geestyleed Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hi guys, after a long waiting time my PAM finally arrived - such a gorgeous watch, but wait. What to with a watch that doesnt keep time and freezes after some minutes My situation: I opened the CG to wind the watch(in the position the crown gets after the crownguard ist open). I winded the watch anti-clockwise for like 50 times. Than I set the time and the watch started to run. This seemed a little odd since my other automatic watches dont run as long as I am in the "timesetting". Anyhow - when I closed everything, the watch ran for like 2-3 minutes, sometimes just seconds. Now a gave some light slap with my palm against the caseback and it suddenly started to run. I am not sure how long the watch will run, but something seems to be wrong. What should I do? Since the movement isnt the most reliable on the market, I thought to switch it against a Swiss 6497 with Cotes de Geneve, medium grade.. Best Regards, Geee P.S.: When I started writing this thread it was 5 p.m., now it is 5:20 p.m. and the watch is still running - lets hope and pray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mambo Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Winding should be done clockwise ... not anti-clock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geestyleed Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) Winding should be done clockwise ... not anti-clock My bad. Its my first pam - lets see how it works now Edited March 28, 2011 by geestyleed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweattdogg Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I'm fairly certain that you should not be able to wind the watch backwards, unless you bought the Asian Auto version. The manual wind should just go one way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMM Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 The movement doesn't "hack," so running while you set time is normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemonster Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Regardless of make or model, auto or manual, Swiss or Asian- I have never experienced a watch movement in which you would wind counter-clockwise to power up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest apetrills Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Regardless of make or model, auto or manual, Swiss or Asian- I have never experienced a watch movement in which you would wind counter-clockwise to power up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolikat Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'm fairly certain that you should not be able to wind the watch backwards, unless you bought the Asian Auto version. The manual wind should just go one way. That is incorrect. You can wind the 6497 movement back and forth but the counterclockwise motion doesn't do anything but add wear to the sliding pinion and winding pinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobster Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Any news geestyleed ? Have you wound up the watch the other direction? Hope all works now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hawkes Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) That is incorrect. You can wind the 6497 movement back and forth but the counterclockwise motion doesn't do anything but add wear to the sliding pinion and winding pinion. So it's not really winding anything if it doesnt do anything, is it. Learn to differentiate winding and turning. Edited April 13, 2011 by Tom Hawkes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolikat Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 So it's not really winding anything if it doesnt do anything, is it. Learn to differentiate winding and turning. Learn to not be such an a$$hole. And it is doing something it is wearing the sliding pinion and winding pinion. If you don't know what your are talking about keep your big mouth shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hawkes Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) Learn to not be such an a$$hole. And it is doing something it is wearing the sliding pinion and winding pinion. If you don't know what your are talking about keep your big mouth shut. Wear that occurs from turning has still nothing to do with winding. Haha, man you are ridiculous. Edited April 14, 2011 by Tom Hawkes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Tom stop it ok Just stop it! Stolikat just dont rise to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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