You guys crack me up!
As for storage: I have 6 automatic watches that I wear in rotation. I wind them every other week. I can't give you a good reason for this, I just do it. If I'm not going to be wearing a watch for a long time, I don't worry about it since most of my watches are hearty buggers anyways. Used to use a watch winder but I don't anymore - they're rough on some movements and not effective enough on others - their use is probably redundant too.
In addition I have numerous hand-wind mechanical watches (some quite old) and they seem to like to be wound on a regular basis - mine run better (more accurately) when they are worn. So the mechanicals get a winding once per week, regardless of how often they are worn. I pull the crown on the few quartz pieces I have to save battery life if they're stored for any extended period of time.
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Re: Unworn automatic - how to store?
Be careful what you say about watchwinders....I just got Russ calmed down after the quartz/mechanical thing.
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Re: Unworn automatic - how to store?
Randy,Randall Harris wrote:You guys crack me up!
As for storage: I have 6 automatic watches that I wear in rotation. I wind them every other week. I can't give you a good reason for this, I just do it. If I'm not going to be wearing a watch for a long time, I don't worry about it since most of my watches are hearty buggers anyways. Used to use a watch winder but I don't anymore - they're rough on some movements and not effective enough on others - their use is probably redundant too.
In addition I have numerous hand-wind mechanical watches (some quite old) and they seem to like to be wound on a regular basis - mine run better (more accurately) when they are worn. So the mechanicals get a winding once per week, regardless of how often they are worn. I pull the crown on the few quartz pieces I have to save battery life if they're stored for any extended period of time.
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You make for very good sense about it all.
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Re: Unworn automatic - how to store?
I was afraid of that!Daz wrote:He means he is serious Russ.RSHETTLE wrote:I’m confused! What did you mean?Yoda wrote:That's not what I meant.
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Re: Unworn automatic - how to store?
Don’t worry Kip,Kip wrote:Be careful what you say about watchwinders....I just got Russ calmed down after the quartz/mechanical thing.
I’ve developed a whole new attitude when it comes to these things, and thanks, must be the new meds you’ve been giving out.
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All up for it tomorrow? Time will stand still.
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Re: Unworn automatic - how to store?
No need for a winder then...or a 'wind up' come to thatYoda wrote:All up for it tomorrow? Time will stand still.
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Re: Unworn automatic - how to store?
Let me know when this happens so I can adjust the watches and clocks.
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Just in case it all goes pear shaped,
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Re: Unworn automatic - how to store?
Its big on radio 4 tomorrow and there is a play as well, it will run and run (about 19,000 times a second!)
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