How to Properly Wind a Mechanical Watch

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Жыл бұрын

Winding a mechanical watch is simple. Follow this step-by-step to fully power your watch without damaging it.
1. Push in the crown. Unscrew any screw-down crowns if your watch has one.
2. Rotate the crown clockwise ~20-40 full rotations, until you start to feel the crown tightening. If you have an automatic watch, it won't get tighter, and you can't overwind it.
3. Your watch is now wound!
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@melody3741 Жыл бұрын

Literally every watch you have is LEGENDARY

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

@Myrtilys Жыл бұрын

Can I just add that getting to a full wind on a manual watch, at least from my experience, feels like hitting a wall. At least that's how it feels to me. easy to wind, then suddenly stops in it's tracks.

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

That's a good description. I do tend to feel a little resistance before winding fully, at least on the Seagull

@allyw7405 10 ай бұрын

It depends on the movement. Some are vague.

@3rdview_ 7 ай бұрын

I have an issue mine have a push back effect the crown not even doing 1 spin, is that normal ? The watch is not working it’s a 1979 timex marlin calendar

@Myrtilys 7 ай бұрын

@@3rdview_ If you're trying to wind the watch and it's "pushing back" without the crown turning, don't force it. Chances are the watch is already fully-wound, but needs to be cleaned and oiled to run. There could be other issues, but usually it's just that the watch hasn't had a service in many, many years.

@3rdview_ 7 ай бұрын

@@Myrtilys Ty for those greats advices ! I will let u know if it fix !

@TheProtocol48 Жыл бұрын

6 to 8 rotations of the crown is enough depending on the movement to fully wind some watches. You want to avoid overbanking a manual watch.

@k-ozdragon 3 ай бұрын

That's automatic watches only. A fresh wind on a fully powered down watch is typically 25-30 winds. A full wind every 24hr is typically 17-20 winds. Automatic watches wind automatically, as the name suggests. So you just have to get them started running, and then wear the watch so the auto function can wind it.

@BroAriq 4 күн бұрын

It's not enough if you fully wind it and you just put it back in the box and don't wear it throughout the day. It will stop overnight.

@9feetfrog Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Seagull 1963 you got there

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's quite charming

@DaftPunkFromDiscovery 8 ай бұрын

@@ChronometerCheckhey what strap did you have it on here?

@charlesflint9048 7 ай бұрын

I have one too, and it a pleasure to own.😊

@JoeyTen 6 ай бұрын

Lol @ "WOLLAH!". Guessing that should be "voila"

@ericthered1140 2 ай бұрын

its auto generated transcript.....genius

@JoeyTen 2 ай бұрын

@@ericthered1140 so?

@firstyoutubehandle Ай бұрын

@@JoeyTenphonetic transcription. it’s how you pronounce voila in French and not typically how non French speakers say the word.

@Intrinseque52 5 күн бұрын

Wollah

@Drew-sk9nn 3 ай бұрын

Really think your videos are among the best out there. Perfect balance of entertaining and informative 👌

@jordanwallin-swanson7829 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! I have an old watch that I was struggling with and wanted to wear( I know nothing about watches) and this is the simplest and most useful video I've watched.

@Lorenzodial 11 ай бұрын

Love that Squale!

@petermincher4063 4 ай бұрын

40 full rotations may suit a watch with a massive mainspring but would be overkill for most. Mechanical sense works best. Automatics are rarely designed to be fully handwound. A few rotations is enough and will protect the mechanicals. Let the rotor do the work and adjust later. Also dont use quickset date function between 9pm and 3am.

@Bruno_Powerlifter 3 ай бұрын

Perfect video and explanation.

@xie0092 11 ай бұрын

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you my mom had bought a new watch for m me and i dropped it and i was so scared because it was not working sso i didnt know what to do and you know what you are a life saver really i cant tell how much thankful i am in words i owe you one

@ChronometerCheck 11 ай бұрын

Hey, don't worry! I'm glad to hear it's all sorted now. You don't owe me anything, just enjoy your watch for me :)

@drenkix3311 Жыл бұрын

What strap are you using on the 1963?

@noelaruldas1152 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your demonstration and explanation!

@ChronometerCheck 3 ай бұрын

No problem. Glad it was helpful!

@tsigekiros5836 3 күн бұрын

Thank youuuuuuuuu

@jessebb193 9 ай бұрын

Love having a power reserve on my orient and to my surprise a 1 hour hike winds it half way (25 hours)

@priyanka11543 8 ай бұрын

thanks bro really my watch is working now

@_Lammy_ 11 ай бұрын

Thank you😭😭

@greatwar4916 6 ай бұрын

God damn thanks bro! I’ve literally been wondering how to do this for a while now

@tezzanewton 3 ай бұрын

What do you call strong resistance? When it stops?

@Drodgey212 7 ай бұрын

The direction you turn the crown differs from manufacturer and models. I have 2 Zenith watches. One turns clockwise to wind, the other counter-clockwise

@sanglunneihsial6802 9 ай бұрын

How long does 40 winds lasts generally?

@nagatsukikun614 6 ай бұрын

That's it?! omg thank you sir u save my life,now my watch work perfecly!! thanks

@ChronometerCheck 6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear :) enjoy

@ClassicalYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Up to this point i thought it charged while i wore it and moved it around and that it died in the night because i wasnt wearing it.

@sushaantsiingh9106 11 ай бұрын

some do charge while wearing it, if you see a large spinning semi-circle covering half the movement in the back of your watch, that means it charges via movement, otherwise you have to wind it

@rubypeep59 11 ай бұрын

Can you make some review or thoughts on the seiko alphinist sarb017 🙏

@rimanahbvee Ай бұрын

I need this exact model

@Ch.AnuragSharma108 18 күн бұрын

How much time the winding lasts

@arseniy7652 Жыл бұрын

well... almost. Sometimes it's anti-clock wise, like in sistem 51 for instance

@itguy7336 2 ай бұрын

What is the first watch ? Looks good

@josephbyrd6642 11 ай бұрын

any concideration to the hand position. ie don't wind if hour is between 10 & 2

@jozefstyczynski9170 4 ай бұрын

In which directon? Against to direct hands of a clock ?

@hergaster4443 Жыл бұрын

I broke the mainspring by overwinding on my Sw510, baffled as the power reserve was laughable, wouldn't hold for more than 12 hours or so, so to me it's no wonder I over wound it

@SugarKalamay Жыл бұрын

I love this and want to get one but its pretty expensive where i live haha

@Izou96 Жыл бұрын

I have a watch with seagull st3600, is there a mechanism to not over wound the watch? Should i be worried?

@cyanoxile Жыл бұрын

Hey there! I really want to own the Seagull. But, I'm a dude with narrow wrist, 6 inch circumference. So, any idea if I can rock it without it looking awful

@2_Slow_4_05 25 күн бұрын

I really don't understand what does winding the watch do ? Mine changes the time that's it's what do other do ?

@NOTORIOUS_CODM Жыл бұрын

My nezumi voiture chrono sellita 510mb movement took 90 winding idk is this normal or what

@TehG00dFeLLa 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the explanation. Just now got done winding my Citizen Tsuyosa🍻

@ChronometerCheck 3 ай бұрын

Enjoy it!!

@ahmadsobhie1945 Жыл бұрын

I buy automatic awatch loagashi from china it need to winding every night to complete work to morning.. I ask its normal?

@saddamali7703 2 ай бұрын

How to purchase it

@X3ABnew 3 ай бұрын

I have the old Russian watch with the clutch protecting the spring to be over-winded ;-)

@ArrKayCee 8 ай бұрын

How is this the first time I've heard "automatics can't be overwound"? Thanks.

@timex987987_jj3_studios 4 ай бұрын

If its a non-automatic screw-down crown, wouldn't you also need to account for the rotations needed to fully screw down the crown?

@mbcommandnerd 3 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure the crown disengages when you start to screw it in; that way, you’ll never have to worry about accidentally overwinding it. I’m no expert though, so I could be wrong about that. Google it if you need to.

@k-ozdragon 3 ай бұрын

@@mbcommandnerd The crown actually tightens going counter-clockwise. So when you turn it forward to wind it, it unscrews and begins winding the watch. Since the watch doesn't wind going counter-clockwise, you simply turn the crown that direction when done to tighten it.

@normie111 Жыл бұрын

How long can i work after turning 20 times?🤔

@davidzyzz19 10 ай бұрын

If you have an automatic mechanical watch with a date adjustment, never set the date when the minute hand is between 9-5. This will damage the watch.

@DonHefner_ 5 ай бұрын

Hello, I am struggling with this watch I purchased. It is called Undone , “the urban,” the movement is apparently by seiko. If you ever see this comment could you possibly check it out to see what I would have to do. I cannot seem to get it, thank you.

@fpostolache 7 ай бұрын

Automatic watch overwinding will not damage it. In not automatic one have to like to ruin the watch as there is a stop by rotation stop

@Roe_Jogann 3 ай бұрын

Good afternoon, I'm off topic but I need help. My bride gave me a watch from the 70s “Tian Harlan corhmachron ” ,the head only rotates counterclockwise, is this normal? Or should I apply force and rotate clockwise? I'm afraid I'll spoil it because it's a wedding gift, it means a lot to me.

@ChronometerCheck 3 ай бұрын

I'm unfamiliar with that specific model, but if it's a manual wind watch, it's usually wound clockwise, however, there are some exceptions. Don't apply force to it - that will likely damage it

@abel5629 9 ай бұрын

Question. When you hack a mechanical watch will that stop the main spring to unwind as well? 🎉

@k-ozdragon 3 ай бұрын

When you hack a watch, the escapement stops turning. Which means the spring also stops winding down. The only way to let down the spring is to let it run, or to open up the watch and manually release the safety system (not recommended).

@wastelandlegocheem 8 ай бұрын

Mine won't wind up at all. Ive bren winding for a while, no luck

@XRPtheStandard58900 9 ай бұрын

That 21 seagull isn’t the official. The one with the two lines of writing above the 6 a clock mark is

@johnbuchan6565 Ай бұрын

Okay Comrade

@ChronometerCheck Ай бұрын

🤔

@omarghadir Жыл бұрын

Can you drain the power reserve if you wind the other way round?

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Nope, but it will drain over the course of just a day or two

@eliaslugo6933 Жыл бұрын

I have a Manuel wind and I feel resistance around the 5th wind. Idk if I’m being too careful but should I push passed the “resistance” to see if it’s just me ? I don’t want to force it but I haven’t been able to wear it out yet because of it

@harryh536 Жыл бұрын

But how long does 5 winds last? If it lasts as usual like 40 hours then you need to teach us the technique

@husseinmazin7525 Жыл бұрын

Maybe because the watch did not use all the 40 hours power of winding

@knutfremstad1912 Жыл бұрын

I have two (at one point I had three) mechanical only swiss watches from the 60's and 70's. They usually only take between five and eight turns to wind the watch completely to keep it going for the next 36 hours. Roamer, Tissot and Nitella.

@jeanparent9069 6 ай бұрын

From which brand is the back of the watch you are showing in you video ( i found the same in a watch of mine but the brand doesnt exist online

@DeRobez 3 ай бұрын

Seagull 1963

@Exiaprime00 Жыл бұрын

Hey can you source the band on the 1963?

@jamesmartin909 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a Barton to me.

@Max-ni3lt 13 күн бұрын

Is it possible to overwind a cheap automatic watch (olevs) by moving too much?

@ChronometerCheck 13 күн бұрын

A cheap, low quality movement might be prone to breaking if you so much as sneeze lol

@antoniovelez2335 5 ай бұрын

What if after perfectly timing my watch it somehow moves faster and advances five minutes ahead of time

@JuniorFarquar 2 ай бұрын

Why the CC P watch? Sheesh.

@pwor4805 Жыл бұрын

Hello, what brand and model is this watch? I really want to know it.❤❤❤

@melody3741 Жыл бұрын

Seagull 1963 chrono and a squale blue

@xavierghazi4939 Жыл бұрын

My Orient dive watch takes FOREVER to wind. Literally between 10 and 15 minutes just rotating that very tiny crown. And if I stop half way that it the power reserve is few hours, maybe only 10. . It's driving me crazy.

@meijergonzalez 5 ай бұрын

I came to this videos for the same reason, i just received my new Orient Bambino Open heart, and to fully winded i have to rotate the crown like…almost 200 times 😮😮😮, i thought someting wrong with my watch, but the watch works perfect, just take a life to full winded, now by reading your coment looks like is just normal in all Orienta… right?😢😅, what movment is in your watch?, mine is F6T22

@galrumaithi3872 8 ай бұрын

I wind it like 5 to 6 times

@bogdand1475 Жыл бұрын

If my watch is automatic, how many times should i wind it each week for example?

@TyphonLeTitan Жыл бұрын

If you wear it everyday, never :)

@babapade468 Жыл бұрын

Hey can you/anyone please tell me the name of that blue watch ?

@ChronometerCheck Жыл бұрын

Squale 1521

@warwickscram1656 7 ай бұрын

If you wind up your watch too much will it damage the battery?

@DeRobez 3 ай бұрын

There’s no battery in an automatic/manual watch. Except the Spring Drive but that’s kind of its own thing lol

@toml.8210 8 ай бұрын

U ise a winder tool, so I can feel it get to the end, and you don't over-wind. It also prevent the plating from being worn off.

@thepapergoomba9390 Жыл бұрын

Is it bad if you accidentally wind an automatic watch backwards?

@05djole Жыл бұрын

No. It is not possible to do that

@efthimiossakarellos7150 5 ай бұрын

Bro did you just say "wollah" instead of voila?

@Intrinseque52 5 күн бұрын

Wallah.

@ChronometerCheck 5 күн бұрын

LOL

@dont_know11 13 күн бұрын

Watch link?

@ChronometerCheck 13 күн бұрын

Can't link in shorts unfortunately but it's the Seagull 1963

@dont_know11 13 күн бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck thnx u so much got it and i love this watch soon gonna purchase

@krazzysu 6 ай бұрын

Voilà*

@cheytankarkey 11 ай бұрын

My watch running fast what to do? is there any tips that i can fix myself?

@trompettist 10 ай бұрын

There's not much you can do if your watch is off the time. All mechanical watches run fast or slow, but the higher quality watches run less off time. For example, my Seiko SRPE runs an average of +15s a day, but a Rolex might run +3s.

@cheytankarkey 10 ай бұрын

@@trompettist i can understand you but in my case 1.5 hour faster than the real time. I have also seiko 5 as well

@Yourweakminds 2 ай бұрын

Manicure dude.

@-Jake Жыл бұрын

Real suggestion and not being rude, you should get a manicure before filming close ups like this.

@stj971 21 күн бұрын

Why can no one spell anymore??? IT'S VOILA!

@NavyaM-pg6qe 4 ай бұрын

Didn't work😢😢

@hsvr Жыл бұрын

Someone at omega over wound my watch and broke the spring

@05djole Жыл бұрын

It is generaly not possibke to do that. Your spring was already bad and broke. It is more likely to damage gears than spring

@hsvr Жыл бұрын

@@05djole how would it not be possible?

@wellnesportstore9519 Жыл бұрын

DO NOT GO ABOVE 8 ROTATIONS IVE DAMAGED 2 SEAGULLS LISTENING TO THOSE IGNORANTS

@aviandragon1390 10 ай бұрын

"Wollah" is spelled "voilà." It's French.

@danielkang7789 10 ай бұрын

Do not buy “Chinese” watches period.

@Greeneyes3005 9 ай бұрын

Seagull watches are superb… perhaps you’re labouring under a misconception … maybe based on some dodgy genuine fakes with cloned cheap movements in them…. ? Chinese Seagull movements on the other hand are excellent and the quality is high for the price you may pay… also the company has been around for many years.. the seagull 1963 for example, that he’s using in this video is a thing of beauty in my humble opinion… ☺️

@anindyaganguly5243 Жыл бұрын

Never buy a mechanical watch (non automatic) unless you are an expert or so. I was passed on my uncle’s old mechanical watch. Wanted to hold on to it. Tried to restore and then there were floods in my house. It happened at night. Had to take up the gas cylinder to the 1st floor and clothes and stuff. It was the biggest flood in over twenty years. Watch gone to drains. Had to chuck it. But mechanical watches are expensive to restore. I buy automatic watches along with quartz.