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***What Patek Philippe do you have on your wrist today? PP Picture thread***

chiccovn

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If you wind it manually and it still doesn't keep power during the night there's an issue with the main spring.
If you wear it all day and it doesn't last during the night it can be a problem with the rotor or gear train from the rotor, that doesn't wind up the main spring. Can happen if the watch got a bump. The rotor gets loose or something.

Great, thanks for advice, ... rotor still spin i can see in the open back, i will have it looked at by watch smith if it keep stopping again
 
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chiccovn

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rotor only winds the spring clockwise direction. please keep that in mind :)
Thanks, in hindsight i think it is not the power reserve; it is the issue described in the thread below, in which seconds hand stops at a particular marker (mine at 12) after about 8 hours staying still; then in the morning i unscrew and change time (no winding) and screw it back in then it starts running normally again (without winding at all), its been like that 3 days....so i guess it is not the power reserves, it maybe second hands touching the crystal...or some little dust or grease block a bit in the movement.. and it works fine on my wrist...
THere seems no concrete solutions yet from these threads, i will give it few more days see what i should do...so far it is not a huge issue like the PR (because to get it run i just unscrew and screw back in) ..if it is the 2nds hand touching then it is easy fix..
https://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?/...9015-stopping/
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https://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/mi...g-2478570.html
 
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