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Hi Redroom

I guess you've been here:

http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/

right?

Thanks The Zigmeister, you've answered all my questions. It never occurred to me that movements could differ so much in their winding characteristics.

An extremely useful post

A related matter? .........

I have a 16610 LV Sub with Asian movement which I'm pretty pleased with. It looses 2-3 minutes a day but, for the price - GBP66.00 delivered, I'm happy.

If I run it down so that I have to manually wind it, I have noticed that I can turn that crown indefinitely. I've certainly turned it 150 times out of curiosity!

In other words it seems to wind ok but I can't feel any pressure/tension to indicate that it has fully wound.

This was immediately more noticeable when I purchased a SeaDweller with a better quality Swiss ETA engine - and twice the price! Here I have a much more accurate watch (+/- 15secs) and after 15 or so winds I can feel the tension.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a correctable fault? Should I be concerned?

What is certain is that, since reading The Zigmeister's post today, I will certainly keep the winds to a minimum.