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Re: SMP Chrono keeps stopping *LINK*
In Response To: SMP Chrono keeps stopping ()

: I have owned an SMP Chronometer for about 3
: weeks and recently it has stopped during the
: night. This has happend twice and I put it
: down to the fact that I had not been winding
: it daily.

: Does anyone know how often I should be winding
: the SMP Chronometer?? Should it not be
: self-winding??

: Any help would be appreciated as the only other
: alternative is to return it to Omega - this
: I hear could take weeks to resolve..

If you are wearing your watch less than 12 hours daily you should probably be winding it maybe once every other day or more often just to be sure that it is fully wound. You may want to read the link below.

http://chronocentric.com/watches/troubleshooter.shtml#rundown
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