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Auto winding stopped - C60

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Hi all - been awhile since I posted. I received my watch back after servicing about a month ago. I wore it for about the next week, no problems. Put it in my drawer for about 2 1/2 weeks, took it out and wore it Monday this week. I wound it 10x, wore all day but it stopped at about 9:20PM. Next day, same thing. Yesterday 20 turns, lasted until 10:40PM, though I wore it all day.

Any ideas, outside sending it back over the Atlantic for a look? I'm continuing to wear it, hand winding and hoping something is just "stuck” from perhaps an over zealous lubrication.

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I'd think it would be pretty much impossible to diagnose without opening it up. I'd send it back - I know it's a pain in the rear end but at least it's free with CW paying for shipping.
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Which model C60 is this? I'm thinking a MkI from the fact that you had it serviced.

Who did the service for you?

Wad the watch was running smoothly prior to it being serviced?

Is your lifestyle relatively active to give it the opportunity to get fully wound during the day?

Simple suggestion. Give it 30-40 winds and see what happens.

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Any updates?
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Thanks for all your suggestions! Woke this AM and still running; plan to keep wearing for at least two weeks straight and see if it seems to be winding on it's own. Seems as if the auto winder was stuck somehow and may actually be working now.
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And - I sent in to CW for servicing at the 4 year point. Primarily because the lume pip fell off a couple years ago and the actual reserve was never over about 24 hours for the movement. Remains my favorite watch! Have an inexpensive Orient that is smaller but just as accurate - though I'll never service it professionally, as I can replace it for less.
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Got fingers crossed for you that all is running OK now.

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I've had the same problem with my C60 Trident GMT. It's about 7 years old and kept really good time. Very rarely had to correct it. It then started to gain time quite rapidly (five minutes over four days) and the power reserve plummeted. It's been back to CW twice now for service/repair. Each time took about a month.

I wore it all day for the last two days and it's gaining time again. Last night I took it off when I went to bed at about 23:00. Went to put it on again this morning and it had stopped at about 08:15.

Will have to phone CW again on Monday but the thought of all the hassle of sending it back then waiting another month is not appealing. There's clearly something very wrong with it. I love the watch but it's pretty much unusable now.
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It is well worth a check I think. If it means that much to you then it will be worth it.
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Well no luck. Wound 30x and wore for 10hrs/day for two days. Took it off at 9pm last night and it stopped around 11:45PM. Seems the rotor must not have been reattached correctly. Back to CW again. Killer is it was keeping great time and working fine before it was serviced (!).
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Keithnagel wrote:Well no luck. Wound 30x and wore for 10hrs/day for two days. Took it off at 9pm last night and it stopped around 11:45PM. Seems the rotor must not have been reattached correctly. Back to CW again. Killer is it was keeping great time and working fine before it was serviced (!).
WOW, sucks to hear man. Hopefully this is the last time your going to have to ship it off....

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any updates on this? I think i am having the same issue...
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my issue is mine has always been about 20 secs slow per day since it was degaussed (by CW) but that tardiness is beginning to increase now about 40 secs slow a day- by the end of the week i can often be late for work unless i use my iphone clock instead- how often should one have to wind a C60 automatic - i wear mine in bed and am quite fidgety so wonder why its not keeping up on its own.

further to this my CW is now nearly 3 years old - should it automatically need a service or should i just send it in to CW for a look at why the timing is slowing - thank for the advice in adance :)
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Following my post on 21 October above, I've been wearing mine every day for over a week. I take it off at night. Yesterday I took it off for about two hours during the day and at the end of that time it stopped. It then started again, ran for five hours then stopped (at 22:00 last night). 13 hours later and it hasn't worked.

Just spoke to CW and they suggested a full wind, don't wear it and see if I get the full 42 hour power reserve. If it stops again before 42 hours has expired they said send it back again. However they said they may have to charge for another repair despite the fact that this would be the third time it's gone back this year with the same problem.

So the problem seems to be either that the auto winding doesn't work or the power reserve is faulty. Either way if I have to pay for another repair I'll just cut my losses. It's just not economical. Seems absurd. Surely I should expect a CW watch to last more than seven years? I have an automatic wind Rotary watch that my mum bought me 40 years ago and it still works perfectly! It was a fraction of the price of a CW.

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^^^If they say that you definitely have to pay again, I'd send it to an independent watch repairer, rather than back to the people who've failed to fix it twice before!
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