I guess im either more meticulous or anal than you, but when setting the time, i wait until second hand hits 12, THEN i pull crown out to 2nd position, stopping the second hand, then set time one minute ahead of source, then at the exact moment the source time changes, i push crown in. So when the second hand travels a complete 60 seconds to the 12, i know the minute hand is in sync. You set the watch with the second hand out in no mans land 😕
This was very helpful and informative, thank you! I just purchased my first self winding automatic watch, which came with a pretty lousy manual. I figured out the screw down crown myself, but I wasn't sure about the manual winding and was feeling a but uneasy about screwing the crown back in. Now I know that's how it's done and I haven't applied 'excessive' force and damaged the poor thing :')
Really loved this Vlog. Well presented and informative. It was also extremely easy for me to follow. I also learned that you can change the calendar date without moving the hands constantly around the face for each day!! I was 72 on the 15th, and, I have only now learned that! I have a question and I hope you can help me with it. I have an expensive retirement watch - bought myself sadly! It's a Seiko Automatic 3days. Diver 200m. its beautiful. However, it keeps stopping when I take it off to go to work. I do forget to put it on but I'll only miss a day at the most. Have I done something wrong setting it up [besides with the speed in which I can change the date] hope you can help. Also it lost ten minutes today! Thanks in advance. Bye for now....
I have a question, is it true that manual winding of automatic watches wears out the gears and we shouldn't manually wind automatics often? Thanks for any insight!
Thank you for doing this I bought my first automatic watch a couple months ago and couldn’t figure why my Hamilton khaki Kong’s power reserve wasn’t working I’m glad my local jeweler was nice enough to explain everything to me.
CAJUN EDC Man I've just got a Hamilton Khaki today, I was watching this video hoping to find some info. Any tips? Can you over wind the Khaki? Cheers bro..
I have always wondered how accurate a watch is when the time is set while the second hand is not at the 12:00 position. Example: If I set my watch to 12:30 pm and the second hand is already reading 15 seconds (sitting at the 3:00 position) - isn't my watch 15 seconds fast right off the bat? If the watch has hacking, shouldn't the user wait to set the time until the second hand is at the 12:00 (or 0 second) position???
How do these watches work with 28 days in February? I know if they did 30 days each day in a month we wouldn't have this problem 30time12 = 360 days a year no wonder they made leap years and all the BS
Thank you! This was clear and informative for a newbie to automatic watches. I was unaware of the not changing the date from 9pm to 3am. Lots of useful info!
I think one reason might be that your watch is already fully 'charged', and the 'spring' inside can't tolerate any further winding... I'm surprised nobody has answered you yet... I'm a noobie to automatics, so this could be incorrect.
Can you damage the mechanism if you turn it counterclockwise by setting the correct time? Many instructions say that this can lead to damage to the mechanism and that only turning in a clockwise direction is recommended.
Hi, I have a question, and I hope someone will help me with this : I have an old automatic watch (a Doxa Conquistador), with an unscrewed crown but with date. I don't have a particularly active life (desk job) but my watch stops too regularly. When the crown is fully in, it doesn't turn clockwise, but does counter-clockwise, but I don't think it's doing anything. When I set on the hour change position, somehow, the mechanism starts when I'm setting the hour, specifically when going counter-clockwise . So is it possible that the winding mechanism is included in the time set mechanism? Or maybe this watch doesn't have a manual winding at all? I am clearly not an expert of watch so I don't even know if this makes any sense, I hope I get understood and thank you!
I recently bought a watch with NH35 movement. I winded it on thursday morning 9:00 55 times. Wore it continously except for sleeping and cooking so thats minus 8 hours a day. It stopped running at 6:25 this morning.... Is this normal?? Im afraid when have to wind it too often the screw threads gonna wear of?....
I’m slowy finding myself falling in love with California dials. I have a feeling that’ll be on my next watch. Thanks again John for sharing your knowledge.
Hi John, Sometimes , while setting the time on my automatic , when I turn the crown in anticlockwise direction, I hear a "click" sound 2-3 times , and the minute hand doesn't move. Once the sound stops, i can move the minute hand in clockwise direction as usual . But if I try to move it in a anticlockwise direction ( by turning the crown in the clockwise direction ), then the second hand stops, while in the former case, it continues moving . PS: i don't have a hacking mechanism. If on other days, if the "click" sound doesn't appear, then I can move the minute hand in either direction without the seconds hand getting stopped. Is there a problem or a sign of some incoming problem?
i thought that if i turn the crown counter clock wise i harm the mechanism , is that a thing or i can do micro adjustments (e.g. move minute hand on my watch 4-5 minutes back to correct the time) ? having a seiko 5 with 4r36 caliber TIA
I have a Balmer auto that doesn’t seem to have this screw dial design. It doesn’t pop out when turned, only when I pull on it. No direction I wind in seems to make a difference.
Brother just wanted to thank you very much,in the whole of you tube you have been the and i finally understand how to operate an automatic the right way, thank you again
This may sound like a goofy question but is there any harm to wearing an automatic watch for a minute or so and then setting the time as opposed to hand winding? It’s all I’ve done to my Tissot Powermatic and have yet to see or hear that it has any impact on it.
I have an automatic 18k ladies diamond bezel omega and it is very hard for me to wind. Is there a tool to help as I cannot tell if I am getting the winds in.Sometimes I get a grinding noise and it will stop ticking after I set the time.
Great video! And nice watches!...I may have made the mistake of accidentally setting the date between the hours of 9 and 3 pm. (New Orient Ray 2) Will my watch be ok if I’ve only done it once or twice? I have not adjusted it yet to see if the date changed properly. It should be ok as long as I don’t do it again right? Thank you!!
I fully wind my watches and use a stopwatch to keep track how long it’s run time is before I have to wind it again, that way I’m not winding it everyday 😎
I love how thorough this is! So many of the other videos I found did not go into detail about how to tell what position the crown is in or which way to turn it. This is really great for absolute beginners.
Hi. I was just about to ask which "direction you are coming from", when setting the time, but you started to explained exactly that starting at the 05:10 mark. Thanks for that! Nice video. Thumbs up.
I set my watch exactly the same way. However on my Orient Tristar non hacking movement when i go past the time and then reverse back, the second hand tends to stutter and stop. This happens on both my tristars...is this normal? By reversing back to the correct time to set it I hope that I'm not going to damage or break the movement by forcing the second hand to stop in this way.. Please advise.
That is totally normal. As a matter of fact, this happens in all types of non-hacking movements, even many Patek Philippe’s. You can use this little trick to set your watch to the exact second
Not backwards past midnight. You can go backwards, but if you go backwards past midnight (on a watch with a date complication) it can damage or misalign the date wheel.
@@johnkeil2361 Ah alright. I got a new Seiko 5 today. And I adjusted the date at 11PM. Is there any way I confirm if any damage has been done? The watch seems to be working well.
I ve heard some advices that when you are winding your automatic watch its better after every 5-10 clockwise turns to make a single turn counterclockwise and then proceed cw again. Like its better for watch movement lubricant. Dont know if its true or not (I am actually browsing through such videos to find that).
Hi there. Thanks very much for the very informative video regarding automatic watches. I’m currently thinking of buying the new Seiko padi turtle and I’ll make sure that I’m really careful regarding how the day/date Etc and manual winding is done. Thanks again regards Ian from England
Great video! Thank you. Being new to Automatic watches. In generally say on a nh35 how long does it last when you Wind it? Like say you wind it manually and sit it on your table. How long approximately will it run till it dies? Also how many hours a day would you have to "Wear" your automatic watch to keep it going without having to manually wind it? Thanks for your time! -Russ
So one click is the date window amd two clicks are the hours and minute hands and one click clockwise is to wind the second hand. I hope I got that right. I got my river Chanel J12 automatic. And this is all new to me
There was a guy at the jewelry store in the mall said to do this with every watch, after you screw the crown in, take a small awl, and a small hammer, put the tip of the awl on the crown, then give the hammer a whack,he said it seats the crown in the gasket for a complete water tight seal
I bought my longines automatic 2 months ago. I wheeled the gauge and for some unexpected reasons, the time and date got messed up. I thought of sending it to be repaired, so I asked a friend to fix it for me , it worked for a couple of days only. after watching your detailed instructions I was able to fix it ( for now) it seems working right for now.
Just bought my first ever Auto Hamilton. Thank fully the watch seller told the same thing abt the date and day changing procedure. Thank you so much .
I've got a solar powered, radio controlled G-Shock, yet here I am watching this
Cause you feel incomplete... Go out.. An get yourself a mechanical watch.. You will feel better.....
Anyone at least should have one of Mechanical watch in your collection.
Same, laying here at 2am. But its never too late to learn something new haha
Just make sure you do not change the date between 9pm and 3am!
Same here, but im planning on buying an automatic soon 👍 if you like g shocks, you'll like a diver
My new revue thommen just wind and wind it doesnt give any tention. There is no stop. Is this normal?
Very helpful, many thanks. Question; when you wind it fully, does it increase in resistance until you can't wind any further?
On an automatic you shouldn't feel any resistance build up (in most automatics), a manual wind you will feel resistance build and eventually stop.
This was extremely helpful to me.. Thank you!
I guess im either more meticulous or anal than you, but when setting the time, i wait until second hand hits 12, THEN i pull crown out to 2nd position, stopping the second hand, then set time one minute ahead of source, then at the exact moment the source time changes, i push crown in. So when the second hand travels a complete 60 seconds to the 12, i know the minute hand is in sync. You set the watch with the second hand out in no mans land 😕
I just got my automatic watch and i feel powerful with class 😂
What kind? I just got me a Breitling superocean blue
@@Ericwolf520 i got a seiko prospex alpinist
Thanks John. Really helped a "newbie" who's worn a watch for 57 years.
The date explanation was great. My Loreo sub will appreciate that.
This was very helpful and informative, thank you! I just purchased my first self winding automatic watch, which came with a pretty lousy manual. I figured out the screw down crown myself, but I wasn't sure about the manual winding and was feeling a but uneasy about screwing the crown back in. Now I know that's how it's done and I haven't applied 'excessive' force and damaged the poor thing :')
Really loved this Vlog. Well presented and informative. It was also extremely easy for me to follow. I also learned that you can change the calendar date without moving the hands constantly around the face for each day!! I was 72 on the 15th, and, I have only now learned that! I have a question and I hope you can help me with it. I have an expensive retirement watch - bought myself sadly! It's a Seiko Automatic 3days. Diver 200m. its beautiful. However, it keeps stopping when I take it off to go to work. I do forget to put it on but I'll only miss a day at the most. Have I done something wrong setting it up [besides with the speed in which I can change the date] hope you can help. Also it lost ten minutes today! Thanks in advance. Bye for now....
I have a question, is it true that manual winding of automatic watches wears out the gears and we shouldn't manually wind automatics often? Thanks for any insight!
Thank you for doing this I bought my first automatic watch a couple months ago and couldn’t figure why my Hamilton khaki Kong’s power reserve wasn’t working I’m glad my local jeweler was nice enough to explain everything to me.
CAJUN EDC Man I've just got a Hamilton Khaki today, I was watching this video hoping to find some info. Any tips? Can you over wind the Khaki? Cheers bro..
I just ordered my first automatic. The Orient Sun and Moon V3, so this helped with what to do when it arrives.
"Today is July 2nd" - Happy birthday to me lol
Same here
Same here
Next series: How to Walk and Chew Gum at the same time 🙄
Awesome tutorial! You covered in depth the very important points when it comes to this!
This video is a perfect example of someone who really knows their business giving advice. Details that you only learn from experience. Awesome video.
I have always wondered how accurate a watch is when the time is set while the second hand is not at the 12:00 position. Example: If I set my watch to 12:30 pm and the second hand is already reading 15 seconds (sitting at the 3:00 position) - isn't my watch 15 seconds fast right off the bat?
If the watch has hacking, shouldn't the user wait to set the time until the second hand is at the 12:00 (or 0 second) position???
How do these watches work with 28 days in February? I know if they did 30 days each day in a month we wouldn't have this problem 30time12 = 360 days a year no wonder they made leap years and all the BS
Thank you! This was clear and informative for a newbie to automatic watches. I was unaware of the not changing the date from 9pm to 3am. Lots of useful info!
In position 1 I find the winding a little stiff to turn. Any suggestions
I think one reason might be that your watch is already fully 'charged', and the 'spring' inside can't tolerate any further winding... I'm surprised nobody has answered you yet... I'm a noobie to automatics, so this could be incorrect.
Can you damage the mechanism if you turn it counterclockwise by setting the correct time? Many instructions say that this can lead to damage to the mechanism and that only turning in a clockwise direction is recommended.
What a gorgeous watch! The first one. Thanks fot the tutorial!
Excellent tutorial! 👍👍👍I take for granted, operating ...often brutely 😅
Hi, I have a question, and I hope someone will help me with this :
I have an old automatic watch (a Doxa Conquistador), with an unscrewed crown but with date. I don't have a particularly active life (desk job) but my watch stops too regularly. When the crown is fully in, it doesn't turn clockwise, but does counter-clockwise, but I don't think it's doing anything. When I set on the hour change position, somehow, the mechanism starts when I'm setting the hour, specifically when going counter-clockwise . So is it possible that the winding mechanism is included in the time set mechanism? Or maybe this watch doesn't have a manual winding at all?
I am clearly not an expert of watch so I don't even know if this makes any sense, I hope I get understood and thank you!
I bought ZELOS HAMMERHEAD V3 STEEL ORANGE but the watch is moving forward time 5 minutes each 1 hour approx, is there a solution?
I recently bought a watch with NH35 movement. I winded it on thursday morning 9:00 55 times. Wore it continously except for sleeping and cooking so thats minus 8 hours a day. It stopped running at 6:25 this morning.... Is this normal??
Im afraid when have to wind it too often the screw threads gonna wear of?....
I’m slowy finding myself falling in love with California dials. I have a feeling that’ll be on my next watch. Thanks again John for sharing your knowledge.
Hi John,
Sometimes , while setting the time on my automatic , when I turn the crown in anticlockwise direction, I hear a "click" sound 2-3 times , and the minute hand doesn't move. Once the sound stops, i can move the minute hand in clockwise direction as usual . But if I try to move it in a anticlockwise direction ( by turning the crown in the clockwise direction ), then the second hand stops, while in the former case, it continues moving . PS: i don't have a hacking mechanism.
If on other days, if the "click" sound doesn't appear, then I can move the minute hand in either direction without the seconds hand getting stopped.
Is there a problem or a sign of some incoming problem?
amazing work man
i thought that if i turn the crown counter clock wise i harm the mechanism , is that a thing or i can do micro adjustments (e.g. move minute hand on my watch 4-5 minutes back to correct the time) ? having a seiko 5 with 4r36 caliber TIA
Hi sir , my Maserati watch without date, I’ve done what you’ve done, my second hand just stops moving even when I screwed it back, help. !!
My rolex daytona 1992 will stopp running after maybe 2 days, and after 1 day it will be completlely out of tune. Even though i set it yesterday
Help me to wind my HUBLOT automatic watch I wind it but it doesn't last for long tym
I’m new to this. Can you “over-wind” an automatic watch?
I have a Balmer auto that doesn’t seem to have this screw dial design. It doesn’t pop out when turned, only when I pull on it. No direction I wind in seems to make a difference.
Brother just wanted to thank you very much,in the whole of you tube you have been the and i finally understand how to operate an automatic the right way, thank you again
Why do have to push the crown back to zero position when switching between date and time positions? Is there any advantage to it?
This may sound like a goofy question but is there any harm to wearing an automatic watch for a minute or so and then setting the time as opposed to hand winding? It’s all I’ve done to my Tissot Powermatic and have yet to see or hear that it has any impact on it.
I have an automatic 18k ladies diamond bezel omega and it is very hard for me to wind. Is there a tool to help as I cannot tell if I am getting the winds in.Sometimes I get a grinding noise and it will stop ticking after I set the time.
After I set the day and time I can’t set the watch. It keeps changing the day and day of the week.
Great video! And nice watches!...I may have made the mistake of accidentally setting the date between the hours of 9 and 3 pm. (New Orient Ray 2)
Will my watch be ok if I’ve only done it once or twice? I have not adjusted it yet to see if the date changed properly. It should be ok as long as I don’t do it again right? Thank you!!
I fully wind my watches and use a stopwatch to keep track how long it’s run time is before I have to wind it again, that way I’m not winding it everyday 😎
I love how thorough this is! So many of the other videos I found did not go into detail about how to tell what position the crown is in or which way to turn it. This is really great for absolute beginners.
Bruh I have a hugo Boss watch and yet it's my first time having a luxury watch
What's the movement of this watch??? You should have mentioned that first.
Just move the date to a day before the current date and then move the hands until you get the correct time
i have a watch with a crown that doesn't pop out when you try to un thread it, how do you wind that kind of watch??
So if I have a longines watch and it’s not ticking and I winded it is it broken?
I meant to say your the best brother
Great video! Thanks for sharing
Hi. I was just about to ask which "direction you are coming from", when setting the time, but you started to explained exactly that starting at the 05:10 mark. Thanks for that! Nice video. Thumbs up.
when setting your watch, can you go counter clockwise?
OMG! Thank you for this!
Thank you so much!
New subscriber...
can u help me my watch rooling part break help with it
Pinnacle collection watches are kinda a pain
How often you wind your watch if you wear it every day ?
How to change the days in an automatic watch?
Perfect instructions!
Thank you, it was much easier then I thought, my Tia got me a watch a month ago and I only set it now thank you again
Good information thank you so much
Mine stop all of the hand are not working
The best time to set the date is at Happy Hour !
Versace men watch plz
Swatch swiss system 51 winding
I set my watch exactly the same way. However on my Orient Tristar non hacking movement when i go past the time and then reverse back, the second hand tends to stutter and stop. This happens on both my tristars...is this normal?
By reversing back to the correct time to set it I hope that I'm not going to damage or break the movement by forcing the second hand to stop in this way..
Please advise.
That is totally normal. As a matter of fact, this happens in all types of non-hacking movements, even many Patek Philippe’s.
You can use this little trick to set your watch to the exact second
@@WatchGauge thank you so much for your prompt response and your advise is much appreciated.
Best Regards...Mebs
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very useful its very easy for a beginner to mess up or even break there new automatic watch because they don't know about the date window change rule
5:15 - They say that you shouldn't wind it backwards, eh?
Not backwards past midnight. You can go backwards, but if you go backwards past midnight (on a watch with a date complication) it can damage or misalign the date wheel.
@@johnkeil2361 Ah alright. I got a new Seiko 5 today. And I adjusted the date at 11PM. Is there any way I confirm if any damage has been done? The watch seems to be working well.
@@pranavgautam96 If you wheel the minute and hour through a few date changes and the date is adjusting well and aligned, then you're ok.
@@johnkeil2361 Thank you. Appreciate the responses. (-:
thank you very much
My invicta isn't working and I winding for 30 seconds nothing. What can I do?
If it's an Automatic or Manually wound timepiece, It'll likely have to go to a watchmaker.
THANK YOU !!!!
Great explanation.
nice watch man!
Thanks
Good info
Hello good sir, I winded my hour hand counter-clockwise(stupid me). I'm now worried, did I just ruined my automatic watch, or was that ok for now?
Thanks🙏🙏🙏
why is it not safe
I ve heard some advices that when you are winding your automatic watch its better after every 5-10 clockwise turns to make a single turn counterclockwise and then proceed cw again. Like its better for watch movement lubricant. Dont know if its true or not (I am actually browsing through such videos to find that).
Hi your instructions is very precise!
Do all automatic watches can be set the same way regardless of brand?
I will appreciate your reply. Thank you!
Very helpful this I've just got my very first automatic watch. Thanks
And with the seiko 5 you just shake it i guess? Since it has no wind function
Reallyyy?
@@kikiam6119 yeah. Seiko5 watxhes don't have a hand winding function. At least mine doesn't
You have earned one suby...good work...
Prashant k Prasad Thank you sir!
you saved me so much time. thank you. first swiss auto watch longinge .
Very informative thanks for posting just bought my 1st automatic didn’t know all this
Thank you.Your information very very helpful me to set up my watch
Hi there. Thanks very much for the very informative video regarding automatic watches. I’m currently thinking of buying the new Seiko padi turtle and I’ll make sure that I’m really careful regarding how the day/date Etc and manual winding is done. Thanks again regards Ian from England
Just got my first swiss watch with a screw down crown, i appreciate this video, a lot easier then reading the massive book longine gives you 👍
Great video
You saved me from destroying my watch.. i was about to pry open the crown🙂
Longines date wheel is 8pm-3am. It's in their manual.
Great video! Thank you. Being new to Automatic watches. In generally say on a nh35 how long does it last when you Wind it? Like say you wind it manually and sit it on your table. How long approximately will it run till it dies? Also how many hours a day would you have to "Wear" your automatic watch to keep it going without having to manually wind it? Thanks for your time! -Russ
Thank u smuch
So one click is the date window amd two clicks are the hours and minute hands and one click clockwise is to wind the second hand. I hope I got that right. I got my river Chanel J12 automatic. And this is all new to me
There was a guy at the jewelry store in the mall said to do this with every watch, after you screw the crown in, take a small awl, and a small hammer, put the tip of the awl on the crown, then give the hammer a whack,he said it seats the crown in the gasket for a complete water tight seal
very helpful
Good
I bought my longines automatic 2 months ago. I wheeled the gauge and for some unexpected reasons, the time and date got messed up. I thought of sending it to be repaired, so I asked a friend to fix it for me , it worked for a couple of days only. after watching your detailed instructions I was able to fix it ( for now) it seems working right for now.