is it okay to manually wind the portuguese automatic?

Hello Everyone,

I have a rather silly question but wanted to ensure that I am not harming the movement. I bought a Portuguese Automatic 7 day around a month back. I have been wearing my watch for 5 days a week now and maybe due to the nature of my work (desk job), my watch doesnt seem to get wound automatically (the reserve kind of reduces very little during day and a bit more at night as I dont wear it resulting in my winding it manually). Is this normal and more importantly is it okay to wind manually once every week?

Regards,
Srijith

Yes, of course it is OK to wind the watch manually.

The degree to which the automatic winding system will power the watch does depend on the amount of movement while on your wrist. It is OK to "top off" the power reserve by manual winding if you wish. My 8 days watches sometimes sit unworn in the box until they run completely down, as I have too many watches and not enough wrists. Even then, they can be manually wound to full power. In fact, I did exactly that today, when this watch returned to my wrist after a rest:

Hi Srijith,

Is this normal? Well that does depend on how much wrist time your watch does get, and how much you move about. I have a number of automatic watches, several IWC and several others, and I have a desk job, but none of my watches require manual winding to stay wound. I am fairly active though even in the office so here we may differ. If your watch was bought new allow it to "break in" for a few months before thinking about getting it checked out. If after 3-6 months it still continues to loose power reserve with normal wear then it may be worth having your AD check it under warranty. If it was second hand it may require a service.
On the other hand, your last question, is it OK to manually wind your watch? Indeed, basically as much as you want. You can wind it any day, any time - and since automatic watches have a clutch mechanism there is no way you can over-wind it either.

Hope this helps - and good luck with a very classic and iconic timepiece.

PS! We love to see pictures here :-)

Hi Srijith,

Sounds like you need to do some light calisthenic's every now and then at your desk!

There is no issue winding them manually, just make sure you dont do it whilst on the wrist as there is talk that you can place some funny stresses on the stem due to the angle required to grip the crown when you are wearing it.

Cheers,

Ben

thank you everyone.. sorry not sure how to upload a picture.