MTF
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agyzace,
I'm not a specialist VC collector but have some experience of many competitor brands.
Some of them shared the same 'base' movement with VC but numbering is different.
I am assuming you get full power reserve from both watches despite the different feel.
Manual winding 50 turns to full reserve sounds correct. It may be 'firm' but not noisy grinding action. The 'stop' at full wind is distinct.
Manual winding 250+ turns is unusual. Perhaps you have exceeded the full wind and pass the 'stop' but the protective ratchet is doing its job too quietly? Usually the audible and tactile warnings fom the ratchet are quite obvious. The outcome of failure is a broken mainspring where unlimited turns makes no difference to the feel.
The key point is that you have two watches with the same movement and they are different from the beginning, from new. That was a warning already, to check them when first noticed.
You need to take it to the GVA boutique that you mentioned, in the first instance for a professional opinion.
Let us know what happens.
Regards,
MTF
Technical, winding question
Hi guys, I have noticed that one of my handwound VCs wounds up considerably different from another identical model. What I mean: - one fully wounds up with ~50 turns; the other can be wound up almost for ever, having tried up to 250 turns - the one is qui...
Unusual
agyzace, I'm not a specialist VC collector but have some experience of many competitor brands. Some of them shared the same 'base' movement with VC but numbering is different. I am assuming you get full power reserve from both watches despite the differen...
thank you very much MTF!
Your comments make a lot of sense. I actually cannot get to maximum power reserve with the version that wounds for more than 250 turns. Yesterday I did wound for 100+ times and did not make 24 hours.. On the other hand, the other watch can make close to 3...
I can't speak for Vacheron & Constantin
If you can get some power reserve, even if not full reserve, the mainspring is not "broken". Your winding mechanism seems to be not engaging or the protective rachet is coming in too early, thus turns of the crown are doing nothing. That's a quick adjustm...
thanks a lot for the great feedback MTF
I will bring it in as soon as possible and let you know what was the problem. Have a great day and thanks again for the invaluable input, Alex
