ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX
3 November 2009, 01:32 AM | #1 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: down by the river
Watch: 16613,16030, BM
Posts: 77
|
How long will it run
on a full wind, if it's not worn. 3days? 5 day? ....???
Gave my Dad my restored DJ, and he says it will sometimes stop when he takes it off at night. I don't think it should, nor did it when I had it, before it was restored. Also when pulling out the crown, there isn't the distinct "clicks", so resetting the date is finicky.... wasn't that way before either. Is this something it might self adjust? or will I have to return it? Thank you for all opinions and advice |
3 November 2009, 01:38 AM | #2 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Real Name: Steve
Location: Pennsylvania
Watch: SeaDweller Family
Posts: 175
|
DJ Power reserve
On a full wind, it should run somewhere around 40 hours before it runs completely down and stops.
If it's worn each day, and the wearer is reasonably active, the natural motion of the wearer's wrist should keep it charged up sufficiently that it shouldn't run down at night, and as long as it's worn each day, it should keep going indefinitely. If the wearer has a somewhat sedentary activity level, it might need to be re-wound by hand every couple of days or so to keep it from stopping. Hope you enjoy the DJ - it's a classic! Steve |
3 November 2009, 01:41 AM | #3 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Real Name: Tom
Location: Chi town
Watch: Daytona AP DD Sub
Posts: 3,717
|
It needs to be winded by hand.
I use to have the same problem... and i thought the watch was broken. it just means that the watch was not winded all the way. |
3 November 2009, 05:07 AM | #4 |
TRF Moderator & 2024 DATE-JUST41 Patron
Join Date: May 2007
Real Name: Larry
Location: Mojave Desert
Watch: GMT's
Posts: 43,044
|
Chances are that your dad is just not active enough to wind it fully each day..
I'll bet that if he manually winds it every couple of weeks (40 winds), it will stay running......
__________________
(Chill ... It's just a watch Forum.....) NAWCC Member |
3 November 2009, 05:26 AM | #5 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: USA
Watch: ♛
Posts: 4,408
|
I wear my watch every day and remove it every night, it has never stopped.
__________________
|
3 November 2009, 05:44 AM | #6 | |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Real Name: Mike
Location: Orlando
Posts: 2,471
|
Quote:
|
|
3 November 2009, 06:35 AM | #7 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Real Name: Dennis
Location: Bay Area - 925
Posts: 40,018
|
I currently have six Rolexes and have done test run times on all of them with a full wind.
I wound them fully and set them down on a counter and let them run, without any further intervention. Range of running time is between 41 hours to 47 hours.
__________________
TRF Member #6699 (since September 2007) |
3 November 2009, 06:40 AM | #8 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 303
|
older models less than 2 days newer models 2 days, for a complete wind
|
4 November 2009, 01:53 AM | #9 |
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: down by the river
Watch: 16613,16030, BM
Posts: 77
|
Thanks everyone, we'll see how it works out.
My other concern on the pull-out stem not having "clicks" in the wind, time change and date change positions.... any comment of feedback here? Is this common? It's very fiddly to set the date. Thanks! |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
*Banners
Of The Month*
This space is provided to horological resources.