Manual Winding Test

stepper78

2012-04-16 11:59 UTC

Manual Winding Test

A bit boh liao, so decide to do a power reserve test of all my manual wind watches. Starting Friday, 9pm.

Contender-

(1) Rolex 6694- 1225 Movement

(2) Omega Speedmaster- 1861 Movement

(3) RXW MM20- Swiss Unitas 6497

(4) Seagull 1963- Seagull ST19 Movement

(5) Bostok Military- ?? Movement

Winner- RXW MM20- 53 Hours.

2nd Place- Seagull 1963- 51 Hours

3rd Place- Rolex 6694- 50 Hours

4th Place- Omega Speedmaster- 49.5 hours

Lastly, Bostok, but to be fair, it's service history is not known. Just got it recently. 43 Hours.

Happy that all are above the 40 hours mark.

herzausstahl

2012-04-16 12:03 UTC

Re: Manual Winding Test

Naise :) Thanks for sharing.

roo7

2012-04-16 12:05 UTC

Re: Manual Winding Test

It's a manual winding Vostok 2409 movement.

Vostok 2409 (RU)

Mechanical lever movement

Manual winding

Diameter: 24 mm

Movement height: 3,7 mm

17 jewels

Functions: hours, minutes

Shock protection

Frequency: 19800 vph.

Daily rate from -20 to +60 s/day

Power reserve minimum: 40 h

Source: http://www.vostok-watches.com/movements-russian-watches.html" false; ;)

stepper78

2012-04-16 12:10 UTC

Re: Manual Winding Test

"roo7"
It's a manual winding Vostok 2409 movement.

Vostok 2409 (RU)

Mechanical lever movement

Manual winding

Diameter: 24 mm

Movement height: 3,7 mm

17 jewels

Functions: hours, minutes

Shock protection

Frequency: 19800 vph.

Daily rate from -20 to +60 s/day

Power reserve minimum: 40 h

Source: http://www.vostok-watches.com/movements-russian-watches.html" false; ;)

Thanks. So actually, it is a bit over specs.

roo7

2012-04-16 12:18 UTC

Re: Manual Winding Test

Yup, Russians tend to be more conservative over their specs.

eawtan

2012-04-21 10:40 UTC

Re: Manual Winding Test

My asian 6497's lasted....

58hrs for low beat / regular version

55hrs for 21.6k version.

Beauty of 6497 -- easy to service, parts readily avaliable ....

khmak

2012-04-28 11:01 UTC

Re: Manual Winding Test

"stepper78"
A bit boh liao, so decide to do a power reserve test of all my manual wind watches. Starting Friday, 9pm.

Contender-

(1) Rolex 6694- 1225 Movement

(2) Omega Speedmaster- 1861 Movement

(3) RXW MM20- Swiss Unitas 6497

(4) Seagull 1963- Seagull ST19 Movement

(5) Bostok Military- ?? Movement

Winner- RXW MM20- 53 Hours.

2nd Place- Seagull 1963- 51 Hours

3rd Place- Rolex 6694- 50 Hours

4th Place- Omega Speedmaster- 49.5 hours

Lastly, Bostok, but to be fair, it's service history is not known. Just got it recently. 43 Hours.

Happy that all are above the 40 hours mark.

the seagull looks nice. something unique compared to the usual watch designs