![]() ![]() It does not hurt an automatic watch to manually wind it every once in a while to make sure its power reserve is ‘topped off.’.If you wear your automatic watch at least 10-12 active hours 7 days a week, you should maintain 50% (about 20 hours) of power reserve by the end of the day when you take it off. ![]() In general, an average watch wearer’s motion is enough to power an automatic watch for 2-3 times as many hours as it is actively worn.Don’t depend on the automatic winding to get your watch back up to power–that can take too long and still leave your watch low on reserves by the end of the day. If your automatic watch stops, manually wind it about 20-30 turns when you put it on.Here are a few tips on how to keep your power reserve up: So to keep an adequate power reserve, wear your watch more than just a few hours a day, or every few days, and wear your watch during the weekend, too, to make sure it’s adequately wound by the time the workweek begins on again Monday. The power reserve is the number of hours the watch should run after being fully wound up. So simply put, if you’re not wearing it, your power reserve will run out. It is likely because you’re not wearing or winding the watch enough.Īutomatic watches gain power from manually winding it, or from the automatic winding that occurs from your motion while you are active while wearing it. If you have any further questions or concerns about alignment, however, feel free to call us at (877) 655-2347 and we’ll be happy to discuss things further. They are simply minor differences within normal tolerances of precision and wear for these mechanisms. So in short, it can’t be fixed because there is nothing to fix! It’s not a defect or imperfection. The manufacturer may even intentionally set components a small fraction of an inch off to compensate for how the mechanism is expected to settle in from use. It may be just the angle you’re looking at the watch, since the moving parts on the face, the hands, dials, and rotating bezels, are set at different heights relative to each other, and alignment can changed based on that angle. There are other reasons why you might think the watch has minor misalignments. It’s normal to have barely perceptible misalignment as the timepiece settles in and experiences gradual wear, so don’t worry. Over time, these stopping points can change, but only slightly. The second hand of any watch when the watch is stopped.Īll watches have moving parts with exact stopping positions controlled by mechanical components such as springs, gears and ratchets.The second hand of a quartz watch, where it stops every second. ![]() The markings on a rotating bezel compared to the corresponding marks on the dial. ![]() Here are the most common places where you might notice minor misalignment:
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