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dennisthemenace
·Any thoughts on this?
how often should i (can i ) wind the moon pro?
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Duckie
·I also recently purchased a SMP and while I know daily winding at the same time is recommended, should the watch be wound all the way if winding is done daily? It seems to me like daily winding the mainspring to full power would not be necessary if the watch has a 48 hour power reserve. Any thoughts on this?
How would one know if the watch is sufficiently wound at any point in time?
If you are guessing the amount of wind required it inevitably ends up being fully wound by accident anyway from incorrectly estimating what's required, or it is perpetually in an underpowered state leading to the watch potentially stopping over night.
It's just simpler to fully wind the watch once a day just like everybody has had to do since before Automatic watches came along.
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Foo2rama
··Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can.Simple...
Winding once a day is for consistency, and doing it at the same time ensures consistency. A watch can behave differently depending on the torque in the spring.
Fair enough for needing a reason?
Winding once a day is for consistency, and doing it at the same time ensures consistency. A watch can behave differently depending on the torque in the spring.
Fair enough for needing a reason?
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gpssti4
·I wind my Speedy everyday (that I’m wearing it). Hell, it’s my watch and I’ll wind it when I want to interact with it, so that maybe 2 or even 3 times a day. Only on OF can something so simple be so complicated - sometimes I wonder about the ratio of intellectual ability to earning capability of its members that they can actually afford to buy such a timepiece.
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AntonisCy
·I think Omega should add a PR indicator on the Moonwatch and be done with this issue 😜
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Stufflers Mom
·Flat earthers! Can you respond without ad hominems? Do you always have to get the last word? Are you the final word on everything?
You have achieved a level of high respect on this forum. Deservedly so. But I think you take advantage of your status here, perhaps unknowingly, to be snarky with anyone who might not agree with you. Come down from your high horse and show a little humility on others' points of view.
Cheers, Mike
Amen to that. Let's hope that some people wind their neck in.
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Lurk41
·Does a single winding each day ensure that a Speedmaster functions correctly if on the Moon?
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jsducote
·While you may correct about the meaning of specific words, the watch is designed to be wound every day. Not up for debate from a technical point of view, no matter what people want to believe.
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Folgono
·And yet, nobody in the world would know that if not for you, the one person putting it in writing. Not Omega. Nobody is debating you, simply pointing out that Omega has yet to specify that which you have done on their behalf.
Most people know that. What is your point exactly? How often do you really think it is meant to be wound?
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerAnd yet, nobody in the world would know that if not for you, the one person putting it in writing. Not Omega. Nobody is debating you, simply pointing out that Omega has yet to specify that which you have done on their behalf.
Omega makes it clear to wind it every day in their documentation, and despite the fact they have not met your standard for documenting things the way you feel they should be, people have been using these watches for over 5 decades and somehow have known enough to wind them every day so they work as intended. Not debating you, simply pointing out that your concern on this point doesn't seem to have impacted the success of the watch over the last 5 decades...so in my books Omega has done just fine on this.
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MTROIS
·First and foremost, I would like to take a second to thank Al @Archer for his dedication to keep educating us, thread after thread and for his patience to sometimes deal with some animosity around here (also, appreciated his explanation in regards to the frustrations he is experiencing around here... but that’s ok, we are all humans).
Let’s have some more fun with this thread, shall we?
I will admit that I am not the kind of guy who first jumps on the users guide when acquiring a new tool, car or watch. In fact, I typically feel that IF I have to read same, then it is probably the result of a poorly designed product that lacks user friendliness. Anyhow, having put this aside, I will admit that watching the Omega video that Al referenced above made me become aware of the fact that “technically” we can set the time going forward (my typical MO)… or BACKWARD!! That was in fact news to me!
Indeed, as I have often read around here, I thought that going counter clockwise would cause some unnecessary tensions on the main train gears, but it seems that this was not completely correct...
Waiting for the storm or comments in 3, 2, 1… and lift-off!! 😁
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77deluxe
·Setting the time forward or backwards could be its own, new, ten page thread.
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VetPsychWars
·Setting the time forward or backwards could be its own, new, ten page thread.
Please don't!
Tom
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rob#1
·I think the best answer for this thread is RTFM
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VetPsychWars
·I think the best answer for this thread is RTFM
Tom
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Foo2rama
··Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can.If we want to get into a pedantic war...
"a single winding each day will ensure that it functions correctly" - Manual
A single wind ?
"a single winding each day will ensure that it functions correctly" - Manual
A single wind ?
And yet, nobody in the world would know that if not for you, the one person putting it in writing. Not Omega. Nobody is debating you, simply pointing out that Omega has yet to specify that which you have done on their behalf.
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M'Bob
·If we want to get into a pedantic war...
"a single winding each day will ensure that it functions correctly" - Manual
A single wind ?
Maybe because they're Swiss, and something got lost in translation to English, but wouldn't the whole issue be solved by the following: " If you intend to wear your timepiece, please fully wind it every 24 hours, at approximately the same time of day."
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Evitzee
·Maybe because they're Swiss, and something got lost in translation to English, but wouldn't the whole issue be solved by the following: " If you intend to wear your timepiece, please fully wind it every 24 hours, at approximately the same time of day."
