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power reserve on hand winds....
Folks,
Most of my watches have been automatic and but I am considering a hand wound for the next piece. I am wondering how much do you use or miss a power reserve on a hand wound watches? Do you use a regular schedule to wind it? Or do you go in for a watch with a long power reserve (say 3 days or more)?
My general feeling is that it is a feature that I would love to see on every watch - not necessarily on the front - perhaps on the backside. After all we dont like driving cars without a fuel gage!
J.
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power reserve on hand winds....
Folks, Most of my watches have been automatic and but I am considering a hand wound for the next piece. I am wondering how much do you use or miss a power reserve on a hand wound watches? Do you use a regular schedule to wind it? Or do you go in for a wat...
I consider a power reserve display more useful for an automatic watch.
With a handwind one, you know that you have to wind it every morning. Even the ones with large power reserve, it si better for accuracy purpose, to wind them every morning (or whenever you want) to start a day with the power reserve at top. With an automa...
that is very interesting....
since I didnt think of it from an accuracy point of view at all. I do have a power reserve one of my automatics and I dont think that I have consciously used it that way. Thanks for the perspective. J.
This is my approach to the issue as well.
I am very uncomfortable with automatic watches without PR indicators. You never know the state of wind of the mainspring. And there are many more variables affecting it in an automatic - activity level, which wrist (dominant or non-dominant) you wear it o...
Andrew, you make a good point about dominant/non dominant wrists
you've seen the Omega dynamic that my friend from Wales had serviced after not using it for about 30 years. well the one thing neither of us thought about was the fact that after a stroke 12 years ago he no longer has the use of his left arm and it stays ...
It was just my observation that ...
... my automatic watches worn on my right (dominant) wrist are wound much more quickly than on my left wrist. The RdM has value in monitoring that as well. Andrew
I would prefer it!
I'm a very forgetful person, and I find the power reserve extremely helpfuly for people like me. Ideally if you own an manual watch you would want to wind it every morning (or every night). But personally I never remember to wind my watches at specific ti...
All mechanical watches should have PR
IMO. One of the most useful and practical functions when compared to say a moonphase or chrono. And to use your car gas gauge analogy, I thnk it should be on the front. Cars don;t have these gauges in the boot
No no no! :-)
Can you envisage a Sub with a PR indicator? What's the big issue? Stop worrying and just wind the thing This topic has been discussed many times before, but I am still of the belief that the best ever execution of a PR indicator was on the Futurematics......
Its not an issue. It's a preference. There is a difference ya know.
and I also took paisn to state it is a preference for ME. I think...
Agreed, except on long mower reserve watches.
It can be useful to know how much power reserve you have, in this case, but in this case only. In my opinion, of course. Best, Nicolas.
The frustrating thing with that watch is...
...trying to catch the numbers flicking over from 8 to 7. You end up wearing it reversed and then look away at the wrong time.
There was another one I loved a lot, on the Pam 190.
The Radiomir 8 Days: The power reserve indicator was on the backside, on the movement. Discret and efficient. Best, Nicolas.
To me, only useful if watch has less then 36 hours PR
I then not to wear same watch two days in a row, so PR indicator not so important. Unless the watch sports a date/day complications. In any case, for those with dates, I prefer either longer PR or I will simply choose automatic that I could plonk in winde...
I beg to differ. You tend not to wear the same watch
2 months (or maybe 2 years) in a row..... Slow AM at work for you too I see...
Yes, slow morning...nodding off
Make me sound like some Turkish sultan with a watch harem!!! Best, Horo
thanks....
I was at the Panerai event in LA recently. And was taken by several of the hand wound watches with P3000 movements. And planning well ahead of the next buy, particularly because I just acquired a Rolex 214270 last month J.
Let me guess...thinking of the Pam372 with the P3000?
If it is this particular one, I think the emotional appeal of the watch should overide all concerns of the 3days PR, whether adequate or inadequate by ones' standards... - Best, Horo
actually......
The 372 may have to do but I really liked the 249 and 203. But both those may be out of the price range unless a few good things happen..... J.
The 203!!!!!
That going for crazy prices man. The subject matter is about PR indicators, so I shall not stray. The 203 is angelus based 8days, and the 249 is ETA derived OP X which is 56 hours, both drastically different from the 372's P3000. And also all 3 on differe...
cant get what you want.......
Now sing it like the Mick Jagger!! Hence all the alternatives.... J.
"I can't get no satisfaction" is now gonna be stuck in my head
For next few hours! Best, Horo
I recently acquired a han d round watch.
I actually think it is great, it does ont have a power reserve indicator and you have to wind it up once every day or two. It is a very pelassent expérience one should look forward. Best regards, George
Same here
Which is why I just bought a 4 year old JLC MC 8 day hand wound in RG. And very glad I did! I love being able to see how much 'charge' there is in the watch at any given time. And winding once or twice a week is no chore - almost more of a pleasure. What ...
it makes no difference to me whatsoever.
if i'm wearing a handwind i wind it pretty much the same time every day so a power reserve is not nessesary. i only have a couple of watches with power reserves, but they are all Japanese Orient Stars which have no handwind facility so its quite important...
