Seamaster winding

[Lou wants a Rolex]

My son just got a used seamaster. The omega boutique told him to wind it for 60 seconds to achieve a full wind. They said you can’t over wind it. This doesn’t sound right. With my Rolex I do approx 40 full winds. What do you omega guys do?
Thanks

They said you will feel it get tight so you know you are at or approaching a full wind.

[Onequik135i]

Usually 40 turns does the trick on any auto watch. That did the trick on my previous 2531 Seamaster.


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[bp1000]

Are you sure they said wind it for 60 seconds and not 60 winds ?

Someone else might be better to pitch in here

I own several manual wind speedys and these start to produce resistance as they near fully wound. They then stop winding at 40 full turns of the crown

A seamaster with an automatic movement I assume does not stop at 40 turns nor will it produce obvious resistance. Maybe a little. But a clutch will engage around 40 - 50 turns.

None of my Rolex or JLC automatics produce resistance. All of them start within 10-15 turns and are fully wound by 40-50. I assume seamasters are the same.

You can’t overwind, don’t worry. 40 full turns and you are good. The automatic movement will do the rest.

[Lou wants a Rolex]

My son might have misunderstood that’s why I am making this post. 60 seconds sounds wrong

[Tools]

60 seconds...

It's a manual watch, so just a few winds and it will be good to go with wearing it keeping it going.

As far as winding it to a full wind, it's a typical mechanical mainspring movement...….. 40 winds is plenty.

[crazycarlitos]

i can do 80 turns in 60 seconds.
But I am a professional. Lol

Seriously tho, u can feel it when it’s fully wound on these.
Hard to over do it unless purposely trying to.

[MTBer]

Not possible to overwind an automatic watch- if you think about it, there would have to be a built-in way to prevent this, otherwise people would be breaking watches simply by moving too much. If you listen closely while manually winding, you'll hear a distinct 'click' every so often in addition to the regular clicks you hear. I believe this 'click' is the mainspring slipping in the barrel and indicates the watch is fully wound (my knowledge is limited, so I could be wrong here).

With a manual wind-only watch, such as the Speedmaster professional, you will feel resistance once it's fully wound. Forcing the crown further would probably damage something.

[zengineer]

Originally Posted by Tools

60 seconds...



It's a manual watch, so just a few winds and it will be good to go with wearing it keeping it going.

I think you mean it's an automatic watch, not a manual.

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[madmole]

I would imagine for most people 40 winds takes about 60 seconds. Maybe the Dealer just finds it easier to explain to people that way