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Since most manual wind watches do not have constant-force mechanism
I recall Philippe Dufour mentioning in an interview that he winds his Datograph twice a day. It makes sense to not let the power reserve go lower than the half-way point as the chronometric performance will degrade due to the lower torque in all watches except those that are equipped with a constant-force mechanism to ensure linear delivery of power.
Best to wind it every 12 hours therefore. Some models from brands also incorporate a stop function essentially to arrest the balance spring before the power reserve empties, to avoid poor chronometric performance.
How often do you wind your manual watches when not used (if at all)?
In the past with most of my collection made-up of self-winding watches, I was using a watch winder for storing them when I was not wearing them. Now I find myself with almost exclusively manual winding watches in the collection. Should I wind the ones I a...
Hi I have a bit of both in my collection
And I used to manually wind them once a month at the beginning haha Now I just stopped by laziness and wind them like once every couple of month. I will see what others recommend I may need to start winding them again more often. So far I have not noticed...
Whether it's auto or manual, I wind them all or rotate the winding every week or 2 weeks.
One part is to re-ignite the flame, another is just like what we WIS do, keep them running but not as often like on a winder. I'm not sure this frequency is right or wrong but I have other watches that last for years without servicing even when I wind the...
Watch winders
I bought a few watch winders that will wind manual winding watches, used them for manual winding perpetual calendar watches. I now wonder if keeping them on a winder might do more harm than good over a longer period of time? In any case I stopped using th...
Not at all. Unless I’m trying to monitor their timekeeping.
Generally it’s wind it if I’m wearing it. From time to time I will run (wind) a watch for several weeks as I want to measure its timekeeping or day to day variance. In those cases I tend to wind once a day and at the same time each day.
I wind them once a month
Whether manual or automatic, I was advised by a watchmaker friend to have them run at least once a month just to get the oils flowing. I guess it also depends on the conditions of storage. It’s quite humid here where I live, so maybe in such conditions, a...
It's a morning ritual for me.
After the kids are off to school, I wind every watch in the collection. I also make sure the time are adjusted as needed.
Glad to know that you enjoy it...
My wife on the other hand still doesn’t understand why I do this... After years of marriage. Hahahaha
Good topic my friend..
And I enjoy reading all the replies. For me, I try to wind every month and if not at least every quarter. And I try to change their resting positions. Best regards
Those that are not in storage are a daily wind for me whether I am plan on wearing the piece or not...
I love the morning ritual. The automatic pieces also are always on a winder when not in storage. Is it the correct thing to do, I am not sure at all, there are lots of opposite opinions on the subject...
Great topic!
I wind my manual watches at least one time a month when I don‘t wear them. I have just one perpetual calendar with an automatic movement that I keep running on a winder. What I would be very interested in - and nobody could answer it so far - if winding a...
Great question Thomas. First I think your once a month winding seem very align with other fellow purist! On to your question of manually winding a self winding watch...
I am probably not the best qualified to answer but I would think that most self winding watches have protection mechanism for over winding the wash therefore winding down manually should not harm them again this is based on my very limited knowledge maybe...
House welcome. Maybe when...
The pandemic is over, I will have easier access to my watches.
Since most manual wind watches do not have constant-force mechanism
I recall Philippe Dufour mentioning in an interview that he winds his Datograph twice a day. It makes sense to not let the power reserve go lower than the half-way point as the chronometric performance will degrade due to the lower torque in all watches e...
As someone else mentioned you want (need) to keep the oils moving once in a while ...
... but then a lot depends on the movements (a relatively forgiving Seiko 7S26 vs. something more complex), the last service (cleaning job, specific oils, amounts), temperatures and whatnot. I keep some of my watches in a safe and only wind them once in a...
Thanks for your comment Zilch and welcome to WPS! I noticed this is your first post...your observation on oil in the movement make sense. I watch maker recently told me it also depend on the
Type of lubricant a watch use. Some of them will last the same amount of time wether the watch is being used or not (likely on newer movement) while for some other it is best to keep the watch working to have the oil operate optimally. Hope I did not misu...
Thanks for the welcome Chronometer & Abanico! With regards to oils ...
... I'm a bit paranoid not at last I'm mainly a chronometer fan (precision/accuracy) ... you just never know what kind of oils are used and how when you get a watch serviced, especially when it's not done by the manufacturer or a licensed service point - ...
It used to be every month.
I now find myself doing it every 6-8 weeks through laziness or forgetfulness. I think its around 90+ turns on my PAM 564, the thought of so many puts me off at times!
hahaha..
in a bid to minimise the turns, i've succumbed to only winding thus utilising only 4 days of power reserve from the p.5000 movement!
I've had my manual watches for years, and only wind them when it's their turn to worn
Approx. Once every month I wear one of my manual watches, for a straight 1 week ( so i wind it every day for seven days). Then it sits on the box for 3 weeks, and repeat again. Never had a problem. Thanks