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Old 23 July 2014, 05:39 PM   #1
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Winding a no-date Sub question

Maybe a stupid question, but I was winding a no-name Sub today and stopped after maybe 60 turns of the crown. No increased tension or anything like that. Is that normal? Hypothetically the tension should increase as the spring is wound up, no? There should be a finite number of turns, I guess, to fully wind uo the spring.
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Old 23 July 2014, 05:48 PM   #2
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Mine is the same way.
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Old 23 July 2014, 05:50 PM   #3
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Perfectly normal and 40 turns is enough.
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Old 23 July 2014, 06:12 PM   #4
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Maybe a stupid question, but I was winding a no-name Sub today and stopped after maybe 60 turns of the crown. No increased tension or anything like that. Is that normal? Hypothetically the tension should increase as the spring is wound up, no? There should be a finite number of turns, I guess, to fully wind uo the spring.
There is a finite number of turns to fully wind it from completely unwound to completely wound, but once it reaches that point there's a safeguard to prevent overwinding & breaking the spring.
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Old 23 July 2014, 06:12 PM   #5
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More than enough. It's not like most other automatic movements where you feel resistance when fully wound.
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Old 23 July 2014, 06:27 PM   #6
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Thanks, guys! Feel much better now :)
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Old 23 July 2014, 07:11 PM   #7
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Maybe a stupid question, but I was winding a no-name Sub today and stopped after maybe 60 turns of the crown. No increased tension or anything like that. Is that normal? Hypothetically the tension should increase as the spring is wound up, no? There should be a finite number of turns, I guess, to fully wind uo the spring.
When the mainspring is fully wound up it then just slips in the mainspring barrel.Now sometimes you can feel a tiny bit of difference in the winding stem crown that just mainspring slipping in the spring barrel as you cannot overwind.
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Old 23 July 2014, 07:29 PM   #8
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Maybe a stupid question, but I was winding a no-name Sub today and stopped after maybe 60 turns of the crown. No increased tension or anything like that. Is that normal? Hypothetically the tension should increase as the spring is wound up, no? There should be a finite number of turns, I guess, to fully wind uo the spring.
Are you sure the no name sub is authentic? LOL just teasing you on the typo:)

Your question has been adequately addressed above:)
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Old 24 July 2014, 02:41 AM   #9
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Are you sure the no name sub is authentic? LOL just teasing you on the typo:)

Your question has been adequately addressed above:)
Yep, funny, just noticed its a no-date, somehow it became the favorite one I wear all the time.
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Old 24 July 2014, 02:53 AM   #10
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Yep, funny, just noticed its a no-date, somehow it became the favorite one I wear all the time.

I suspect if I gave a no-date Sub the time of day (pun fully intended) I would wear it all the time too. Explorer II for now.
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Old 24 July 2014, 03:19 AM   #11
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...somehow it became the favorite one I wear all the time.
That's because it's a Submariner. The greatest watch ever made.
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Old 24 July 2014, 04:48 AM   #12
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40 turns and she is good to go
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Old 24 July 2014, 05:32 AM   #13
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I'm gonna' stir up a hornet's nest when I say this, but technically it's a "Sub". The date Subs are the ones that need to differentiate themselves by stating "Date Sub". Some one says Sub, and I think 5512, 5513, 14060, etc 😂😂😂😂😂
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Old 24 July 2014, 05:37 AM   #14
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I'm gonna' stir up a hornet's nest when I say this, but technically it's a "Sub". The date Subs are the ones that need to differentiate themselves by stating "Date Sub". Some one says Sub, and I think 5512, 5513, 14060, etc 😂😂😂😂😂
Correctamundo !!! No such thing as a "No-date Sub"
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