fitmic Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 This is my FIRST manual watch ever. How do I wind it. Is it clock wise? Cheers FitMic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Yes... Clockwise until you encounter resistance and cannot wind anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Yes... Clockwise until you encounter resistance and cannot wind anymore Do I need to unlock the crown guard as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tracy Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Do I need to unlock the crown guard as well? Yes, unlock the cg... also only wind until you feel slight resistance... otherwise you can break your spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyingclive Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Don't panic! You'll know when it is fully wound - you'll feel it as you try to turn the crown - the difference is obvious. The Zigmeister says that it is impossible to break the spring... I'd add the caveat - unless you are really, really, determined to do so. Wind away! It will probably need about 50 half-turns for a full wind... but don't worry if it takes more. I recently received a hand-wind Unitas that required an unbelievable 150 half-turns of the crown before full wind was achieved. It must have been really run down... since then, about 50 half-turns have been enough - and should last a couple of days. (The ETA spec sheet says 56 hours. This is possibly a bit ambitious) I count in half-turns because you can't easily perform a full 360 twist on a Luminor Panerai crown ... the crown guard gets in the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Thanks a lot guys! You've been very helpful. I think I understand this thing about PAMs...FINALLY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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