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28 February 2016, 05:03 AM | #1 |
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324 SC Movement - Power Reserve?
I have a watch with the 324 SC movement. Manufactured 2012 but was sealed until 2014, when I started wearing it.
In the past 6 months, and once or twice in the past 2 months, the watch has stopped. I'm not sure if the reason is that I'm not wearing it enough or if there is something else stopping the movement. I wear the watch daily, putting it on around 7am and taking it off when I get home around 6 or 7pm. I usually switch to my SubC at night because I like the lume in the middle of the night. Does it make sense that from this wearing pattern of my Patek I am not getting enough wrist time to wind the watch fully? I would think 12 hours per day of wear, even in a desk job, is sufficient to keep the power reserve up. Would love to avoid sending this in for service and waiting 9 months to get the watch back... Thank you for your help. |
28 February 2016, 12:58 PM | #2 |
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myou give it enough wrist time. But I think because It was sealed for 2 years It might need a visit to a service center.
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28 February 2016, 01:27 PM | #4 |
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Thank you. I guess the question is whether there is actually anything wrong with the watch though or whether I'm just under-wearing it. It keeps perfect time when it is running. To the second.
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28 February 2016, 01:49 PM | #5 |
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I put my Caliber 324 SC movement watch on in the morning when I leave for work and take it off when I get home in the evening and it has plenty of power reserve. Even on weekends when I don't always wear it, it often has enough power to last the weekend. It shouldn't be stopping like this.
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The OP is simply not active enough to attain full wind. |
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PR for the movement is between 35 and 45 hours, so if you're getting that, the watch is not at fault — it's your sedentary working situation. |
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28 February 2016, 10:47 PM | #9 |
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Patek recommends winding 5 or 10 times on their automatic movement.
12 hours of wear a day sounds like it is just not enough to fully build up PR. The PR on the 324 simply is not that high and the rotor only winds in 1 direction which is simply not that efficient. The watch sounds fine, either wear it more or wind it routinely.
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Open up some specialist internet sites on your breaks, watch will fully wound all day every day.
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29 February 2016, 07:57 AM | #11 |
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Thank you, guys. This is really helpful. Out of curiosity, how many hours per day do you typically wear your automatic watches? Do you wear your watch to sleep?
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29 February 2016, 08:46 AM | #12 |
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24 hours a day.
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29 February 2016, 10:27 AM | #13 |
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Power reserve should last longer than that as stated by others with the same movement.
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29 February 2016, 12:04 PM | #14 | |
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"Did you know that an oscillating weight that winds unidirectional, is more efficient than an oscillating weight that winds bi-directional." https://monochrome-watches.com/laure...new-prototype/
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assuming if he wears his watch on the RIGHT hand
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