Re: Omega dynamic chronograph cal 1141
: I bought a cheap but beautiful winder on e-bay (winds 4
: watches, nice veneer and lacquer finish) but believe it over
: wound a Dunhill automatic and a Maurice Lacroix pontos reserve
: de marche since both stopped and had to be repaired under
: warranty. The Dunhill, they told me, appeared to be overwound. I
: was told this was not possible since automatic watches have a
: clutch preventing overwinding them . . . . However, I plugged
: the winder into an appliance timer so it is only on 3 1/2 hours
: per day and lo and behold, no more problems. So, my
: non-technical, non-official opinion is that yes, winders can
: over wind automatic watches. If they cycle say, 1/2 hour on and
: then 2 hours off and this continues 24/7, I believe the watch
: will become overwound as the mainspring is never allowed to
: unwind even a teeny fraction. It becomes too tightly wound, I
: say. Remember, when you wind a manual watch, it has, perhaps, 8
: hours of "sleep" at night in which to partially
: unwind, keeping the spring "resilient". Anybody agree?
:
Thank you for that info I will try the timer method you talk about.Incidently i also have a Rolex Sub on the winder,the sub doesnt overwind? perhaps that's something to add here on the merits of the "inhouse" Rolex movement?John.P.s great informative forum here!!Thank you to all.
