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rudagger
路I had a red LED watch in about 1982. Now that was a pain ...I had to hit a button whenever I wanted to see the time. Then it would light for about 5-10 seconds.
Is winding a Speedmaster a pain?
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chronoboy64
路I had a red LED watch in about 1982. Now that was a pain ...I had to hit a button whenever I wanted to see the time. Then it would light for about 5-10 seconds.
So watches seem to be very "painfull" to you at all 馃榿
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rudagger
路They can be...but not my quartz Tag Heuer 4000 that I've had for over 20 years. It's been a pleasure. I also liked a made-in-China Submariner that a guy from work gave me from one of his business trips. It was automatic and I came to like it more than my genuineTag...until one day when the crystal fell off!
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gostang9
路Unlike some of the other hopeless Speedy romantics ( 馃榿 ) that have waxed poetic about the pure enjoyment of winding their manual wind watches, I would prefer not having to wind every day. However, like many here I have a few watches and like rotating through them. Many are automatics with date and/or GMT complication. Setting the time(s) and day/date often takes longer than winding and setting the time only Speedy pro. So while I don鈥檛 have a particular love for the winding requirement, I very much enjoy wearing the watches and it isn鈥檛 any worse than setting any of the automstic watches.
If by chance I was to wear only one watch every day, I would go for an automatic, wear it day and night and not wind it daily. However, if I wasn鈥檛 drawn the variety and wonder of mechanical watches, is probably just wear an Apple Watch and be done with it (and even those have to be charged every few days...)
If by chance I was to wear only one watch every day, I would go for an automatic, wear it day and night and not wind it daily. However, if I wasn鈥檛 drawn the variety and wonder of mechanical watches, is probably just wear an Apple Watch and be done with it (and even those have to be charged every few days...)
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vbrad26
路At least there is no day/date function on the Speedy to complicate things.
In my opinion, it's the perfect manual wind watch to have.
In my opinion, it's the perfect manual wind watch to have.
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zinengineer
路echo the sentiments regarding the fun of winding this in the morning. In fact, I find myself giving it a few spins during the course of the day "just because I can". yes, life can be busy, but there HAS to be a minute each morning to wind it (while the coffee brews, watching the weather forecast, etc). There are fewer "simple" things we can do (remember when there were phones on the wall with that big rotory dial!!); winding a watch is a simple pleasure
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fwright00
路I enjoy the 10-15 second winding ritual. But if you have a few watches that you want to cycle through it is slightly more frustrating since you can't leave it on a watch winder. The manual wind or old bumper wind watches that you don't leave on the winder then become a "wear it all the time" or have to set the time whenever you want to wear it. For non-date watches, setting the time isn't a big deal, for older date watches where you have to wind through each date, it becomes a mild nuisance (I find I don't wear my 1960's Memovox as much as I'd like since I have to wind it and it takes a bit of time to set the date).
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gdupree
路No joke, I occasionally have found myself wishing that my Speedmaster had a lesser power-reserve so that I could wind it more often.
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drhombus24
路I don鈥檛 have a set time of day when I wind mine. When I鈥檓 bored and feel the urge to fidget with something (which happens often for me), I wind my watch. Unfortunately there鈥檚 not much to fidget with on my non rotating bezel automatic watch
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cornishgiant
路I have to say daily winding, and not really knowing how hard to wind it, puts me off owniung a manual - at least an auto won;t overwind, eh?
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gdupree
路I have to say daily winding, and not really knowing how hard to wind it, puts me off owniung a manual - at least an auto won;t overwind, eh?
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MRC
路I have to say daily winding, and not really knowing how hard to wind it, puts me off owniung a manual - at least an auto won;t overwind, eh?
Thinking to the 1970s I only knew one person with an automatic and that was because he used to wave his left hand about in the pub in the evening saying he had been on a drawing-board all day and not moving enough to wind it. I knew that was nonsense because I was on a drawing-board all day too, and knew how much moving your hands you do as well as moving about the office. But an automatic was unusual enough he had to show it off.
Unless you break everything you touch you will not have a problem. Wind it when you get up, wind it when you take it off, just find a routine. I used to wind at bedtime because mornings were somewhat fraught to get to work on time, now I try to wind around midday, no good reason.
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MTROIS
路Not a pain to wind the Speedy, but interestingly, a much easier task on my Speedy Tuesday or 2998, than on my Tintin or 145.022. Probably has to do with the number of teeth on crowns...
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KAP
路Astonishing number of replies to the question of this thread. Guess I鈥檒l jump in and add a post too.
I have manual and automatic wind watches. I just rotate the crown whenever required and have never contemplated if winding is a pain. I鈥檇 rather focus my thoughts to the function when I look to my wrist for the time followed by enjoying the aesthetic when seeing the watch.
I have manual and automatic wind watches. I just rotate the crown whenever required and have never contemplated if winding is a pain. I鈥檇 rather focus my thoughts to the function when I look to my wrist for the time followed by enjoying the aesthetic when seeing the watch.
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Ravineman
路Those who answered this question are enablers lol. If anyone thinks for one second that winding a watch will be unpleasant in any way, the should buy an automatic or a quartz watch.
Is this the most absurd question ever asked ? If it isnt, do tell what is.
Is this the most absurd question ever asked ? If it isnt, do tell what is.
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rudagger
路If anyone thinks for one second that winding a watch will be unpleasant in any way, the should buy an automatic or a quartz watch.
Is this the most absurd question ever asked ? If it isnt, do tell what is.
OK, I'll bite. The question that is in effect talked about the Speedmaster. "Which one is closest to the ones that went to the moon, because that's the one I want".
You're not going to the moon - buy the one that suits you best. 馃榾
Second question, "What does the helium valve do?" The answer is nothing - you're never diving to any great depths. 馃榾
"Which is the Seamaster than James Bond wore". Buying the watch won't make you look like Pierce Brosnan. 馃榾
It's all just style. But we pretend it's not.
To be more serious, how many people actually buy a Speedmaster for the stopwatch, or a Seamaster for diving, when a digital watch / dive computer works better in either case? It's all style.
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rudagger
路Those who answered this question are enablers lol. If anyone thinks for one second that winding a watch will be unpleasant in any way, the should buy an automatic or a quartz watch.
In all seriousness, winding the watch in the store seemed cumbersome - hard to get the fingers on the crown around the pushers. And I didn't want to manhandle the watch too much in the store when the staff are wearing gloves to handle the watch.
So I couldn't just asked "Is winding the Speedmaster cumbersome ...it seems so from my 10 seconds of trying...what's the easiest way to wind it". A couple of people have answered that which is appreciated.
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Steve88M3
路How much resistance should there be when winding?
My 3570.50 is easier to wind than my 3570.40.
My 3570.50 is easier to wind than my 3570.40.
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sevenhelmet
路No joke, I occasionally have found myself wishing that my Speedmaster had a lesser power-reserve so that I could wind it more often.
Just keep winding and winding until the main spring breaks... problem solved! 馃榿
