Hello everyone. This is my first winder. How frequently should I wind? Every morning when I wake up ?

 

Yes, every morning is a good time to wind, it turns into a nice ritual.

Welcome to the joy of hand winds.

 

Thank you for your modest reply. I was always skeptical because of the wind. It's not Si14 or CoAxial but just like our speedy dealer on here said, the movement has been around since the 60's and NASA likes it. So I hope it will last. Any idea about maintenance time frames?

 

Outstanding watch. The Speedy is the only chronograph that has ever appealed to me.

In regards to maintenance, you can follow one of two roads. 1. If it is not broke, do not fix it. Or 2. Service it every 5 years.

 

Probably pretty safe to say it will outlast you.

If you keep it running constantly, I'd say 5 or 6 years is a good interval between services. If you have several watches and don't use this Speedy all the time, you can stretch it to 6 or 7, maybe even 8 years - but oils eventually dry up whether in use or not.

 

Hi ctime.....
It's a wonderful watch. I have Cal 8500, but I think 1861/1863 is sexier..........
Full winding (about 90- 100 turn) will give you 50-55 hours or 2.2 days (Mine is 59 hours so almost 2.5 days).
So wind fully, then add every day about 30 - 40 turns. That should be sufficient. Repeat to full winding again after not using it for sometimes.

Regards

 

Thank you all for your advice. Very helpful.

 

I would like to add, some owners have concerns about over winding. It cannot be over wound, so do not worry if you were wondering about that.

 

Thank you Sir. I just love it. Of anything I own I love the speedy

 

Classic I needed that

 

That's if you are talking about an automatic. You can still overwind a manual and cause damage.

 

I don't know that. When I reached the full position, it's almost impossible to move and overwind it.

 

Well there's ya problem right there, NOT using the right winder!!!

 

There are only a few states that a mainspring can be in on a manual wind watch...

1 - Unwound
2 - Fully wound
3 - In between 1 and 2
4 - Broken

Usually when people refer to a watch being "overwound" it's a condition where the watch is fully wound, and not running. This in fact has nothing to do with the state of wind of the mainspring, but simply the watch is either dirty, dry, or is otherwise broken and simply doesn't run. Usually the first thing someone does when they pick up a non-running watch is to assume it's not wound, and they wind it - hence the watches end up being fully wound and not running.

It is possible to damage parts by forcing the crown when a manual winding watch is fully wound, but on most men's watches you would have to use a lot of force to cause damage. The image of the pliers is not far from reality when talking about something like an ETA 6497. Chances are you would break teeth off the winding pinion, or maybe snap the stem, before you broke the actual mainspring.

A watch being "overwound" is not a real diagnosis of any problem, but something that people think is a problem from too much winding, when it's usually just a lack of maintenance.

Just wind your manual winding watch until it can't be wound any longer. The click is designed to let the ratchet wheel back off a portion of a turn and take any excess pressure off the spring that might cause knocking. People tend to worry too much about how to wind.

Cheers, Al

 

Thanks Al. Now I won't be afraid to fully wind them.

 

Thank you Sir. Helpful as always. I wish I joined this Forum sooner.

 

Thanks for some good tips

 

By the way, don't wind you watch when it is on your wirst, take it off.

 

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