Horological Meandering

Welcome back to installment 6 in the Care & Feeding of a Watch Collection. In this post I will discuss the issues of winding and setting your watch. How hard can it be? Speaking as a long-time collector, I can tell you how many issues there are in win...  

A. MANUAL WIND WATCHES Turn the crown gently in a back and forth motion of the crown until it stops. Easy What do you mean by "back and forth"? Usually I keep twisting the crown in a clockwise direction using the thumb and index finger (looking at the cro... 

My watchmaker mentor said be gentle with your watch. Don't try to twist the stem off; don't just throw the top of the crown back. Coax it back, forth a half turn at a time, easy does it. Listen to the watch - whirr (winding up), zing (ratchet back). It ta...  

Good thing the date-setting procedures have generally simplified over the years. That beautiful Record triple date is worth the toothpick work though.

Which also gives us the opportunity to rediscover some cool watches, such as the Silberstein! Best, Nicolas

for this series, many good points and advices. I learnad a few new things about the approach to watch collecting. One thing if I may add is: newer wind your watches when your hands are not entirely dry. Regards Edward

Water and watches really don't go well together, you are right. I'm a bit of a coward anyway, having seen the effect of diving in the pool, taking a shower, going in the sauna, etc. with the crown unscrewed ... I tell my wife the writing on the dial is ho...  

Complicated quartz watches.

Thank you for your efforts!