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I have an Automatic self-winding watch with the logo of the manufacture on the Crown.
I have noticed that the crown VERY slowly rotates over several minutes of wearing or tilting the watch. If I swirl the watch in my hand for a couple of minutes to wind it, the Crown rotates about 3 or 5 mm in a clockwise direction.
Can anyone tell me why this happens?
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>>10719198
Possibly a faulty connection to the mainspring? My manual self-windings don't do this and I haven't heard anything about this from my friends with automatic movements
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Why the hell does it matter? You're clearly too much of an uneducated plebeian to figure it out yourself.
Normally, there is a decoupling mechanism that disconnects the automatic winding module from the handwinding function while the latter is in use. Usually, it's two-way, i.e. vice versa. This appears not to be the case with your watch. It may have been deemed unnecessary from an engineering standpoint.
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>>10719198
From
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=508-rmdY4jQ
If you want to know how mechanical watches work.
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new watch thread??
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OP Here... the service dept contacted the manufacturer in Switzerland today and told me it's completely normal. Thanks for the replies. I've simply never seen this before.
Also, that's one cool vintage watch video above. Thanks to whoever posted this.
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Yea it's normal. Don't worry about it.
Post pic of watch senpai.
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>>10721059
>Yea it's normal. Don't worry about it.
>Post pic of watch senpai.
I'd just never seen it happen on other watches. Mind you, the crown on most watches isn't usually embossed with a logo so you probably don't notice.
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Some movements unwind while simultaneously moving the crown backwards, I guess the same could be true for winding using the rotor. Diving watches with screw on crowns had to account for this so that the stem disengages the crown when it is screwed shut, otherwise it would lock up.
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>>10721106
oh woah that's an interesting date indicator. nice watch senpai. is it super big?
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>>10721270
>is it super big?
It's quite small actually for the number of complications and an automatic movement. The case size is 42mm - which is considered normal for a dress watch. Case thickness is 13.85mm.
Interesting comment about the screw-in crowns needing to disengage the stem. That makes perfect sense now.
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>>10719445
>>10721059
>>10721034
No. This is not normal. The watch is broken. Get it fixed. A Valjoux 7750 doesn't do what you're talking about if it is working properly.
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>>10721332
>The watch is broken. Get it fixed. A Valjoux 7750 doesn't do what you're talking about if it is working properly.
They told me that this is normal. [Here's an excerpt from the email]. The watch has a 3 year warranty so if there's an issue, I'll speak to them about it then.
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>>10721293
>42mm is normal for a dress watch
What went wrong? This big watches meme was a mistake.
Buy anyways I've heard of early bumper automatic movements where the crown and automatic winding don't disengage from each other, but I never would've thought that modern automatics would still not have a clutch to disengage the crown from the winding mechanism. I'm not very familiar with Raymond Weil but it seems like that watch has a modified copy of a Sellita ripoff of a Valjoux 7750, so who knows.
Also can this be our new watch thread since the last one 404'd?
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>>10721784
Also
>42mm chrono with arabic numerals and a blue dial
>dress watch
Guess I'm just old fashioned but that's certainly not what I would call a dress watch
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>>10721796
>This big watches meme was a mistake.
My vintage watch has Arabic numerals, but it's 25mm wide by 10mm thick (including the domed glass) and 16mm watch band. Super comfy on the wrist and slips easily under my shirt cuffs. After wearing this one around, I can't go back to large watches.
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>>10719198
it's a sign that it needs to be regulated, something about tension or forcing the stem out
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>>10719198
>>10719198
why the fuck did you buy a raymond weil? Why not save some money and get a quality watch?
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>>10722208
seriously RW is one of those nothing brands (rado, hublot, tag heuer)
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