What's with people shaking their Rolexes?

[jjdesq]

I don't get it, why are people vigorously shaking their watches? I've seen videos on youtube and posts about this or that happening when they shake their watch, but why are people shaking their watches?

[joe100]

Get the rotor moving and starts the movement. It's uncivilized.

You wind a watch with the crown, not by flinging it around.

[Bafflingbs]

They're winding them. I guess....?

[busytimmy]

Noobs?

[Bafflingbs]

The question I have is; if you wear your watch 23+ hours a day, such as I, do you ever have to wind it manually?

[Abdullah71601]

Knotheads. They don't know how the watch works and think vigorously shaking it is the winding mechanism, not the crown.

"The question I have is; if you wear your watch 23+ hours a day, such as I, do you ever have to wind it manually?"

Yes. The rotor keeps it wound. You should wind it 40 turns once a week.

[brettpaul]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Knotheads. They don't know how the watch works and think vigorously shaking it is the winding mechanism, not the crown.

"The question I have is; if you wear your watch 23+ hours a day, such as I, do you ever have to wind it manually?"

Yes. The rotor keeps it wound. You should wind it 40 turns once a week.

Exactly!

[Runnin' Rebel]

Originally Posted by brettpaul

Exactly!

+1

Although once in a while I have just shuggle my 619 just a hair after 40 winds after a week or 2 of not wearing it. Otherwise while wearing it's once a week to top off whatever I have on.

[jjdesq]

i get swirling it to spin the winding rotor and get it started, I'm just surprised there are so many people with $7,000+ watches that have such little interest in watches that they don't bother to learn what's actually going on inside them. Every time I hear about someone shaking their watch or see it in a youtube video I'm doing this

[HogwldFLTR]

I prefer mine stirred not shaken.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by Bafflingbs

The question I have is; if you wear your watch 23+ hours a day, such as I, do you ever have to wind it manually?

It's not wearing it that winds it, it's the activity (movement of your wrist).

If you are not very active then you may not be winding it fully no matter how many hours it is on your wrist.

[silverbullet818]

Originally Posted by Bafflingbs

The question I have is; if you wear your watch 23+ hours a day, such as I, do you ever have to wind it manually?

Sometimes you have to as normal wear is not enough to fully wind it.

[Porter]

I like to wear the watch bit loose and I'm quite active person! Also love when my little daughters come to me and hold the watch with their little hands like hell an play with it! Sometimes the watch gets tight on the medium forearm so I shake it to make it to go back to my wrist! Seems I shaking the watch but for different reasons!! :)

[skprd13]

Been wearing my sea-dweller for 8 months never had to hand wind once except from the beginning to get her started!

[Sublovin]

Is this a real question? With auto movements, a quick shake will usually jump the movement much quicker than manual winding from a complete stop. Its a flick or two....what videos are you watching where people are shaking the watch "vigorously"??

[Relyt]

Originally Posted by Porter

I like to wear the watch bit loose and I'm quite active person! Also love when my little daughters come to me and hold the watch with their little hands like hell an play with it! Sometimes the watch gets tight on the medium forearm so I shake it to make it to go back to my wrist! Seems I shaking the watch but for different reasons!! :)

That's usually when i shake mine, "to get it into position ". I also shake it to make sure it's still there. Just a habit lol.


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[Sublover2166]

Originally Posted by Bafflingbs

They're winding them. I guess....?

X2. They actually think it will wind the watch. Shaking my Head !!!!

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by jjdesq

I don't get it, why are people vigorously shaking their watches? I've seen videos on youtube and posts about this or that happening when they shake their watch, but why are people shaking their watches?

I have seen salespeople do this to start their watches and I have heard them tell customers that automatic watches should be started this way to avoid stress on the winding tube and crown.

Sad state of affairs but you cannot fix stupid.

[THC]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

I prefer mine stirred not shaken.

nice, Lee

[beer]

Originally Posted by Bafflingbs

The question I have is; if you wear your watch 23+ hours a day, such as I, do you ever have to wind it manually?

no just need to shake it a bit every day

presumably when people are around, so they notice

[sgmgolf]

Thats' their way of winding them. It amazes me how many people think this and were never informed correctly?
Are the AD's really that poor about educating the customers?
I do realize that the owner's manual correctly shows all this but doesn't the AD or seller have some responsibility to educate the buyer/owner?

[rozyd]

I usually rock it back and forth after winding the crown about 20 rotations. Just to get the rotor weight going.

[chucelli]

why all the smug comments?

what is the problem with moving the watch around to start it after it has been sitting?
As one commenter already posted, it is faster than unscrewing the crown and winding it manually.

[Pix]

I shake mine to pull the hair out from around the wrist:)

[joe100]

Originally Posted by chucelli

why all the smug comments?

what is the problem with moving the watch around to start it after it has been sitting?
As one commenter already posted, it is faster than unscrewing the crown and winding it manually.

You must be a shaker.

Shaking a dead watch doesn't do anything more than put a few minutes in the mainspring and starts the hairspring ticking. Your watch won't be as accurate with zero power in the main spring. It's the equivalent of putting a cup of gasoline in your car then coasting down hill all the way to work.

[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by chucelli

why all the smug comments?

what is the problem with moving the watch around to start it after it has been sitting?
As one commenter already posted, it is faster than unscrewing the crown and winding it manually.

there are some older, simpler designed mechanical watches that can't be wound and require shaking from a dead sit (some Seiko and lower end swiss by design) but shaking a finer timepiece from a dead stop is the second worst thing you can do to a timepiece.

... first is dropping it in a airplane toilet.

[Bafflingbs]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Knotheads. They don't know how the watch works and think vigorously shaking it is the winding mechanism, not the crown.

"The question I have is; if you wear your watch 23+ hours a day, such as I, do you ever have to wind it manually?"

Yes. The rotor keeps it wound. You should wind it 40 turns once a week.

Thanks, just wound it.

Originally Posted by Runnin' Rebel

+1

Although once in a while I have just shuggle my 619 just a hair after 40 winds after a week or 2 of not wearing it. Otherwise while wearing it's once a week to top off whatever I have on.

Originally Posted by Tools

It's not wearing it that winds it, it's the activity (movement of your wrist).

If you are not very active then you may not be winding it fully no matter how many hours it is on your wrist.

Originally Posted by silverbullet818

Sometimes you have to as normal wear is not enough to fully wind it.

I honestly didn't know that I should wind it, even wearing it all day, every day. I thought that since it's an automatic, the act of wearing it was enough. Thanks

Originally Posted by beer

no just need to shake it a bit every day

presumably when people are around, so they notice

[DPE]

A bad habit ????

[fskywalker]

Pure ignorance probably if you ask me!

[Boaters]

Quartz watch you don't even have to wind it