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Pvt-Public
·Unless you provide some evidence of this, I'm going to call shenanigans...
Whats the obsession with manual wind?
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Professor
·Probably ran across a April fool's Day thread without realizing it.
While I'm not quiet in the couch potato category I do have a gimpy left arm that lacks some mobility, plus I avoid wearing a good watch during much of the day when tending to the yard work and my pets.
Till I recently found a Midlands 34mm self winder with rather thin case I have had a problem finding a truly comfortable fit on my left wrist. Wearing any watch over a certain size and weight for more than a few hours is not common practice for me. That vintage Midlands watch is lighter than most hand winders, and the ETA 2453 movement is a marvel. very little movement is required to keep it wound. It also has a full 42 hour reserve run time so running down over night is unlikely. It apparently has a clutch that prevents over winding.
While I'm not quiet in the couch potato category I do have a gimpy left arm that lacks some mobility, plus I avoid wearing a good watch during much of the day when tending to the yard work and my pets.
Till I recently found a Midlands 34mm self winder with rather thin case I have had a problem finding a truly comfortable fit on my left wrist. Wearing any watch over a certain size and weight for more than a few hours is not common practice for me. That vintage Midlands watch is lighter than most hand winders, and the ETA 2453 movement is a marvel. very little movement is required to keep it wound. It also has a full 42 hour reserve run time so running down over night is unlikely. It apparently has a clutch that prevents over winding.
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Croc
·I agree that a manual wind has more interaction, however an automatic is also convenient, especially if like me you forget to wind the manual every morning. As others have also mentioned there are some beautiful automatics, especially some of the micro rotor models, like this Laurent Ferrier (photo from internet)
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Professor
·I was wondering just where a extra rotor might be placed, then found this.
https://relojesexclusivos.com/en/watches/992-perrelet-automatic-date-double-rotor-a1006-a0941/
https://relojesexclusivos.com/en/watches/992-perrelet-automatic-date-double-rotor-a1006-a0941/
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerProbably ran across a April fool's Day thread without realizing it.
While I'm not quiet in the couch potato category I do have a gimpy left arm that lacks some mobility, plus I avoid wearing a good watch during much of the day when tending to the yard work and my pets.
Till I recently found a Midlands 34mm self winder with rather thin case I have had a problem finding a truly comfortable fit on my left wrist. Wearing any watch over a certain size and weight for more than a few hours is not common practice for me. That vintage Midlands watch is lighter than most hand winders, and the ETA 2453 movement is a marvel. very little movement is required to keep it wound. It also has a full 42 hour reserve run time so running down over night is unlikely. It apparently has a clutch that prevents over winding.
Not sure what the April Fool's day reference is about, but the reason I mentioned being semi-paralyzed is that it is a real concern with automatic watches that I've had personal experience with. One of my clients had a stroke and was affected on the left side (the hand she wore her watch on) and the watch would not stay wound no matter what I did with it. It was a ladies Rolex that isn't known for being a terribly efficient winder in the first place, but it ran fine right up until she had the stroke.
In fact the lack of winding from an automatic watch has been flagged as an early sign of Parkinson's:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10973116
Of course if you are not wearing the watch all day long, that would explain why you feel the need to "top it up" at the end of the day, but with normal healthy people, reasonable activity, and a properly serviced watch, it would be pretty much fully wound at the end of a given day.
By the way calling it a "clutch" implies far more complexity than is really there - the mainspring simply slips in the barrel.
Cheers, Al
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Mad Dog
·I heard from a “watch dude” that because manual wind requires time to wind, it’ll keep you out of strip clubs/bars. Like I said...I heard this from a “watch dude”. 😁
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Professor
·"By the way calling it a "clutch" implies far more complexity than is really there - the mainspring simply slips in the barrel.
Cheers, Al"
I had figured as much, but the parts lists call it a clutch.
Cheers, Al"
I had figured as much, but the parts lists call it a clutch.
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rob#1
·Aww... "shenanigans"? you are too kind. I'd call it something much stronger. 🤬
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorI have to manually wind all my watches when I set them.😉
Bumpers, Autos, Manuals and Even battery thingemabobs.
Bumpers, Autos, Manuals and Even battery thingemabobs.
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jetkins
·In fact the lack of winding from an automatic watch has been flagged as an early sign of Parkinson's:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10973116
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stefman
·I enjoy the daily interaction of winding the watch and, honestly, it really doesn’t take long.
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tikkathree
·The 7750 in my Big Block does "Wizz Wizz Wizz" and the rotor is so chunky you can feel it wobble on your wrist...
And if it didn't wobble, it wouldn't be a wobbler.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified Watchmaker"By the way calling it a "clutch" implies far more complexity than is really there - the mainspring simply slips in the barrel.
Cheers, Al"
I had figured as much, but the parts lists call it a clutch.
You are most likely referring to part 407, which is the clutch wheel. That is an older term for it and typically on modern tech guides it's called a sliding pinion, and it is part of the setting mechanism. When you pull the crown out to set the time, the clutch wheel (sliding pinion) moves in towards the center of the movement to engage the set of wheel that allow you to move the hands. It has nothing to do with automatic winding.
The thing that allows an automatic watch to be wound indefinitely is the bridle on the end of the mainspring that just slips inside the barrel.
Cheers, Al
