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rogart
·I prefer a manual watch because it's easier to wind up to full throttle than a automatic .
Automatic v Manual Wind?
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rogart
·Probably me that is a little slow. I don't move around so much that an automatic gets fully wind up.
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rogart
·Sorry my phone is stupid. Will answer your question tomorrow. On my computer instead.
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rogart
·In most cases you can wind your automatic watch, just like you do your manual watch.
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John R Smith
·When i like to wear a automatic watch I take it up and it start ticking . Set the time and date . Wear it all day and then when you go to bed .Put it on your bedtable . It's stops during the night . Why ? Because it's not wind up enough .
That seems very odd. All of my old bumper automatics will be wound enough during a day's use to make it through the night, still ticking away happily. And that is from stopped, without doing any manual winding at all.
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rogart
·Me not moving around that much ? Deskjob . The watch was a Planet ocean and a Omega 50 annevarsary Seamaster .Newly serviced . See now point in have to wind up by hand .
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NT931
·TWhen i like to wear a automatic watch I take it up and it start ticking . Set the time and date . Wear it all day and then when you go to bed .Put it on your bedtable . It's stops during the night . Why ? Because it's not wind up enough .
Funny, I'm not a particularly active guy but I don't have this problem that's been described. On most watches with a power reserve of 38-42 hours, I wear the watch for about 12 hours a day, and it seems fully wound. Which means I take it off Mon night 8pm, and the PR keeps it going till I pick it up again Wed 8am (ie. 36 hours in between). Seems to work whether vintage or modern, so it allows me to alternate watches without using a winder.
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Hijak
·That seems very odd. All of my old bumper automatics will be wound enough during a day's use to make it through the night, still ticking away happily. And that is from stopped, without doing any manual winding at all.
Funny, I'm not a particularly active guy but I don't have this problem that's been described. On most watches with a power reserve of 38-42 hours, I wear the watch for about 12 hours a day, and it seems fully wound. Which means I take it off Mon night 8pm, and the PR keeps it going till I pick it up again Wed 8am (ie. 36 hours in between). Seems to work whether vintage or modern, so it allows me to alternate watches without using a winder.
servicing Rogart, or you're dead.😉
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rogart
·+1, I have the same experience with my automatics...maybe you're automatics need
servicing Rogart, or you're dead.😉
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Nobel Prize
·Love both, but if you told me I could never manually wind a watch again I would Cry. If you told me there are no more automatics I would just work out my fingers a little more. It is a very nice ritual, one I saw my father doing every day, and one I like to do myself.
It's like shaking hands with my watch every morning...
It's like shaking hands with my watch every morning...
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NT931
·@NT931 have you ever tried it on a completely empty watch that has stopped . Wear it for a day and put it on bedtable . Does it go all night ? No winding crown just shake it so much it starts working . Set the hands and date if there is . Does it wind up so much that it's fully wind and go for 48 hours ?
For my only auto watch with a PR indicator, I know that with 7-8 hours of wear, the PR is full at 45h. No problems there at all, as you can see from this earlier post of mine - PR is full by 5.30pm.
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bigalgreek
·How many times to you have to wind it to get a full charge?
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NT931
·How many times to you have to wind it to get a full charge?
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Frunkinator
·Last watch I had trouble with was a 1 year old purchased from the boutique Tag Aquaracer. Suddenly is was an hour behind every day. I sent it in, fully covered under warranty but in fact a spring problem. It wasn't holding the power reserve anymore.
Waiting for the watch to come back rebuilt and polished like new. Planned to put it up for sale before wearing it, and use the money for a new Omega.
Waiting for the watch to come back rebuilt and polished like new. Planned to put it up for sale before wearing it, and use the money for a new Omega.
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Flingit1200s
·The reason I bought the 3570.50 Speedy from Kring was history, design and manual wind. Winding this watch for some reason gives me great enjoyment (and I have a mental picture of my 20 year old son rolling his eyes at me). 😁
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sryukon
·I like both and I would think when service is needed the Manual would be a little cheaper?
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Sapientia Cordis
·i also like both... its makes no difference if you have multiple watches and wear every day another one...
