I recently purchase a 544501. This is my first manual winding timepiece. Could anyone please help to clarify some question I have?
the power reserve is supposed to be 46 hrs. How many times should I wind it in order to have the full power reserved? I do not dare to over-wind it, thus after approx. 25 rounds, I could only have the watch running for 26 hrs.
Does the watch have any mechanism to prevent me from over-winding it to avoid damaging the movement?
Thanks
Hi Simonrap,
welcome to the forum and
congratulations on your purchase, a wonderful timepiece.
You cannot over-wind the movement unless you do it on purpose and violent.
With my 5454 I count until 40, these should be the turns you do until you
come to an "end". Then you should be a bit careful, another 3-4 turns and you can feel the resistance and your watch is fully wound. Mine keeps the 46 hours without any problem.
Now some pictures would be nice :-)
You cannot over wind. There will be a point where you can loner turn the crown. Stop there. I back mine off one or two turns at that point to release a bit of the tension in the power train. But that's just a personal thing I do.
Nice watch. Wear it in good health.
You can wind the watch until it blocks, after 40+ winds. There is no way you can damage the watch in doing so. Wind it every morning.
Great watch, I have two of them!
Kind regards,
Paul