Omega Speedmaster Runs without winding

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Sl4ve

·Dec 25, 2022

Hi

I picked up my speedmaster 2022 model (was completely stopped, needed winding) and was playing around with it and the seconds hands started moving like it was an automatic. Is this normal, I’m a bit of a newbie to manual winds but not to automatics.


It’s done 2 hours 20 mins without any winding. But I'm sure it was very slow, due to be dying of energy.


it’s freaking me out a little and there’s no way it’s a fake. Bought from an Omega Boutique.

 

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Dan S

·Dec 25, 2022

It's a Christmas miracle! 😁

 

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Vercingetorix

·Dec 25, 2022·Spam Risk

Definitely fake🙁.

 

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RMA

·Dec 25, 2022

Merry Christmas everyone, my 3592 does the same if I last recall. Same goes for my pam111 which is a manual wind movement as well.

 

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Canuck

·Dec 25, 2022

Rumours are about that Rolex with their Perpetual, and Omega have partnered to produce a Speedmaster Perpetual that never needs winding! You must have one of these hybrids. 😁

 

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RMA

·Dec 25, 2022

I didn’t time how long though, if yours is doing this for 2 plus hours then that’s another story.

 

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Evitzee

·Dec 25, 2022

Dan S

It's a Christmas miracle! 😁

It's also normal. 😀 There is often a little residual energy in a rundown watch so when picked up it may run for a short time (a couple of minutes).

 

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Sl4ve

·Dec 25, 2022

Evitzee

It's also normal. 😀 There is often a little residual energy in a rundown watch so when picked up it may run for a short time (a couple of minutes).

that's fine, but a couple of hours is bizarre

 

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YY77

·Dec 25, 2022

Did you leave the chronograph running before you put it down and did you stop it when you picked it back up?

 

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Sl4ve

·Dec 25, 2022

YY77

Did you leave the chronograph running before you put it down and did you stop it when you picked it back up?

Chrono was off.

When I picked it up I did try the chronograph, it didn't even manage 1 sec, which is correct as it had no energy.

 

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YY77

·Dec 25, 2022

Sl4ve

Chrono was off.

When I picked it up I did try the chronograph, it didn't even manage 1 sec, which is correct as it had no energy.

I'm confused as your pic shows the chronograph ran for 3 hours and 46 minutes, the chrono hand seems to have stopped at 59 seconds.

 

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Sl4ve

·Dec 25, 2022

YY77

I'm confused as your pic shows the chronograph ran for 3 hours and 46 minutes, the chrono hand seems to have stopped at 59 seconds.

Apologies, I just put a pic up to show the model, that an older pic, My bad

 

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YY77

·Dec 25, 2022

Sl4ve

Apologies, I just put a pic up to show the model, that an older pic, My bad

This is the only explanation I can think of:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/speedmaster-pro-power-reserve-question.76363/#post-969078

 

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Sl4ve

·Dec 25, 2022

YY77

This is the only explanation I can think of:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/speedmaster-pro-power-reserve-question.76363/#post-969078

yep thanks, I understand that as it seems the chronograph uses a lot more energy

 

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janice&fred

·Dec 25, 2022

Evitzee

It's also normal. 😀 There is often a little residual energy in a rundown watch so when picked up it may run for a short time (a couple of minutes).

No, it's a miracle.

 

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janice&fred

·Dec 25, 2022

Just like those tedious posts on WUS about the guy who gets his grand dad's long lost Rolex out of the safety deposit box in the bank after it sat there for decades. "I picked it up and it was still running!"

 

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Foo2rama

·Dec 25, 2022·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

It can happen. Also leads me to believe it needs a service as stickion was high in some part of the movement.

 

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Dan S

·Dec 25, 2022

Sl4ve

yep thanks, I understand that as it seems the chronograph uses a lot more energy

It's a subtlety, but my understanding is that the movement experiences more friction/resistance when the chronograph is running, so the movement stalls with more energy still remaining in the mainspring because not enough torque is exerted.

 

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Dan S

·Dec 25, 2022

Sl4ve

that's fine, but a couple of hours is bizarre

If it runs for 8 days, let us know. (Some members will get it!)

 

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janice&fred

·Dec 25, 2022

Dan S

It's a subtlety, but my understanding is that the movement experiences more friction/resistance when the chronograph is running, so the movement stalls with more energy still remaining in the mainspring because not enough torque is exerted.

For sure. Even happens with date change.