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I Don't .... Good to see you Fr. John
In Response To: I keep all four wound because. . . ()


Hi Guys,

Firstly, It's good to see you here Fr. John. welcome ! BTW it may be pure coincidence, but I find the movements are well arranged. I prefer the 321 left then the 861, then the 1863 & finally the 1861... a great array of movements :-)

I have quite a few watches, both Automatic & Manual wind. I don't keep any of my watches regularly wound. I tend to pick a watch at the beginning of the week, I set the time & either wind or shake it gently for a while, then put it on.

A week later I repeat the excercise for the next watch.

There is an argument for keeping watches wound in order to keep the oils "moving", so that they don't harden or "evaporate". I'm not sure that this is so neccessary nowadays.

I think it's more of a personal choice. After all when you look in the local watchmakers window, how many of the watches are running & showing the correct time ?

S.

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