wadawalnut Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hello, I just received my first rep, an H Factory PAM177. The watch is beautiful and keeps great time, however I noticed something a little strange. Before getting my watch I did some research on mechanical watches (this is my first mechanical watch) and I read that when winding the watch, stop winding once you feel resistance in turning the crown. So when I first opened the watch, I wound it (while it was off my wrist) until I felt significant resistance. Strangely enough, I only had to wind about 4 times, and the watch was fully unwound. A few hours later, I decided to wind it again just for fun, and again after about 3 or 4 turns I felt resistance. Then, about 4 hours later, the watch was unwound. I wound it again, and once again I felt the resistance after about 3 turns, but this time I decided to wind twice more. After two more turns, the resistance was gone, and then it came back again after another 3 or so turns. Is this normal? I saw on many threads that a full wind should be about 20 turns, but I am very cautious about winding and don't want to overwind/break the crown. So should I go for about 20 turns, or should I stop after about 4 (or whenever I first feel the resistance) ? I'm going to post a review of this watch soon when I make sure everything is working properly Thanks for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Only King Kong can over-wind a 6497. Don't worry. Just wind until you can wind no more. There is a clear stop. Don't pay attention to resistance. That is normal because the main spring is gaining tension. Wind until you can wind no more!!!!! Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 The mainspring and barrel of reps are usually un-lubed... You will notice this when winding movements with stronger springs and/or rougher barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadawalnut Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Thanks for the replies. I winded much more before I went to bed, and the power reserve lasted over 12hrs before I just decided to wind again for fun. Still haven't wound all the way yet I don't think, so I think the power reserve seems pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Should be between 46-52 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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