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3 January 2009, 03:41 AM | #1 |
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Why can't you shake your watch to start
Lots of people on here say not to shake a watch to start it or keep it going yet I run in my watch do go karting go swimming play golf and wear it all day for day to day things and I am sure doing these things it gets shaked about so why not a gentle shake to start it as doing all these things it gets shaked
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3 January 2009, 03:44 AM | #2 | |
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Once the second hand swings into motion, give the crown around 40 turns and you're all ready to go. JJ
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3 January 2009, 03:47 AM | #3 |
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Are you going around the watch when you wind it?
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3 January 2009, 03:57 AM | #5 |
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No problem with shaking but a twisting motion is better to start, picture the watch moving around the balance wheel. Not going to hurt the watch unless you get violent with it.
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hey JJ, is it a bad practice to 'dead start' a rolex auto by winding?
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Personally, to me it DOES NOT make sense to hold a STOPPED watch in your hand, unscrew the crown and start winding it. Something like flogging a dead horse, if you get my gist!! To me it makes more mechanical sense to get the damn thing going first by the "brandy like swirls" I described above, and THEN give the crown the 40 odd turns. Once the watch is in MOTION, I think it's so much SAFER to wind. Surely 30+ years can't prove me wrong. JJ
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3 January 2009, 05:40 AM | #10 |
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hmmmmm so folks is it the wind n shake or shake n wind???
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3 January 2009, 07:01 AM | #11 |
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I prefer my shaken..... not stirred!
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3 January 2009, 07:27 AM | #15 |
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If the watch is stopped, bar a miracle, you'll need to set the the time so why not just wind it while you've got the crown unscrewed?
I can see where JJ's coming from though, he's savouring the moment |
3 January 2009, 08:30 AM | #16 |
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If I need to start up again I use the winder and after 8 gentle (me!) turns of the winder away the second hand go's. Then give it about another 30 and thats it.
On other makes of watches I act the caveman and give it a shake., sometimes not on the wrist (I shouldn't have said it like that!!!) and away they go. I don't bother to wind them, just do what they were made to do and wear them! Nothing has gone pear shaped as yet in 20 odd years doing it this way. Sorry I couldn't make it 30 JJ but youre a bit older than me. Si |
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