6/15/2023 0 Comments Fossil automatic watch winder(Read also the 10 Best Affordable Automatic Watches Under $200 – who said that automatic watches need to be expensive?)Ģ- Automatic Watch Stopped Working After Taking It Off / Power Reserve Problem I certainly won’t trust my $10k Rolex on any normal watch shop…. Costs of parts are also cheaper for these.īut if you have a unique in-house movement by luxury or independent brands, then the official service center is the most recommended avenue. Popular and affordable movements such as Swatch ETA, Seiko and Orient movements are easier to be serviced by just about any competent watchmaker. Bear in mind that full servicing can cost some money depending on the watch make and severity. If the watch is still under warranty, you can bring it to the seller for inspection or replacement. Bring the watch to a watch maker and let him check the watch for any problem and servicing. If your watch still stops even though you wind it everyday and no magnetization is known, then there could be a serious issue with your watch’s movement. Bring you watch to a watch maker to check for magnetization and then demagnetize the watch.Ĭause 3 – Serious Problems With The Movement The small steel components inside your watch will tend to stick to each other or repelling each other (depending on the pole) and reducing accuracy of the watch (the watch will run slower or faster).īut for extreme case of magnetization, the watch will completely stop. Shown in the video is the gorgeous Rolex Submariner Cause 2 – Magnetic fieldsĮxposing your watch to strong magnets such as in speakers, fridges, etc will magnetized the steels inside your watch. Just be careful to not over-wind it or wind it too often as you might break the delicate parts inside.Ī video showing how to wind an automatic watch. This will make sure the watch has full power reserve as just wearing it might not be able to recharge it fully. You don’t want to scratch that pretty thing lol).Īnother method that I like and personally use is to manually wind your watch once a while. Consider wearing your watch when you are jogging, swimming or going to gym (if your watch is a sports watch.ĭon’t do this with a dress watch though. But some watches have rotor that requires more effort for it to rotate.ĭue to this, just wearing your automatic watch to office might not be enough to wind it fully. Some watches can have a very smooth rotor that rotates lively even with a slight movement. Try this: take a watch with an exhibition caseback and shake it to see whether the self-winding rotor rotates or not. The reason is because you are not active enough to wind the mainspring fully. Something that most people don’t know it the watch might not have enough power reserve even though you are wearing it regularly.īut aren’t automatic watches are recharged by wrist movement? There are 3 common causes of why an automatic watch can stop working: Well you are correct but there are some reasons why a watch can go dead. (shown above is the gorgeous Seiko SARB033)ġ- Automatic Watch Stopped Working While Wearing ItĮver having problem with your watch stopped working while wearing it? If its a quartz watch then most probably the battery is dead but automatic watches don’t have any battery and supposed to be powered by your movement right? By having some knowledge about what we should and shouldn’t do to it, we will be able to avoid costly repairs. Date/Day Display Don’t Change At The Right TimeĪs great as they are, automatic watches are not free of problems. Minute Hand And Second Hand Not Perfectly Aligned.Automatic Watch Stopped Working After Dropping It.Automatic Watch Stopped Working After Taking It Off / Power Reserve Problem.
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