How to wind a watch correctly and adjust the calendar and time
Currently, most consumers lack basic knowledge about watches, and are not even clear about basic issues such as how to wind a watch, adjust the calendar, time, etc. Today, let me tell you how to wind a watch correctly and adjust the calendar, time, etc. First of all, you need to figure out what type of watch you have. Currently, watches are divided into two categories, namely quartz watches and mechanical watches; quartz watches rely on batteries as the energy source for watches to travel, including electronic watches (LCD screen digital display time), ordinary quartz watches (usually more than 2 needles, dial scale display time), radio wave watches (using radio waves to store energy in the battery), light wave watches (using light waves to store energy in the battery), etc.; mechanical watches rely on mechanical movement to supply energy to the spring, and then the spring stores energy, and the watch hands travel through the energy of the spring. According to the movement, it can be divided into manual winding and automatic winding.
1. How to wind a watch correctly
Quartz watches rely on batteries to travel, so there is no problem of winding.
Mechanical watches are wound by rotating the crown at 3 o’clock clockwise. Usually, a watch with a power reserve of more than 30 hours can be saturated after 25-30 turns of winding after purchase; manual mechanical watches will feel tighter and tighter when the spring is saturated until it is completely tightened (be careful not to use too much force to damage the spring or the crown); and automatic mechanical watches have a slip device, which will release energy before saturation (its function is to imitate the automatic rotor to continuously adjust, causing the spring to be damaged due to oversaturation), so there is no absolute saturation state of the spring in automatic mechanical watches, and usually about 25 turns of winding are enough for a new watch. Many consumers told me after receiving the watch and wearing it for 1 day, “Boss, your watch has a large error, a few minutes a day!” Most consumers’ first reaction is that there is something wrong with the movement. In fact, such a large error is often not a problem with the movement, but the reason for not winding the mechanical watch correctly. Most consumers think that automatic mechanical watches do not need to be wound, which is a very wrong understanding. First of all, when you receive the watch, it has been in the express package for 2-3 days. The spring in the watch is basically close to 0. At this time, you wear the watch and only rely on the automatic rotor to replenish the spring of your watch. The automatic rotor keeps replenishing, while the watch keeps consuming. Then the watch spring is always in a relaxed state. At this time, it is normal to have a large error! For example, the energy storage in your watch spring can last for 20 hours, and you can replenish the watch’s 20-hour travel energy for 8-10 hours a day. Then your watch will inevitably be exhausted after 5 days. At this time, your watch will naturally have a large error or stop. So when you receive the watch, the first thing is to wind up the spring first. If you wear it too little or exercise less every day, please wind up the spring within a few days; in addition, if the watch is left for more than 15 hours, you must wind up the spring when you wear it again. Only in this way can your mechanical watch maintain the best travel state!
How to wind a watch correctly and adjust the calendar and time
Currently, most consumers lack basic knowledge about watches, and are not even clear about basic issues such as how to wind a watch, adjust the calendar, time, etc. Today, let me tell you how to wind a watch correctly and adjust the calendar, time, etc. First of all, you need to figure out what type of watch you have. Currently, watches are divided into two categories, namely quartz watches and mechanical watches; quartz watches rely on batteries as the energy source for watches to travel, including electronic watches (LCD screen digital display time), ordinary quartz watches (usually more than 2 needles, dial scale display time), radio wave watches (using radio waves to store energy in the battery), light wave watches (using light waves to store energy in the battery), etc.; mechanical watches rely on mechanical movement to supply energy to the spring, and then the spring stores energy, and the watch hands travel through the energy of the spring. According to the movement, it can be divided into manual winding and automatic winding.
1. How to wind a watch correctly
Quartz watches rely on batteries to travel, so there is no problem of winding.
Mechanical watches are wound by rotating the crown at 3 o’clock clockwise. Usually, a watch with a power reserve of more than 30 hours can be saturated after 25-30 turns of winding after purchase; manual mechanical watches will feel tighter and tighter when the spring is saturated until it is completely tightened (be careful not to use too much force to damage the spring or the crown); and automatic mechanical watches have a slip device, which will release energy before saturation (its function is to imitate the automatic rotor to continuously adjust, causing the spring to be damaged due to oversaturation), so there is no absolute saturation state of the spring in automatic mechanical watches, and usually about 25 turns of winding are enough for a new watch. Many consumers told me after receiving the watch and wearing it for 1 day, “Boss, your watch has a large error, a few minutes a day!” Most consumers’ first reaction is that there is something wrong with the movement. In fact, such a large error is often not a problem with the movement, but the reason for not winding the mechanical watch correctly. Most consumers think that automatic mechanical watches do not need to be wound, which is a very wrong understanding. First of all, when you receive the watch, it has been in the express package for 2-3 days. The spring in the watch is basically close to 0. At this time, you wear the watch and only rely on the automatic rotor to replenish the spring for your watch. The automatic rotor keeps replenishing, while the watch keeps consuming. Then the watch spring is always in a relaxed state. At this time, it is normal to have a large error! For example, the energy stored in the spring of your watch can last for 20 hours, and you can replenish the watch’s 20-hour travel energy for 8-10 hours a day. Then your watch will inevitably be exhausted after 5 days. At this time, your watch will naturally have a large error or stop. So when you receive the watch, the first thing is to wind up the spring first. If you wear it too little every day or exercise less, please wind up the spring within a few days; in addition, if the watch is left for more than 15 hours, you must wind up the spring when you wear it again. Only in this way can your mechanical watch maintain the best travel state!
Note 1:
1. Automatic mechanical watches are constantly replenished with energy through the swing of the automatic rotor. If you wear it for less than 8-10 hours or your arm activity is less, the energy replenished by the automatic rotor will naturally be insufficient. When you find that the watch is not accurate after wearing it for a period of time, you can manually replenish the watch with a certain amount of spring regularly.
2. When the watch has a large error or stops, it is mostly caused by insufficient spring, not always movement problems.
3. Ordinary crowns can be pulled out directly, while screw-in crowns (screw-in crowns refer to the crowns with threads on the inside, the crowns are like screw caps, screwed in clockwise to lock, and screwed out counterclockwise to open; screw-in crowns are usually used on watches with higher waterproof standards) need to be unscrewed counterclockwise before they can be pulled out. At the same time, remember to lock the crown after use to prevent the watch from getting water.
Note 2:
1) Do not adjust the calendar, day of the week, or moon phase of the watch between 21:00PM and 3:00AM. During this period, the calendar function is in operation and the gear meshing is low. Frequent movements will damage the internal parts of the watch. The calendar adjustment needs to be done at 12 o’clock (12 o’clock in the 24-hour system, because the gears are in the gear position when the date is jumping at 24 o’clock, and the gears are disengaged at 12 o’clock).
2) The calendar jumps on the weekday. Due to different systems, there are two types: fast and slow. The first type completes the calendar jump within ±5 minutes, and the second type completes the calendar jump within 3 hours.
3) If you encounter a watch with a screw-down crown, do not pull it out forcefully. First, turn the locked crown counterclockwise to open it. After adjusting the time, turn the crown clockwise and push it in to lock it to prevent water from entering.
4) If you need to adjust the date of a watch with a calendar, please first adjust the calendar to the day before the date you need, then turn the hour hand to adjust the date. When the hour hand passes 12 o’clock at midnight, the date will change. This can avoid confusion between day and night caused by directly adjusting the date.
2. Steps to correctly adjust the time and calendar of the watch
Many friends told me that the calendar of their watch did not jump or jumped at noon. After understanding, it was caused by consumers not being able to adjust the watch and calendar correctly.
1. First, adjust the calendar to the previous day: slowly pull out the crown (3 o’clock) to the first notch, then turn the crown counterclockwise (some movements are clockwise) to adjust the calendar to the previous day (for example, if today is the 16th, you first manually turn the calendar to the 15th. (Skip this step for watches without calendars)
2. Pull the crown out one notch again and rotate it to adjust the time. When the calendar jumps from the previous day to the current day, it is the early morning of the current day; then according to the 24-hour system, rotate the crown to align the time to the current time. For example, if it is 6 am, rotate half a circle; if it is 18:00, rotate one and a half circles.
3. Remember to press the crown in after adjusting the time and calendar. Remember to lock the watch with a screw-in crown.
In addition, the watch calendar shows the 31st. If there is no 31st this month, the calendar needs to be adjusted manually.