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·Doing as you suggest for several minutes will likely only wind the watch sufficiently for about a 1/2 hour run, if you’re lucky! Just turn the winding crown a turn or two, strap it on, and wear it.
Winding vintage Connie by swinging it from side to side?
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·@Stas - I definitely think you may be over-thinking the whole winding thing.
These Omega movements are automatics - they are designed to constantly wind when you move the watch.
They wind every time you:
pick up your pint/glass of wine for a sup and then put it down
put your hand in your pocket to get your keys and then put them in the lock or ignition
wipe your backside (always the left hand in Arabia of course....)
No-one is suggesting that you should shake your watch like you've just won the Monaco Grand Prix to get it going but gently swaying it from side to side is not going to do any damage to your watch.
Lots of us do what @Bruce235 suggested - give the watch a few winds and then put it on - normal everyday motion will do the rest for you.
Moral of the story - Less thinking - more wearing.
Thank you for the reply 😀
I'm definitely overthinking it. My strange logic is based on two things:
I saw quite a few vintage Cartier Tank watches with the dial worn on the edges where it touch the case ... from vibrations / wearing the watch etc I guess (I know the construction is different but still..)
When I acquired this Constellation it came with the wrong crystal (and crystal ring) not perfectly fitted. I sourced a correct crystal and after my watchmaker installed it there are a few micro spots showing bare metal on the edge of the dial from this previous wrong crystal ring...
So my logic was that the dial could move from vibrations and touch the crystal ring. 🤨
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··Home For Wayward Watcheswell,
if 'sit-on' and electric start - only when steering.
if a normal petrol mower with manual start - then definitely when pulling the starter cord.
using a scythe would of course be the most efficacious.....
However, anyone wearing a vintage Constellation while cutting the grass should be beaten to death with said watch (which would probably wind the watch quite well too......)
So, a Constellation could be said to be a true "beater watch?"
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Stas
·Doing as you suggest for several minutes will likely only wind the watch sufficiently for about a 1/2 hour run, if you’re lucky! Just turn the winding crown a turn or two, strap it on, and wear it.
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·Doing as you suggest for several minutes will likely only wind the watch sufficiently for about a 1/2 hour run, if you’re lucky! Just turn the winding crown a turn or two, strap it on, and wear it.
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·Efficient, yes. Assuming the watch is close to run down when put onto the wrist, the winding action of the automatic winding system would likely take 12 hours or more on the wrist of a normally active person to wind sufficiently to run the watch for 24 hours once removed from the wrist. From run down, manual winding to a FULL WIND would likely take 30 seconds. It would take the automatic winding system a full 12 hours or more on the wrist of an active wearer on a typical busy day, to wind it fully.
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·The results of my random experiment... I took my Orient diver and Omega Constellation caliber 1110 and wound them using the Seiko shake method for 30 seconds each. I made sure they were fully run down before starting. The Orient ran for 6 hours and 17 minutes and the Omega ran for 4 hours and 39 minutes. Not bad for a 30 second shuffle. I’m sure 30 seconds of manual winding would get a watch close or to fully wound and therefore would run much longer. Too lazy to continue the experiment with an automatic that also manually winds and compare winding/run times. I only use the Seiko shake on watches that don’t manually wind to get them started up and set. If a watch has manual winding I definitely prefer that.
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·The results of my random experiment... I took my Orient diver and Omega Constellation caliber 1110 and wound them using the Seiko shake method for 30 seconds each. I made sure they were fully run down before starting. The Orient ran for 6 hours and 17 minutes and the Omega ran for 4 hours and 39 minutes. Not bad for a 30 second shuffle. I’m sure 30 seconds of manual winding would get a watch close or to fully wound and therefore would run much longer. Too lazy to continue the experiment with an automatic that also manually winds and compare winding/run times. I only use the Seiko shake on watches that don’t manually wind to get them started up and set. If a watch has manual winding I definitely prefer that.
You might try allowing a test watch to run down, wind the crown one turn to get the watch running, set it to time, and wear it for 12 hours on a day when you are typically active. Record the time when you take it off, then see how long it will run, off the wrist. If it runs down after 24 hours OFF the wrist, bear in mind that it actually ran for 36 hours with negligible manual winding. 12 hours ON the wrist, and 24 hours OFF the wrist. For the sake of comparison, wind the watch about 50 turns with the crown, and repeat the test above. If you do that, the watch will likely be fully wound when you remove it, so you should get over 40 to 50 (possibly) hours of run time.
