Hi Everyone
I have a 5001 and was wondering how fast the watch generally recharges during wear. I typically wear it to work in an office environment - so I'm not moving around that much. I get it to recharge about 1.5 to 2 days worth of power. Is that about right?
Spent several weeks immobile due to a fractured ankle and my being a danger to myself using crutches, wound my 5001 to 3 days and fully charged after 3 more just by shuffling around the bed, playing with an iPad and playing with the TV remote and the occasional hop to the bathroom.
Actually, the idea behind an automatic watch is not to wind the movement as much as to keep the movement wound. That is, if you start with a fully wound watch then it should pretty much stay wound with daily wear and normal activity: the only "recharge" needs to be from the time you fall asleep and after you wake up.
With low activity it stays charged and gains about 1-2 days. When i am really active may be 2-3 days. Never a full charge from routine wear and the norm is about a days gain when i wear it. More important is it never loses any power with routine daily wear.