My first automatic, anything I need to keep in mind?

[Eighteeteewhy]

Hi, I've just bought my first automatic watch, a Seiko Monster. This is my first automatic watch and was just wondering if there's anything I need to know about keeping it in tip top condition. The watch will not be worn everyday so it will not be winding all the time. I see there's automatic watch winders is it worth getting one of these? How long will it last for before it needs the time resetting?
Thanks in advance

[Mark A B]

Your looking at about 40ish hours standby time, how often will you wear the watch? If I'm not wearing mine I'll just give it a few twists when passing each morning. Have t seen a display case that takes my fancy yet.

[Hoofy]

Don't feed it after midnight. Oh, that's Mogwais.

I mean don't change the date between 9pm and 5am (the time as displayed on the watch!) as it could ruin the date mechanism.

[TonyHetherington]

How would you know if it's 9pm or 9am? (genuine question!)

[Hoofy]

TonyHetherington said:

How would you know if it's 9pm or 9am? (genuine question!)

You wind the time forward - if it changes around when it says 12 o'clock, you know the time was midnight, so fast forward another 6 hours before correcting the date. If it doesn't change around when the time reads 12, then you know it's midday.

Or it turns into a gremlin.

[CraigVmax]

I heard today, dont play golf with an automatic

[Hoofy]

CraigVmax said:

I heard today, dont play golf with an automatic

Depends on the watch. Some watches are more resilient to shock. Seiko 5s, Citizen 7s, IWC Ingenieurs - all these can apparently take knocks.

[CraigVmax]

I think it was to do with the speed & violence of swing rather than being hit

[TonyHetherington]

Hoofy said:

You wind the time forward - if it changes around when it says 12 o'clock, you know the time was midnight, so fast forward another 6 hours before correcting the date. If it doesn't change around when the time reads 12, then you know it's midday.

Or it turns into a gremlin.

Gotcha. Is it that important, then? (Omega Speedmaster, if it matters)

[Hoofy]

CraigVmax said:

I think it was to do with the speed & violence of swing rather than being hit

Pass. Woulda thought a shock would be more damaging than speed of swinging in an arc.

[Hoofy]

TonyHetherington said:

Gotcha. Is it that important, then? (Omega Speedmaster, if it matters)

Important? Depends whether you mind risking damaging the day/date function or not. It's when the gears are engaged so you risk the teeth being damaged or forcing the movement such that it ends up changing the date at the wrong time.

[slinky]

TonyHetherington said:

Gotcha. Is it that important, then? (Omega Speedmaster, if it matters)

Only if you want the date to be correct..

[TonyHetherington]

I'm with you

[Eighteeteewhy]

Thanks for the quick replys

Mark A B said:

Your looking at about 40ish hours standby time, how often will you wear the watch? If I'm not wearing mine I'll just give it a few twists when passing each morning. Have t seen a display case that takes my fancy yet.

This is probably what I will do, will about 30 seconds twice a day be enough?
Your first post as well, I'm honoured

Hoofy said:

Don't feed it after midnight. Oh, that's Mogwais.

I mean don't change the date between 9pm and 5am (the time as displayed on the watch!) as it could ruin the date mechanism.

Yep, I read in the instructions about how to set the time/date properly.



Thanks again

[Hoofy]

One more thing... keep them away from water!

[Eighteeteewhy]

Hoofy said:

One more thing... keep them away from water!

Really? I thought it was a "divers" watch.

[Hoofy]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Hoofy said:

One more thing... keep them away from water!

Really? I thought it was a "divers" watch.

Oh, sorry, that's Mogwais again.

[tonym911]

Hoofy said:

CraigVmax said:

I think it was to do with the speed & violence of swing rather than being hit

Pass. Woulda thought a shock would be more damaging than speed of swinging in an arc.

Unless the arc finishes rather suddenly, against a tree trunk for instance.

[Hoofy]

tonym911 said:

Unless the arc finishes rather suddenly, against a tree trunk for instance.

Covered by the shock resistance... but why the watch is attached to the golf ball, I don't know. G-shock test?

[Mr Happy]

My Monster (7S26B movement) never gave anything more than 24-30 hours of power reserve, however my Seiko (MX)5 Military gave 48 hours with the exact same movement!!