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You probably don't need a repair!

Wearing it 8 hours a day during the week and four on weekends is barely enough to keep it going, especially if you are relatively inactive when you wear it (e.g a desk job) I believe the problem is your reserve power is depleted. Is there a trend? Does your watch stop more often when you've had it off your wrist for a long period of time (on the weekend say?)

For staters wind it fully (50-60 turns) note the time, and place it on a table. Allow it to run down to determine the amount of reserve power your watch has. It should be around 44 hours.

Most of us wear our SMPs 10-12 or more hours per day 6-7 days a week. If you fully wind your watch on Saturday and wear it for only 4 hours and then let it rest, 20 hours later your reserve will be down to 24 hours. If you repeat the process without winding on Sunday, you reserve will be down to 4 hours or so. Wearing it 8 hours a day during the week may not completely restore the reserve. Remember, you're NOT wearing for 16 hours every day. Based upon your wearing habits, I'd be surprised if it didn't stop after a week or two.

: I've had a Seamaster 300 Midsize for about 6
: weeks now. It's stopped three times on me
: already, even after full winding it only
: lasts about 10 days without stoppping.

: Now is it possible that I'm not moving my left
: hand enough to keep the movement running, or
: is there something wrong with the watch?