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To be on the safe side I never wind mine to full resistance. Obviously after you have owned it for a while you can tell when it starts to have more resistance as you wind it. If I am wearing this watch for several days I wind it in the morning and wind it at night. I Never worry about the power reserve, it's a manual wind watch and no date, so very easy to correct the time if it runs out of power. My advice is just don't be tempted to max out its power reserve by winding it until it stops.
 
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My advice is just don't be tempted to max out its power reserve by winding it until it stops.

Why not? Watches are typically tested at full reserve and they are meant to be fully wound. I always do that. Just don't be a gorilla.
 
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Why not? Watches are typically tested at full reserve and they are meant to be fully wound. I always do that. Just don't be a gorilla.
Because I am old enough to remember when manual watches could be damaged if overwound. Automatics have a break that stop the rotors from overwinding. If Omega guarantees you can wind it till it stops winding , then you should do so. It does not have instructions in the owners manual to wind until it stops turning. But I will choose to not put the that stress on the watch since it simply isn't necessary. If you are consumed by having power reserve then just wear automatics. Also another nice feature on some Seiko models that are manual wind is they have a power meter showing how close you are to full power as you wind the watch. To answer your question, it's just that I prefer to not stress the mechanical parts, just like overtightening a bolt.
 
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Because I am old enough to remember when manual watches could be damaged if overwound.

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Because I am old enough to remember when manual watches could be damaged if overwound. Automatics have a break that stop the rotors from overwinding. If Omega guarantees you can wind it till it stops winding , then you should do so. It does not have instructions in the owners manual to wind until it stops turning. But I will choose to not put the that stress on the watch since it simply isn't necessary. If you are consumed by having power reserve then just wear automatics. Also another nice feature on some Seiko models that are manual wind is they have a power meter showing how close you are to full power as you wind the watch. To answer your question, it's just that I prefer to not stress the mechanical parts, just like overtightening a bolt.

It's designed to be fully wound...your fear is really not substantiated.
 
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It's designed to be fully wound...your fear is really not substantiated.
I know you are watchmaker, so you have seen plenty of movements, My question for you is, why does Omega instruction manual seem to omit in it's instruction booklet that winding fully should have no harmful effects and that the user should wind it until it stops? I am happy with not stressing the watch even if you feel I my fear to be unsubstantiated.
 
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I know you are watchmaker, so you have seen plenty of movements, My question for you is, why does Omega instruction manual seem to omit in it's instruction booklet that winding fully should have no harmful effects and that the user should wind it until it stops? I am happy with not stressing the watch even if you feel I my fear to be unsubstantiated.
From Omega manual "Winding: turn the crown forward until it stops"

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/customer-service/user-manuals
 
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I know you are watchmaker, so you have seen plenty of movements, My question for you is, why does Omega instruction manual seem to omit in it's instruction booklet that winding fully should have no harmful effects and that the user should wind it until it stops? I am happy with not stressing the watch even if you feel I my fear to be unsubstantiated.

I guess by this logic I shouldn't leave my watch sitting idle dial up on top of my dresser, since Omega doesn't specifically say it's okay in the manual...
 
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I guess by this logic I shouldn't leave my watch sitting idle dial up on top of my dresser, since Omega doesn't specifically say it's okay in the manual...
The real question is, do you use Gorilla glue for hairspray?
 
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The real question is, do you use Gorilla glue for hairspray?

My hair is about 6 mm long...hairspray not required.
 
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Hey,

So I had recently purchased my first Speedmaster and was wondering how many times I should wind the thing to take advantage of the full power reserve? My AD said 40 turns, but that is not giving me 40 hours of the watch functioning.

Can anyone set this straight for me lol? ::facepalm1::馃馃摉
Just keep winding it until the you notice the crown has resistance when you try to turn it, this is a sign that the main spring barrel is near fully wound
 
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Just keep winding it until the you notice the crown has resistance when you try to turn it, this is a sign that the main spring barrel is near fully wound

Do you just read the first post of every thread? 10+ posts in the last 15 min seems like that would be accurate.
 
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Do you just read the first post of every thread? 10+ posts in the last 15 min seems like that would be accurate.
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