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Is winding a Speedmaster a pain?

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BlackTalon BlackTalon
Yeah, that is BS. I have two modern Omega automatics, and don't have an issue with either needing to be hand-wound -- and I often spend most of the day sitting at a desk.
It might not be the case for you, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's "BS." I've found that to be true of all 3 Omega autos that I've worn (Two 1045 Cal. and one Speedy Reduced 3220 Cal.) as well as my wife's two Cal. 565 Dynamics. They may not stop after a day or two, but if your daily motion is insufficient to fully recharge them, they'll stop after a few weeks or a month, or whenever the deficit catches up to them.

Initially, I didn't realize that and opted for the Reduced over the Pro about 9 years ago, precisely because I thought I'd never have to wind it and, all things being equal, I'd rather not have to wind my watches. Once I discovered that it still needed some winding to be sure it wouldn't stop, that was a principal factor in my decision to sell it and just get a Speedy Pro. Of course, now that I've succumbed to the bug, I keep all 5 Omegas (2 manuals and 3 autos) fully wound and I have the tell-tale callus on the middle of my index finger.
 
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Guitarist by any chance ??

Like many have said winding up a manual watch is not a pain at all and take much less time than setting it in the first place.

Then again I like laces in my shoes and buttons on my shirts and they take up time too!
 
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I too have a manual wind and no, it takes no time at all (say, 10 seconds?). Sometimes if I know I'm going to wear it the next day, I'll take the few seconds to wind it at night and put it next to my wallet so I can grab and go. As you start to do it and hear the mechanism, you'll come to appreciate the sound. Down right soothing...
 
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Just wind it before going to bed. It's now good to go for the next 48 hours. Put in on your wrist the next day. Enjoy.
Rinse and repeat.

Don't need to complicate things.
 
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Just wind it before going to bed. It's now good to go for the next 48 hours.

The watch is meant to be wound daily.
 
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Speedmaster winding pain?

Banish grueling winding pain with a Speedmaster Pain-Away winding assist and you'll soon be feeling no pain!

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The Father The Father
Winding the watch is like sex. 15 seconds and you’re done...
Ha, ha, ha...I can do it in 10 seconds...I win...YAY!

😁 😁 😁

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Mad Dog Mad Dog
Ha, ha, ha...I can do it in 10 seconds...I win...YAY!
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Notarized video -- or it counts for nuthin!
 
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noelekal noelekal
Speedmaster winding pain?

Banish grueling winding pain with a Speedmaster Pain-Away winding assist and you'll soon be feeling no pain!

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get with the times! That thing has nothing on RPM’s and torque of this baby... patent pending...

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rudagger rudagger
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?

Umm.... That's what quartz watches are for!
I suspect this is the wrong place to be asking that question 😀
 
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Ravineman Ravineman
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.

That's just a little harsh.

The question was related specifically to the Speedy.
To that, yes it could be a little awkward for the unitiated.
The fact the Winding crown is protected and nestled in between equally protected pushers makes manual winding awkward.
The diameter of the Wiinding crown is larger than most and I imagine that is to compensate somewhat.
It's up to the operator to adapt accordingly.
 
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It is not a pain, i am addicted on winding my speedy even my automatic watches. I think i need a rehab
 
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That's just a little harsh.

The question was related specifically to the Speedy.
To that, yes it could be a little awkward for the unitiated.
The fact the Winding crown is protected and nestled in between equally protected pushers makes manual winding awkward.

Mine has no crown guards or pusher protection.

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Oh, it's the slush-box version. As you were!
 
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sevenhelmet sevenhelmet
Just keep winding and winding until the main spring breaks... problem solved! 😁
That actually happened to my Mark II 30 years after I bought it !
 
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rudagger rudagger
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.

OK, a bit more serious than my earlier posts in this thread.

I got my first Heuer chronograph as a birthday present because I was actively navigating on competitive car rallies at the time. Went to National event level with that watch. There were no digital watches at the time. The drivers I worked with put money into engine tuning, not into placing stopwatches on the dash so the navs had to turn up with everything they needed to do their job 👍

Since then because I was used to having a chronograph on my wrist I have only bought one time-only watch: my first Omega -- and that was to wear for formal occasions where a well-used 1960s Heuer Carrera on an even more beaten-up Rolex Oyster bracelet was not quite the thing to have on the wrist. ( Nobody invites me to that sort of occasion now 🙁 ) I could try to list all the times in my life I have used the chrono on my wrist to do real things I needed at the time but it would be a long list.

Of all the complications possible on a wristwatch the chronograph is IMO far and away the most useful.

Nope, not just style.
 
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rudagger rudagger
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.
I can't defend my choice to finally get myself an Omega about 9 years ago after having worn Seikos for most of my life; but I've never worn a non-chronograph watch since I was 13. I use the stopwatch function all the time and just never had any interest in any digital watch.
 
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get with the times! That thing has nothing on RPM’s and torque of this baby... patent pending...

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Hot damn, next time I’m at Home Depot I gonna look in the DeWalt watchwinder section.
 
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