That's the easiest way for me. I stopped using my watch winder so even my automatics I need to wind and since the speedy is not a screw down its not as much of a hassle to set up.


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[Passinthru]

Originally Posted by flyinghell34

I would not but that is just me. I have read a few posts where some only use their index finder and roll the crown from underneath and it has caused the stem to bend. I'm not an engineer but I think there is most likely something to be said for distributing the pressure around the crown and stem evenly by winding with both thumb and index finger. I would wind the watch off the wrist with both fingers.

Thanks Flying,
Makes sense. That was my concern. Two fingers it is from now on.

Originally Posted by jshepard

I slide my finger up and down behind the crown. That's the easiest way for me. I stopped using my watch winder so even my automatics I need to wind and since the speedy is not a screw down its not as much of a hassle to set up.

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JS,
You may want to consider the 2 finger wind.