Lemania Manual Wind Movements

[dsmdave]

Couple quick questions about this movement.

1. How many times should you wind the watch before you wear it? I mean I usually just wind my other watches 15 to 20 times before I set the time then the watch would wind itself.

2. What is the power reserve for the ST-19 movement. I know for the Gen movement ( Cal 1863) is 48 hours.

Well I guess that's about it. Glad to be apart of the "moonie" club.

Thanks Dave

 

[Bonesey]

Wind it till you feel the resistance like any other hand wound movement.

You should be able to get 24-36 hours out of a rep movement, 42 is not unheard of. depends on the movement and it's quality.

 

[dsmdave]

Thanks for the tip Bonesey. I actually did not know that you could start to feel resistance. (Guess I was scared of over winding) This is my first hand wind movement watch and I did not want to screw anything up.

 

[md2020]

You don't have to worry about over winding its not possible to over wind its not a spring that winds its actually a long and very thin flat metal sheet that is coiled around that gives power, I can't think of the technical terms right now. :banghead:

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[md2020]

Here's a pic of what your winding when you turn the crown.

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[dsmdave]

Thanks for the info very helpful. Glad to know that I can't over wind.:thumbsup:

 

[frigpig]

........its actually a long and very thin flat metal sheet that is coiled around.....

You just described a spring!

 

[Bonesey]

Spring

Watch spring (which I would call a coil rather than a spring)

 

[md2020]

What they mean when they say overwind is the "spring"slips and won't stay hooked into the side of the barrel then the coil just spins.

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[Bonesey]

That generally only happens on automatics to avoid overwinding. On manual wind watches there isn't a clutch. At least not that I've heard of. But it would take far more force that you are able to apply in order to snap the spring.

 

[frankt8242]

Just for the record..>>

The movement in a rep manual wind Omega chrono is NOT a Lemania, no matter WHAT the TD's might tell you.....It's a Seagull ST-19....:maty::maty:

 

[frigpig]

Watch spring

:biglaugh: just bustin your balls Bonesey

 

[MySharona]

Is it not called a main spring? Or sometimes hairspring?

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