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...I can tolerate scars and scratches on the case, but seeing them on a movement is cringe worthy (!)
Watch Winding and Setting
I was told years ago by a watch "expert" to always wind a watch by moving the crown forwards only and never the back and forth motion, and to always set a watch by advancing the hands forward only. Anyone care to elaborate on this theory? Image added for ...
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not sure I completely agree with his advice - a "jarring" motion if you just wind forward and stop? What does he think happens when you wind forward and then go backwards? by defintion, you stop
also, it's not a clutch that allows winding automatics without end - the outer end of the mainspring "slips" once the spring is fully wound - it's not caught on a hook on the inside of the barrel.
I've read the same somewhere and only set watches going forward
No clue if it's even needed with modern watches lol
This is a good technical question. And my normal advice is this...
When winding the mainspring, keep the watch wound in the same continuous direction. The next question I get commonly; "does this apply for automatic watches and manual watches?" Yes! It does! If the watch winds in both directions (some watches wind in one...
I think a lot of modern watches have built in functionality so it’s technically okay.
Not sure how right this is. It’s what I heard from a watchmaker when I got my first watch many years ago. Time setting is always forward because many of the instant day jumps are quite complex and start working way before and after midnight. If you go bac...
I have a vintage Girard-Perregaux Gyromatic with
a date feature that is not quickset, so to advancde the date you need to move the hands forward 24 hours. If I turn the hands backwards the date moves backwards. I have tried advancing the hands past 2 AM and back to just before midnight but the date stil...
I think the only danger of turning the crown counterclockwise is that it might unscrew from the stem and fall off
But if that’s happens the crown might fall off anyway by itself. They are supposed to be on tight enough, or fixed with Loctite so they don’t do that.
I think that is his personal opinion, nothing more; each watch has its own peculiarities
You can only wind a watch forwards, because the ratchet keeps the barrel from unwinding when you take tension off the crown. Turning the crown in the other direction just relieves tension on the stem (and possibly reduces wear on the stem where it goes th...
Broken off screw heads inside are traumatic!
Different angle, same watch Same customer, different watch — case screws rusted out from his sweat Another watch that has been in all oceans and to every continent (owner an oceanographer works for NOAA). Movement and inside parts are fine Outside not so ...
The second example you've included (the Seiko) has some real cred. given the owner's background
that wear to the case and crystal isn't damage, it's patina (!) ;-)
It's a common sentiment.
If you don’t turn the crown fast enough to overcome the static friction on the canon pinion you’ll be turning the center wheel. This can be done forward and backward, but people only talk about doing it backward, probably because “back hacking” is useful....