Semi quick set date question - damage to movement?

gatsuk

Seems the opinion is split on this one.
So here’s my take:
Winding it a full day (24hrs) to set the date would cause considerable wear and strain primarily on your fingers. But also the crown, stem and like others have already pointed out the cannon pinion. Winding it the semi quickset way would also cause wear on the date corrector, calendar spring and the cannon pinion.
With that being said, would leaving the date incorrect be to much of a trouble?

hoipolloi

You should own 31 watches then.

kaplan

Just want to pitch in and say that I was able to wear out a crown pinion in 30 days of time setting before I knew more about how watches worked

After learning more and gaining some basic skills, I was just about to fix it

So like others said, my .02 is just being gentle when setting time and not doing it frequently

norb1967

Can you explain what exactly happened/what the circumstances were?

Archer

I would be interested as well, because replacing a cannon pinion because it is worn out is a rare thing in my experience...