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Oku
·If you think winding a watch is painful, you need this:
or this:
https://www.orbita.com/shop/sempre/
or this:
https://www.orbita.com/shop/sempre/
Is winding a Speedmaster a pain?
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Sublime_1
·Your on a public forum by Omega collectors for Omega collectors and your asking if our favorite watch is a pain? 👎 Your going to get an outstanding no it's not a pain, it's quite nice to interact with your watch.
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ras47
·I've always had automatic winding watches, but the Speedmaster is the first watch that ever made me even debate the idea of a manual wind watch with myself. I heard a lot of aficionados say that the ritual of a daily wind was something they actually liked. They made it sound like clipping the end of a fine cigar and lighting it with a wooden match. That appeals to me. My issue, however, is that I know myself. I'd forget to wind my watch and only discover it when I noticed the watch had stopped. Probably when I was suddenly late for an appointment. So I got a co-axial Speedmaster.
Going with a co-axial movement also solved a few other issues for me. I've always insisted on a date window for all my watches, and the co-axial models offer this feature. I also appreciate watches larger than 40mm on my 7 3/4" wrists. My Speedy is 44.25mm in diameter.
Going with a co-axial movement also solved a few other issues for me. I've always insisted on a date window for all my watches, and the co-axial models offer this feature. I also appreciate watches larger than 40mm on my 7 3/4" wrists. My Speedy is 44.25mm in diameter.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentDon't overthink it. When you pick it up to wear, wind it until it stops. And if you wear it daily 9it's your only watch), you can wind it at night when you take it off and actually have a minute to spare. That being said, I am glad I do not have a life where there isn't half a minute to spare, yet I can still afford to buy watches.
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ras47
·And it's only like 20 turns of the crown, right? It's not a big deal to do, you just have to remember to do so.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentMore like 40 or so partial turns. For me, winding before I put a manual on the wrist is, well, automatic.
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superfly
·The lady at the store yesterday was telling me as I was looking at the Seamaster 300m, that I would still have to wind it sometimes as the daily movement isn't enough. I became a little concerned about her knowledge and wished for the guy I talked to before who collected watches.
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Gefa
·I'm looking at a Speedmaster. I like the Seamaster 300m as well, but like the simple style of the Speedmaster better. With that said, daily winding seems like a little bit of a pain. Did anyone here who has/had a Speedmaster find the daily winding to me more or less of a pain than anticipated?
.. If your watch has a nice face, I am sure you will like this procedure in the morning and it works as soft as butter.. 😀😀👍
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rudagger
·If you think winding a watch is painful, you need this:
or this:
https://www.orbita.com/shop/sempre/
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rudagger
·.. If your watch has a nice face, I am sure you will like this procedure in the morning and it works as soft as butter.. 😀😀👍
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midcentury
·I love winding my watch every day, and this is my first manual timepiece. This FOIS has a 48 hour power reserve, and I’ve found that daily winding translates to about 12 “winds”. Couldn’t be easier
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GordonL
·I find it quite therapeutic to wind my watch each morning. I normally wind 3 or 4 of my favourites and then decide which one to wear!
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TJH
·No; I enjoy the daily ritual and feel I have more of a connection with the wonderful machine on my wrist that is missing from my automatic watches.
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rohnin
·It depends on the Speedmaster. ST2 is a pain to wind, it’s tight and the crown guards get in the way. The 60th trilogy however winds very smoothly and easily.
All manual wind watches should have a power reserve somewhere imho
All manual wind watches should have a power reserve somewhere imho
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mbc622
·Well, she's sort of correct. I think what she may have been trying to say is that you likely won't have a fully wound watch just from automatic winding. This is often true. You can take off an automatic watch with a 55 hour power reserve that you've been wearing all day and it can stop in 30 hours because it's not fully wound. If you wear it the next day, no problem. If you skip wearing it one day, you'll have to wind it.
Actually I've had this problem with my 2017 Seamaster 300 Diver; I wear it all day, put it on the desk at night and after 3-4 days of this the watch is wound down. I work in a pharmacy so I'm up and moving all the time. So I've taken to putting it on a winder at night and that keeps it going of course. I don't mind doing this at all but it does become an issue when I travel; in that case I have to unwind the crown every other day and manually wind for insurance. I wonder if the rotor just isn't as efficient as my other automatics.
As far as the speedmaster is concerned, I wind that baby every night without even thinking about it. It's a pleasure. In fact I enjoy manually winding some of my other automatics, as long as I don't have to mess with a screw down crown!
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lustrousaurus
·I have my dad's triple date on a winder because who wants to set the date when it winds down? Well, the winder borked and it's
My Alaska Project has a stiff crown. It's been serviced but before that it was much more stuff. I pop out the crown and push it back in before I wind it. The STs have that nice, audible click when it winds.
My Alaska Project has a stiff crown. It's been serviced but before that it was much more stuff. I pop out the crown and push it back in before I wind it. The STs have that nice, audible click when it winds.
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rudagger
·Actually I've had this problem with my 2017 Seamaster 300 Diver; I wear it all day, put it on the desk at night and after 3-4 days of this the watch is wound down. I work in a pharmacy so I'm up and moving all the time. So I've taken to putting it on a winder at night and that keeps it going of course. I don't mind doing this at all but it does become an issue when I travel; in that case I have to unwind the crown every other day and manually wind for insurance. I wonder if the rotor just isn't as efficient as my other automatics.
As far as the speedmaster is concerned, I wind that baby every night without even thinking about it. It's a pleasure. In fact I enjoy manually winding some of my other automatics, as long as I don't have to mess with a screw down crown!
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bd-chrono
·I always wind my watch when I take it off at night so that if I have a busy or hectic morning I don't have to worry about winding my watch.
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blufinz52
··Hears dead people, not watch rotors.I have Mrs. Blufinz wind my manual watches. It's part of her morning routine...make the coffee, get the morning paper, wind the manual watches.
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chronoboy64
·In case you struggle winding I have another suggestion for you 😁 you can buy a desirable Omega that also tells the time when manual watches should be winded up in the morning also when it is still dark isn‘t that cool 😝
