I have a Speedy “Yemen” and sent it to Simon Freese to service it for the same reason a hard to wind crown.
He tested the watch said it was all OK and didn’t need servicing as they are all like that.
I am putting it up for sale BTW if anyone is interested.
I look forward to winding up my FOIS every morning when I wake up. Something very therapeutic about the it.
Since you have less than 200 posts you won't be listing it on this forum.
"Mommy, mommy, my watch is just too hard too wind" .
"That's ok dear, we'll just sell it, we don't want any stress in your life"
After admiring the Speedmaster range of watches for a long while I bought my Speedy new in 2014. As we all do, I loved it, but there was just something that wasn’t quite right.
Eventually i realised that I was used to autos - most of my Omegas are Seamasters which auto-wind. I find the crown guards obtrusive when winding.
So, I have a dilemma. Do I sell and buy a FOIS, or keep it and learn to love it (once wound and on my wrist it’s ‘oh yeah baby’”?
Additionally I have just purchased a Mitsukoshi dial (no hands) that I’m going to have built into one or other. Do I keep the Speedy standard and play with a FOIS or what?
I quite enjoy winding some of my other watches, it’s just my Speedy that I don’t - well not as much anyway!
I am sorry if I sound like a dick but seriously... $#$€$###... winding takes 20 seconds every other day. If this is a problem for a person I guess that person will face some serious challenges in other parts of life. I don’t enjoy wiping my beeehind after pooping but I have to. And I spend far more time doing that than winding my Speedy. Yet I do not complain.
