Well, it seems like there's a lot of watch experts on this board, so maybe someone can help me. I bought a pre-owned automatic wrist watch. I noticed that if I don't wear it for about a day, it stops running. I know that I can get a watch winder, but I'm wondering if I can take it to a watch repairman and get it fixed so it can run a longer time without me having to wear it.
Watch question
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Most good quality automatic/self-winding watches have a power reserve built in that will allow it to run up approximately 42 hours after it's fully wound. It sounds like the spring is getting old OR the watch needs a good cleaning. Maybe depending on the watch it may have been manually wound too tight after it stopped. If it stopping under 24 hours it's getting tired or dirty and if I had to choose one it would be dirty.Well, it seems like there's a lot of watch experts on this board, so maybe someone can help me. I bought a pre-owned automatic wrist watch. I noticed that if I don't wear it for about a day, it stops running. I know that I can get a watch winder, but I'm wondering if I can take it to a watch repairman and get it fixed so it can run a longer time without me having to wear it.
Thanks for the response. To be perfectly honest, I've never wound my watch. Is it possible that it doesn't need to be wound? I got it about a year ago and I haven't gotten it service yet. It's a Tag Heuer from the 2000 classic serie.Most good quality automatic/self-winding watches have a power reserve built in that will allow it to run up approximately 42 hours after it's fully wound. It sounds like the spring is getting old OR the watch needs a good cleaning. Maybe depending on the watch it may have been manually wound too tight after it stopped. If it stopping under 24 hours it's getting tired or dirty and if I had to choose one it would be dirty.
I was under the impression that you got it previously owned and my guess was its getting overwound by a previous owner. Failing that, if it's an automatic or self winding watch and it stops from you not wearing it, the general practice is to wind it by hand, like in the olden days about 5-10 winds to get some tension in the spring. A full wind is about 20 winds. The better automatic mechanism have a safeguard that won't allow you to overwind, but don't ask me which brands have that feature. Contact the maker and they will know for sure. You can save money in the short term ntry the cleaning first and if it plays funny, then get the spring looked at.Thanks for the response. To be perfectly honest, I've never wound my watch. Is it possible that it doesn't need to be wound? I got it about a year ago and I haven't gotten it service yet. It's a Tag Heuer from the 2000 classic serie.
