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1903
another winding question
I just bought a 5107J, which has a screw-down crown. I wear it no more than once or twice a week, and I'm trying to decide whether to wind it every day that I don't wear it, or whether I should instead let it wind down and reset it whenever I wear it next. Is there a disadvantage -- such as wear on the threads -- to unscrewing the crown and winding the watch each day?
Thanks for the help. - Jon
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another winding question
I just bought a 5107J, which has a screw-down crown. I wear it no more than once or twice a week, and I'm trying to decide whether to wind it every day that I don't wear it, or whether I should instead let it wind down and reset it whenever I wear it next...
a related question on winding
Does anyone know why it is best to manually wind an automatic watch that has stopped before allowing the auto-winding mechanism to take over? Why not gently move the watch to get it moving again? All the manuals that I have come across indicate that a sto...
Certainly hard to answer with certainty ...
Hi, I'd want to ask you how often you wear it? If that's twice a week you could put it on a winder. If that's more often you should not need to wind it manually. If that's once every second week I would wind it only when I wear it. Cheers Dje
I wear it about once a week or so
My preference would be to keep it wound, if only to avoid the minor hassle of resetting the date each time I put it on, but I don't want to subject the screw-down threads to unnecessary wear. So my basic question is whether there's a potential risk/cost t...