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Watchongrave
·Omega seriously needs an power-reserve indicator on all of their manual winding watches to let these people live in peace.
how often should i (can i ) wind the moon pro?
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Foo2rama
··Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can.Omega seriously needs an power-reserve indicator on all of their manual winding watches to let these people live in peace.
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AntonisCy
·I mentioned the PR indicator earlier in the thread and for me personally its the best complication on a watch! But saying that i don't think it belongs on the moonwatch!
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Dr. Arnaud
·To illustrate here is my own Speedmaster with a Cal 861, and I've let it run down for 2 days and placed it on the timing machine:
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Flintlock
·Speaking of winding, is a SM auto supposed to click after while when manually winding? If it has sat overnight, when winding after about twenty turns you can hear and feel a faint click. I'm taking that to mean that's enough.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerConcretely, what do you measure with your timing machine? the intensity of the sound produce by the watch when it is ticking? Is the microphone directly in contact with the case?
The machine listens to the sounds the escapement is making to determine the results.
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M'Bob
·Speaking of winding, is a SM auto supposed to click after while when manually winding? If it has sat overnight, when winding after about twenty turns you can hear and feel a faint click. I'm taking that to mean that's enough.
Good question. I've always wondered if, after fully winding the mainspring on an automatic watch (such as the one you mention), whether, from a tactile perspective, one can actually feel the transition from fully wound to mainspring spinning in its barrel.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerGood question. I've always wondered if, after fully winding the mainspring on an automatic watch (such as the one you mention), whether, from a tactile perspective, one can actually feel the transition from fully wound to mainspring spinning in its barrel.
Not really, at least not in any watch I've ever owned or serviced.
You may hear the bridle slipping, but that depends on the type of case, and design of the mainspring barrel.
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Watchongrave
·I mentioned the PR indicator earlier in the thread and for me personally its the best complication on a watch! But saying that i don't think it belongs on the moonwatch!
I think it would have been far more tactful for the controversial 50th one to have that function on the back with an indicating gage in the footstep.
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Watchongrave
·Ugg no. It’s normally the ugliest complication. Granted some do it well. ( GO for example )
It might not be needed to the short term PR such as a moonwatch.
But I still think it will be rather acclaimed for Omega trying something new, mechanically.
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Foo2rama
··Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can.It might not be needed to the short term PR such as a moonwatch.
But I still think it will be rather acclaimed for Omega trying something new, mechanically.
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AntonisCy
·Why would Omega put a complication only really found in Japanese watches and dress watches which tend to off balance the dial, on a modern Swiss watch from a brand that relies on symmetry which implies less then perfection and a need for a back up power indicator which implies a lack of tech on a company that pushes tech?
I love the PR indicator and it doesn't bother me that it messes with the balance on the dial! I have owned Panerai and Grand Seikos specificaly for the PR indicator!
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Watchongrave
·Why would Omega put a complication only really found in Japanese watches and dress watches which tend to off balance the dial, on a modern Swiss watch from a brand that relies on symmetry which implies less then perfection and a need for a back up power indicator which implies a lack of tech on a company that pushes tech?
I readily doubt that PR indicator would hurt the aesthetic symmetry on a dial as long as it's executed suitably and effectively in accordance with peripheral elements seeing other prominent manufactures have distributed beautiful pieces with it.
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M'Bob
·I readily doubt that PR indicator would hurt the aesthetic symmetry on a dial as long as it's executed suitably and effectively in accordance with peripheral elements seeing other prominent manufactures have distributed beautiful pieces with it.
By its very nature, it would compromise dial symmetry unless there is another element added to balance it.
