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How Many Turns to Fully Wind Your Reverso?

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#1 ·
How many turns of the crown to fully wind your manual Reverso everyday?

Give Model of Reverso.
Give number of turns to fully wind every ~24 hour.

  • My Reverso is: Reverso Grande Taille.
  • Turns: 12 - 13.

Just random curiosity.
 
#2 ·
I have the 986. I usually wind it up about 50 turns (still haven't feel the resistance, or indicator to stop, unlike some of my other manual wind watches), and its good to run for more than 48 hours without winding it again.
 
#12 ·
wow .. 70 turns for an automatic ?

I don't know about the GT but some watches take up to 60 turns.

Try winding it until it stops. If it doesn't stop after 40-50 turns and still doesn't last for most of the reserve then the mainspring is probably broken.

People who are winding 15-20 times are probably winding it daily, so are just topping it up each time. It will need more than that if it has stopped.
I wound mine 65 times ... the turns seemd to get tighter in the end but it never "stopped".

Interesting thought about the mainspring, but would the watch still run appropriately/accurately if the mainspring were broken? Reason I ask is that I've never hit a hard stop on my Grande Reverso UT Duoface, and have wound it maybe up to 15 turna. I do wind it twice a day, but I am hesitant to wind to a hard stop as my original watch was defective and had to be exchanged (watch was fully wound but would not run).
Thanks in advance.
twice a day everyday ? day after day ? that would be like 60 times for a 45 hours power reserve .... considering 2 days of running for the watch.
 
#7 ·
How many turns of the crown to fully wind your manual Reverso everyday?

Give Model of Reverso.
Give number of turns to fully wind every ~24 hour.

  • My Reverso is: Reverso Grande Taille.
  • Turns: 12 - 13.

Just random curiosity.
Reverso GT approx 14 turns
My Grande Taille crown does not seem to feel the resistance or come to a STOP even after 30-35 times manually winding it. So when 2 experienced members say 14-15 times winding and mine takes double-triple that and still DOESNOT come to a stop it makes me worry.

Also the 3 day old watch doesnot run its full quota of 45 hours reserve after winding it so many times .... o| What to do ? Should I wait and watch for a few more days ?
 
#8 ·
I don't know about the GT but some watches take up to 60 turns.

Try winding it until it stops. If it doesn't stop after 40-50 turns and still doesn't last for most of the reserve then the mainspring is probably broken.

People who are winding 15-20 times are probably winding it daily, so are just topping it up each time. It will need more than that if it has stopped.
 
#10 ·
Interesting thought about the mainspring, but would the watch still run appropriately/accurately if the mainspring were broken? Reason I ask is that I've never hit a hard stop on my Grande Reverso UT Duoface, and have wound it maybe up to 15 turna. I do wind it twice a day, but I am hesitant to wind to a hard stop as my original watch was defective and had to be exchanged (watch was fully wound but would not run).
Thanks in advance.

I don't know about the GT but some watches take up to 60 turns.

Try winding it until it stops. If it doesn't stop after 40-50 turns and still doesn't last for most of the reserve then the mainspring is probably broken.

People who are winding 15-20 times are probably winding it daily, so are just topping it up each time. It will need more than that if it has stopped.
 
#9 ·
From a dead stop, my GT takes about 12 to 15 turns to reach a hard stop. The reserve is about 45 hours, as spec'd.

I would have yours evaluated by JLC. They have very good customer service. Yours will come back better than new.


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