Why are you awake this early?

 

Courtesy of the always wonderful GrayTT:



Thanks buddy!

 

Nice al! Hani, what did you do to your watch ?

 

YES
I thought I was wearing a different watch and starting adjusting without looking and when I looked down I was mortified
Glad it got to you... looks like it is the right size too

 

Still waiting on my watch Hani...

 

What does this do to the watch?

 

^ simple watches you can wind both ways without much trouble. As you start adding complications the gears and levers want to only go one way because even though turning the hour and minutes seems straight forward either way,the coupling for the date, moon phase, month, etc etc don't like that. Also, most watches you shouldn't change the date between 10p and 3a because the date module is engaged.

 

Sorry Hani, you are not responsible enough to own such a piece. Send it to me

 

Thanks. Never heard that before. I guess its probably because I dont own any really expensive watches.

It kills me that the more expesive shit gets, the more delicate and sensitive it is. lol

 

EDIT : I changed it to simple watches because I had said most watches thinking that there are far more quartz watches than mechanical However, being the watch sub-forum and as we are talking about mechanical watches I realize this was a dumb thought. Basically any watch with even only a date get temperamental. I know in my IWC manual they freak out going backwards, but this means a large amount, e.g., hours. It even recommends to set a minute hand properly you should go ahead 2-3 minutes then wind it back to the desired time to ensure the gears are all engaged properly when you push the crown back in (for hacking seconds) to ensure greater accuracy.