Patek Philippe

Patek has told me that the winder should run for four hours at 15 rotations per minute (counterclockwise) then rest for eight hours and repeat. That seems to be a lot of rotations per day, 7200! I looked up the recommendation on Orbita website; 800 turns ... 

You have to find out the rigth number of turns, but always better less than more. My watchmaker say, this maschines destroy the movements if the make too many turns.

Patek's advice is questionable, might just be a typo or slip of the tongue. 15 turns every 10 minutes seems more like it. Hmmmm, are you really, really sure you need to keep it wound. I always feel this is a bit like keeping a car idling in the garage. If... 

I think the difference here is measuring an engine in revolutions per minute versus beats per hour. A modern watch runs at 240 rpm or 8 bps. No car engine even idles at that. If a car could idle at 240 it could run for years and years. Not to mention at s... 

The response was essentially don’t worry about it, you can’t damage the watch by “over-winding”. I use the watch every other day and I think resetting it several times a week could be worse.

The difference between 1000 and 10000 or even 100000 turns per day is probably nothing from the perspective of actual wear to the movement based on design. Maybe an engineer could tell me otherwise, but I think this is an area that collectors overthink (h... 

I am going to put the minimum amount of turns to begin with and build up if necessary.

First of all the spring will be forced to persistently slip inside the barrel; yes, it's designed to do so but not at an excessive rate. Second the train feeding it including the reverser if changing direction and third the rotor around its arbour. All un... 

The best is to wear a automatic watch on the wrist.

I have a b&z winder (best winders imo), most PP calibers are 650 turns counterclockwise. That’s what I use for my 5396. I also have it on sleep from 22:00 to 8:00 the following day, done it for years and never had any problems. Best

Cant have seperate modules rumming per winder and not linked. Do tbey have a delayed start yet? If iI wear a watch and then out in winder its nice if it starts say 8 hours later

Only 2 watches, I am thinking to buy another one. It is OK for PP because most of their watches wind the same. It has a sleep function that you can design on you own so you can have the watch to rest during the night if on winder continuously or you can h... 

I didn't know about this brand. Looks like the business. It is reassuring to see the 800 turns counterclockwise is also recommended by them. Thank you for this.

you are best to have the winder Work bidirectional to simulate wrist wear- also set the sleep time to the max to simulate overnight and no wear. Anyone agree with this?

I wonder what the new PP winder for one of their PC runs at; I don't have one. I am going to go with the minimum number of turns that keeps the watch going, I am not bothered about the accuracy too much but I am worried about the clutch.

1.5 TPM is 90 per hour and 720 for the first 8 hiur cycle. It then rests 8 hours so afyer 16 hours there are 720 turns. It then runs for another cycle of 8 hiurs which is 720 which makes 1440 in 24 hours but then i cant add....

1.5 TPM is 90 per hour and 720 for the first 8 hiur cycle. It then rests 8 hours so afyer 16 hours there are 720 turns. It then runs for another cycle of 8 hiurs which is 720 which makes 1440 in 24 hours but then i cant add....

I think your Patek rep must have made a misstatement, so it's probably worth confirming if you can... All the documentation I've read indicates that the 324 movement in our model 5146's (I have the 5146/1G-010 with full 18kt white gold bracelet, and it's ... 

Poky and Other Interested Parties: I trust that this response isn't too late to help, but I can provide objective answers to your winding question. I was generously given Patek Philippe's own 'Self-Winding Cylinder' Portable Leather Bluetooth Rotary Mecha...