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[ap-royal]

Hi,

I am new to rwgforum and was hoping for some help.

I have an AP royal oak offshore steel. The watch has been working perfectly since i purchased it. I dont wear it all the time, so after dicontinued use I wind it by unscrewing the crown and winding it clock wise, then changing the date and time respectively. Then screwing the crown back. Since i've purchased the watch, i have noticed that every now n then (2 out of ten times) even after winding and screwing the crown back the watch does not start up. So maybe i thought i was not winding the watch correctly. Should the watch be wound clockwise or anti clockwise? when i wind anti clockwise, it makes a repeated clicking noise.

But now I have a bigger problem. Recently, i was using the stop watch function and without resetting the stopwatch i took off the watch and put it away as normal. 2 days later, I tried to wind the watch up as normal but now the watch wont start. I dont know what the problem could be or am i doing something wrong or is it something to do with the fact that i didnt reset the stopwatch function before putting the watch down so it unwound while stop watch was running?

I would be grateful for some help and advice.

[FxrAndy]

It may be that the watch just does not have enough tourqe to start uop with the stop watch running, have you stopped and reset the stop watch function and worn it a bit to get the wound a bit, i would not recomenend hand winding 7750s,m better to just wear them to let the wind with the auto mechanism.

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[ap-royal]

It may be that the watch just does not have enough tourqe to start uop with the stop watch running, have you stopped and reset the stop watch function and worn it a bit to get the wound a bit, i would not recomenend hand winding 7750s,m better to just wear them to let the wind with the auto mechanism.

if you need help with auto winding i recomend wearing the watch and visit your favorate porn site

Thanks for the advice. Im going to try try winding it by wearing it rather than winding it manually. Any reason why manually winding it is not working any more? and also why is it best not to wind manually? and is it supposed to be wound clockwise or anticlockwise (thats when it makes the clicking noise)?

thanks

[txcollector]

It's not recommended to manually wind the A7750. Depending on how fast you do it you will destroy the winding gears. Your watch is automatic so you don't have to wind it manually. The big rotor in the back will put power on the mainspring with the right amount of force so the gears won't break.

The chronos use a lot more power than the regular seconds wheel. It will take more power to start the watch if the chrono is engaged.

[freddy333]

Assuming it is an automatic (self-winding) watch, the watch will when manually wound in 1 direction & make a whooshing sound (which is the auto-wind/winding).

A properly serviced movement should begin to run when the stem is (manually) wound 5-6 times. However, as is the case for the vast majority of rep watches, an unserviced watch may require many more manual turns of the stem to get it started. The reason is complicated (it usually has to do with an out-of-spec beat), but suffice it to say that you can check the watch by manually winding it (slowly) 40 turns, then setting it (face-up & with the chrono function OFF) on a table & letting it sit there for about a day & a half (36 hours +/-). If the watch continues to run, then your original problem is simply that the mainspring was not charged (wound) sufficient to get the movement to start running. Either wear the watch daily, get a watch winder or be prepared to manually wind it several times (slowly) prior to wearing.

[sander]

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Shaking it too hard is not so good eighter

[kbh]

Seconds @ 12 movement? Too much friction in the gears.

[ap-royal]

It's not recommended to manually wind the A7750. Depending on how fast you do it you will destroy the winding gears. Your watch is automatic so you don't have to wind it manually. The big rotor in the back will put power on the mainspring with the right amount of force so the gears won't break.

The chronos use a lot more power than the regular seconds wheel. It will take more power to start the watch if the chrono is engaged.

Assuming it is an automatic (self-winding) watch, the watch will when manually wound in 1 direction & make a whooshing sound (which is the auto-wind/winding).

A properly serviced movement should begin to run when the stem is (manually) wound 5-6 times. However, as is the case for the vast majority of rep watches, an unserviced watch may require many more manual turns of the stem to get it started. The reason is complicated (it usually has to do with an out-of-spec beat), but suffice it to say that you can check the watch by manually winding it (slowly) 40 turns, then setting it (face-up & with the chrono function OFF) on a table & letting it sit there for about a day & a half (36 hours +/-). If the watch continues to run, then your original problem is simply that the mainspring was not charged (wound) sufficient to get the movement to start running. Either wear the watch daily, get a watch winder or be prepared to manually wind it several times (slowly) prior to wearing.

Shaking it too hard is not so good eighter

Seconds @ 12 movement? Too much friction in the gears.

THANKS TO EVERY ONE FOR THE RESPONSES. THE WATCH DOES HAVE THE SECONDS CHRONO AT 12 POSITION. I TRIED WEARING THE WATCH THE WHOLE DAY TODAY AND ALSO WINDING IT A FEW TIMES BUT STILL NO LUCK. I HAVE A FEELING THAT I MAY HAVE DAMAGED IT BY WINDING TO VIGOROUSLY AS MENTIONED BY ONE OF THE FORUM MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY THING ELSE I SHOULD TRY TO GET IT GOING AGAIN? AND IF IT IS DAMAGED, SHOULD I TAKE IT TO A WATCH SHOP TO GET FIXED...IF SO IS IT A MAJOR JOB THAT MAY COST LOTS OR HOW MUCH SHOULD IT COST?

[txcollector]

most likely the winding gear will have to be replaced and the movement cleaned/serviced since you will have all kinds of metal shavings spread across the plates (effectively what happens is for the winding wheel teeth to be ground) .

That's not something you can do by yourself and since this is a rep most watchsmith won't work on it.

Your best bet is to send to The Zigmeister, Speedy or Vac. This will cost you around $200.