Mark XVI winding

I have been the proud owner of a Pilot Mk XVI for a year now and it never ceases to pleasure me when I look at it :-)

One challenge...on the odd times when I don't wear the watch for more than a day or so, it stops. I understand the watch will work for 42 hours when fully wound, but how do I know when the watch is fully wound?

I recall horror stories about 'over-winding' watches and ruing the movement. Is this possible with the Mk XVI. How many times should I wind the watch when I am not going to wear it for a day or so?

Please advise...

It is not possible to over-wind any automatic watch. If you think about it, the watch winds with a rotor due to arm movement -if you move too much, without some safety system, the watch would automatically overwind for active persons.

To prevent this, automatic watches have a clutch to prevent overwinding.

But a good start from zero would be about 40 full crown revolutions.

Super - thank you for your advice and explanation.

:-)

I own a Pilot chrono from 2005... It doesn't happen with this watch...
But recently I Bought an ingenieur ref 322701 (the pevious ingy) and yesterday I was very surprised... After a long night wearing it, about 12 hours afterwards the watch was stopped...
Never happened with my pilot chrono...
I'm seriously thinking about sending the watch to IWC to see if it's got any problem with it... (I bought it on novemeber 2010... so it's brand new... and guarantee is on time)
will check it out otherwise...

regards,

finally my ingy has been sent to schaffhausen to be repaired... (on waranty)
the winding problem was strange... the watch was stopped even when using it...
Hope everything will be fine... ! for sure i think...
I miss my ingy!! :(
will be soon on my wrist again..
Meanwhile... the pilot chrono does the job as perfect as usually... ;)
regards!!!

Lots of days... and I should have posted that my ingy 3227 has been perfectly repaired... the watch mechanism was simply dry because it had been waiting for me for about 5 years to come and buy it.. ;) (that ingy was made for me I think... hehe... ;)

For the manual winding, should we wind it clockwise or anti-clockwise ?

Clockwise, towards 12.

Thanks !

I am not sure if your question is about manually winding an automatic watch, or winding a manual watch. As was discussed, you can not overwind an automatic watch. However, if you are asking about a manual watch, do be careful. Wind gently only until you feel a bit of tightening and winding becoming a bit harder, then stop. Gently does it - do not force it.

Very helpful, thank you. I am a proud new Mark XVI owner and had no clue. Kind regards, Jeff