PAM 504 Radiomir Composite hand-winding movement enquires

[darkpanda]

Hi guys,
This is my first PAM. It stated the movement is Asian 6497 hand-winding movement at 18000vph. Does this mean i have to wind it everyday, even if i wear it daily?


http://pureti.me/product/pam504-o-radiomir-composite-zf-11-best-edition-on-brown-asso-strap-p3000/

 

[nalomb]

That's exactly what it means. If you're lucky you will get close to a 48 hour power reserve, but there is no rotor like automatics -- meaning that regardless of how often you wear it, the time keeping mechanism will need to be wound regularly.

 

[VladARt]

These movements last up to 56 hours. You can wind one time in two days.

 

[darkpanda]

Any idea on how much can i wind? i am afraid of spoiling the rotor.

 

[nalomb]

You'll feel a light resistance and the winding "click" will stop. At that point, it is fully wound. Usually about 30-40 winds or so.

 

[Nikoteen]

I have this movement in one of my PAM's...i wind it about 25-30 times each morning...and it's always still running the next morning.
I actually quite like self winding, it's old skool cool!

 

[darkpanda]

Cool, thanks all for yr help

 

[Kelthas]

Concerning this movement on my Pam 504: The hour hand won't go past the seconds indicator anymore. Is it possible to open the watch myself and look at the problem or is this better not to do?

 

[Cheesemonger]

Concerning this movement on my Pam 504: The hour hand won't go past the seconds indicator anymore. Is it possible to open the watch myself and look at the problem or is this better not to do?

I would recommend contacting one of the watchmakers on RWI for this. The 504 has quite a bit of internals that have to be moved when disassembling and it would be better to have a watchmaker handle that for you.