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 Posted: Fri Dec 11th, 2009 10:47 am
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Ronin1111



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 Ok, so I consider myself fairly smart when It comes to watches, with over 120 in my collection, 60% auto, 25% quartz, and the others hand wind, mostly vintage. but I will leave it to the true experts when I have a question.

The question is this, what is the usual required number of turns to get a "full wind" on a mechanical watch? I am terrified to overwind and ruin a main spring, and Normally I wouldnt care, but the issue is this, If I wind my generic chinese seagull 6497 movement (on a pilots dial, not that it matters) about 20 turns, and at the same time wind my Defaubre Classic XL True Unitas 6497 about 20 turns, the unitas doesnt even last a full day. whereas the Seagull lasts well over 30+ hours. (keeping the EXACT same time as the Unitas mind you.) gotta give it to the Chinese, they are coming on strong,
Anyway, am I not winding my Defaubre enough? or whats the deal?
any and all help is MUCH appreciated. thank you in advance.
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