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12 March 2016, 11:52 AM | #91 |
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And manual winds can often be overwound.
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12 March 2016, 12:06 PM | #92 |
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12 March 2016, 12:59 PM | #94 |
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Sometimes my watches rides high on my wrist and I have to shake it down to read the time when I'm wearing a long sleeve shirt. Or, I have to move it up if I want to cover it up.
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12 March 2016, 01:31 PM | #95 |
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Sometimes I shake it to get it back into correct position. Sometimes the heavy watch head gravitates too much toward the 12 o clock.
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12 March 2016, 02:17 PM | #96 |
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I can't believe this thread is four pages long on this topic.
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12 March 2016, 02:26 PM | #97 |
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Restarting a watch
Yes I will agree that this will restart the watch however you still have to reset the time, so how can you do that but by unscrewing the crown so hand wind it while you do that sounds like a good idea no ?
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12 March 2016, 04:51 PM | #98 |
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3 - 5 turns by hand is all that's required in the vast majority of cases.
Check the date change mechanism is correct. Hack the movement if required to set the time exactly, then set date as necessary. Job done. Put watch on wrist and get on with life |
12 March 2016, 05:03 PM | #99 | |
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Actually there's no "clutch thingy" in the crown winding mechanism. There is a clutch mechanism incorporated into the Spring Barrel assembly where the end of the Main Spring slips on the inside of the barrel and engages at its end with a number of detents diametrically opposed around the inside of the barrel. |
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12 March 2016, 07:22 PM | #100 | |
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12 March 2016, 07:52 PM | #101 |
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You have never seen me on a dance floor, shake your groove thing! now that's some shaking!
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12 March 2016, 07:57 PM | #102 |
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I like the variety of rationale used here as whether or nor to shake watc or whether manual winding is actually a necessity. I have an old Seiko diver that starts just with a couple of swirls. Once it gets going I set time and date. My Rolex I wind about 30-40 times if totally dead before use and set correct date and time.
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13 March 2016, 01:37 AM | #103 |
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Is it safe to shower with my Rolex?
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13 March 2016, 01:51 AM | #104 |
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What's with people shaking their Rolexes?
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9 June 2020, 08:52 AM | #105 |
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Never shake a Rolex. Always wind it.
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9 June 2020, 09:16 AM | #106 |
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Winding them probably
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9 June 2020, 09:56 AM | #107 |
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Damn, lot of old threads re-surfacing lately. Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing.
As we are here, I’ve learnt not to shake to restart a stopped watch. I wind it via the crown and if it hasn’t started by 15 turns of the crown, I give it the slightest tap on the side of a lug with my finger which usually starts it up right there, and then I wind the remaining 25 turns or so. |
9 June 2020, 10:58 AM | #108 |
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I shake. I clap. I’m not a knot head. Might even do that thing where you make espresso with your watch in the cup. Or pop a champagne cork. I also have an auto that can only be wound by shaking.
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9 June 2020, 11:54 AM | #109 |
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Every time I wash my hands, which is frequently due to current covid-19 situation, I shake my hands pretty vigorously, before drying them off.
So I guess I'm a shaker.
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9 June 2020, 12:25 PM | #110 |
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Ah the Seiko shuffle...... the move made famous by many a Turtle or Samurai owner that does not translate to Rolex and just makes you look like you don’t have a damn clue....
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9 June 2020, 12:28 PM | #111 |
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saw my friend do that not too long ago.. she pulled out her (28mm?) DJ out of her jewelry box and instead of winding it up she just shook it! i couldn’t watch...
i’ve also seen all these old threads pop up again. i think it’s a great thing, and it’s always interesting to read what fellow members thought of certain models (whether newly released or unknowingly soon discontinued) another interesting point is reading peoples thoughts on what might happen next in the watch world, and what actually ended up happening.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
9 June 2020, 02:21 PM | #112 |
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I never did shake it. But once in a while i swirl it just to see if rotor is working smoothly
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9 June 2020, 05:05 PM | #113 |
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How people use automatic watchs, post 113.
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