Just after some advice on the winding procedure for the above watch. I haven't manually wound it for a long time, I wear it in a day to day basis and let it take care of itself. I sometimes notice that if I take my watch of periodically during the day then, more often than not, when I come to it the next day it has stopped. Should I wind it now again i.e. every day/week/month? Is me taking it off not letting the watch properly charge itself enough?
All help gratefully received.
Richard,
If one of my watches hasn't run for a period (no wristtime or in the safe at the bank for to long) I have the same problems. I (and maybe it is onorthodox) heat it briefly with a hairdryer.
It smootens the oil in the watch and I notice that it runs like new. Itbdoesn't stop but runs totaly flat (depending its gangreserve)
Please note that it is my way of problemsolving, but to comford you, I've heard it from a watchmaker.
Cheers
Bas Dekkers
Personally I wouldn't suggest that technique. Modern oils don't congeal that readily, and it has little or nothing to do with the winding mechanism (even if there are some oils there).
I suspect one of two causes:
You may not be winding the watch sufficiently and the initial start. I would suggest at least 40 full revolutions of the crown. Then it really shouldn't stop for 40 or so hours after wearing it.
You may have a rotor problem, which needs to be fixed by a watchmaker. This is a particular issue with this movement --uncommon but setting it correctly can be delicate.
Michael, I have both the ME and the Vc-AT with this movement so curious what the issue is? It has an interesting connection point for the rotor so curious if it is related to that? That said, three years in I haven't had the issue fortunately.