Omega Manual Wind - How Long?

[MattOz]

One for all you watch cognescenti out there.

I'm thinking about purchasing a recent manual wind Omega, and was wondering how often it'll need winding and how long a "full wind" lasts? Anyone have any experience? I tried a search on tz, but couldn't come up with anything.

Is there some kind of warning indicator that shows when the reserve is getting low? I had a solar powered pulsar some years ago, and when the charge ran low, the 2nd hand moved in 2 second increments rather than the usual 1 second. Is there anything like that with the Omega, or will it just simply stop?

Any advice/pointers would be appreciated.

Matt

[londonbabe]

48 hour power reserve on the Speedy Pro, but I wind mine every day, or I'll just forget.

Edited by londonbabe on Friday 22 May 15:55

[MattOz]

Thankyou.

My current seamaster is an auto and I'm just trying to decide whether winding one up will be too much trouble. I imagine that it's a routine that you just settle into, but probably forget a few times in the beginning.

Matt

[Stitch]

Manual shouldn't prove to be too much hassle - if like me you fiddle about with your watch about 20 times a day anyway!!

[deejuic]

glazbagun said:

You should wind it at the same time every day if you want more consistent timekeeping- as the spring winds down near the end of its power reserve, it becomes notably weaker and thus the watch runs slightly slower.

my understanding of the mechanics suggest that as the power reserve drops, the watch would actually run faster as the spring efficiency would drop leading to a shorter oscillation period and thus a speeding up of the watch before it stopped due to no power.

is that wrong?

[glazbagun]

deejuic said:

glazbagun said:

You should wind it at the same time every day if you want more consistent timekeeping- as the spring winds down near the end of its power reserve, it becomes notably weaker and thus the watch runs slightly slower.

my understanding of the mechanics suggest that as the power reserve drops, the watch would actually run faster as the spring efficiency would drop leading to a shorter oscillation period and thus a speeding up of the watch before it stopped due to no power.

is that wrong?

Sorry for the necropost, but yes- you're right- it will run faster. I was being a spaz.