Winding my Seamaster Pro?
I have a winding question. I recently purchased a Seamaster Pro Automatic. It's the one with the 1120 movement, polished steel bezel, and electric blue dial. Love it, love it, love it. I've admired this watch for years and finally splurged on myself. It runs about +3 seconds per day, which in my mind is awesome cool. When I got it, I wound it about 40 turns and then wore it everyday for a couple of weeks during the day. It then stopped on me early in the morning before I got up. It promptly restarted when I rewound it. So here are my newbie questions. (1) Should I manually wind my watch once or so a week? While I wear it everyday, I do sit at a desk for at least 8 hours a day and I don't swing my arms around much. (2) If I should manually wind the watch, how should I do that? My last mechanical watch was a Timex I got for my birthday when I was 5 years old (after I could prove to my parents that I could tell time). That was about 40 years ago. My grandfather was an amateur watch/clocksmith, and I can't get out of my head his repeated admonitions to never ever overwind my tiny Timex. I remember his ritual of winding his watches a set amount of turns every day (one of which actually had a tiny skeleton key do the winding). I've heard that most modern automatics (including Omegas) have some sort of brake mechanism that will disengage the spring winding mechanism so you can't overwind it. Is that true? So what is the proper way to wind my super cool new watch? I looked through the forums for advice and could find none. However, in perusing the forums, I gleened that a lot of people get infected with the watch bug after purchasing their first automatic. It's already happened. I want another one. Why? I don't have either a clear or a good answer. I'd be perfectly happy wearing this watch everyday forever, yet I can't help from deviating down the sidewalk to "just take a look" at every jeweler I pass by. However, I'm wise enough to know that I'd better come up with a good answer for my wife before I dare come home with another new watch on my wrist. Thanks for any input you are able to give on the winding question.
