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Post by two21b on Nov 21, 2007 11:09:10 GMT -5
I am new to this board and fairly new to Invictas. I recently purchased a new 9839. I fully wound the watch before going to bed. It only ran for approximately 5 hours. Is this typical? Will this change as I wear the watch more frequently? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
DJL
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Post by amwilliams9 on Nov 21, 2007 12:21:01 GMT -5
I am new to this board and fairly new to Invictas. I recently purchased a new 9839. I fully wound the watch before going to bed. It only ran for approximately 5 hours. Is this typical? Will this change as I wear the watch more frequently? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. DJL That is not normal a full wind should get you approx. 35-40 hours of power. When you say that you fully wound this watch are you saying 50-60 full turns of the crown? This is the average winds it takes to fully charge a Automatic watch. For a true Mechanical wind until you feel tension(NO MORE THAN THAT!!) Hope this helps!! |
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Post by two21b on Nov 21, 2007 14:05:12 GMT -5
I turned the crown 5-6 times and felt resistance. You say this should occur after 50-60 turns. Perhaps I am misjudging the resistance.
DJL
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Post by Rusty on Nov 21, 2007 15:07:08 GMT -5
:)two21b and welcome to the Original Invicta Forum. I assume your watch has a SW200 movement (a black or blue rotor with the Invicta name seen through the back crystal)?
If you loosen the crown and wind clockwise, you should be able to wind it many times until fully wound. Don't force it when it reaches this point.
SEE MY ADDITIONAL POST BELOW.
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Post by two21b on Nov 22, 2007 8:22:34 GMT -5
Thanks for your help. I was able to wind the crown about 15 turns before I felt resistance this time. The watch is running longer now. After a few days I'll let it run down and see how much reserve power I get.
The rotor is a gold tone to match the rest of the watch. Did they change from black or is the black rotor used on the 9838?
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Post by Rusty on Nov 22, 2007 11:08:29 GMT -5
My apologies, two21b. I am thinking of an entirely different watch.  You have a skeletonized mechanical model, correct? Is this it?  If older, it may have a Chinese movement or the now, in house technica swiss ebauche, that I think is made in the far east. And it is NOT a mechanical automatic, but a mechanical that has to be wound each day? In that case, when winding, you will reach a point where it can be wound no further. . . so don't force it. |
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Post by falcon4311 on Nov 22, 2007 11:52:22 GMT -5
Hi,
Now I have an automatic question for you all. I just received my new 3824. I noticed that the second hand was not moving so I wound the watch about 35 times and the second hand started up. Now I thought with the watch being in transit the watch would be running because of the movement but it was at a dead stand still. I also noticed that the rotor does not spin around but I’m not sure if it was spinning before I wound the watch, is this because it doesn’t need anymore winding or should the rotor spin all of the time? I guess what I am asking is should the rotor only spin when the watch needs winding? I am somewhat concerned about this, can someone help me out?
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Post by Rusty on Nov 22, 2007 12:22:54 GMT -5
falcon,
Your watch does have the SW200 automatic movement and the rotor is much tighter than other automatics (such as the Miyota movements where the rotors spin easlily). When placed on a winder or when worn, the movement will be enough to cause the rotor to rotate to wind the watch. Or you can wind it manually.
I have the same watch and when it arrived, even with the movement from shipping, it was not running. I had to hand wind it to start and it has worked fine for the nearly one year of ownership.
Enjoy. That is one of my four or five favorites.
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Post by falcon4311 on Nov 22, 2007 12:46:44 GMT -5
Hey Rusty,
Thanks, I posted this question in a couple topic areas to hopefully get a quick answer. Thanks again for the help.
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Post by 13echo on Nov 22, 2007 14:14:45 GMT -5
The SW200 rotor winds the watch when it moves in either direction, the myoita rotor winds the watch in the direction of the arrow on the rotor and moves freely in the other direction. I would say after owning several watches with this movement, to wear it and not mess with winding it every day and let the rotor do its job. I have found a winder is very helpful if you have several watches and you want them all to maintain time. JMHO.
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Post by falcon4311 on Nov 22, 2007 14:25:49 GMT -5
Thanks for all of the help, being new to automatic watches there is a learning curve and I do appreciate the information.
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Post by two21b on Nov 22, 2007 18:52:28 GMT -5
The 9939 ran for approximately 20-21 hours on 15 turns of the crown. I am happy with these results. If the crown loosens up a bit as I use it I will wind it a few more turns.
Thanks again for the tip.
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