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.

[herzausstahl]

Naise Thanks for sharing.

[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 ... tches.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[stepper78]

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 ... tches.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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

[roo7]

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

[eawtan]

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]

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