Many watchers feel that the chain of mechanical watch can't be more simple. Just turn the handle for a few turns at will. However, this operation looks easy, but it also contains some technical content The quantity and the quality of the chain connection determine the source of the movement power, and also affect the service life of the internal spring box. Therefore, learning how to effectively chain the mechanical watch is also daily watch maintenance One of the most important links, cousins should not be despised
To chain a watch, first of all, you need to know what type of mechanical watch your watch is. The mechanical watch can be divided into fully automatic mechanical watch, semi-automatic mechanical watch and manual mechanical watch Table 3
Note:When the movement is full of chain, the crown cannot continue to rotate, and you will feel a rebound force. At this time, if you continue to chain, the spring may be broken. Not only In this way, there is another problem that the chain of the manual mechanical watch is too full. The hand force is very large. If the chain is often too full, it will cause the spring hook inside to be weak and take a long time Easy to break. Therefore, many watch-loving people will deliberately put a few laps less on their wristwatch to gently protect the movement
So, how many turns of winding do you need to make it full
In fact, there is no strict standard for this point. The structure of various watch movements is not the same. Generally speaking, 18 turns of chain on the head can meet the 36 times of wrist watch It operates stably, but the movement is different, and the strength of each person is different, so there will be a little error
The automatic watch uses the power generated by the swing of the automatic watch at the bottom of the movement to drive the spring. When wearing the watch, the watch moves through the arm, and is automatically controlled by gravity and inertia Swing around the axle to drive the automatic gear train to chain up
Semi-automatic mechanical watch: only one direction can be effectively chained when the automatic torque is turned
Full-automatic mechanical watch: the automatic hand rotates in any direction of the axial direction and has the function of chain up
In fact, the tramegger is not necessary for mechanical watches
The power storage time of some mechanical watches is shorter, less than 48 hours. Take off your watch on Friday and put it on next Monday when you wear it everyday. You need to adjust the time. Some watch friends feel that it is very troublesome to adjust the time every week, so they choose to buy a watch shaker. For such short-term storage, a watch shaker can be used to help the movement chain up
However, if the watch is not worn for a long time, it is recommended that you do not put it on the watch shaker. If the watch runs continuously for a long time, it will cause the wear of the movement parts Irreversible damage. In this case, you can manually chain up 1-2 times a month to keep the parts from being stationary for a long time, so as to ensure the operation performance of the movement