How To Wind Seiko Automatic Watches

Automatic watches from Seiko are a marvel of engineering, combining intricate mechanisms with timeless style. These self-winding timepieces offer the convenience of never needing a battery replacement, as they harness the natural motion of your wrist to power themselves. However, to ensure their optimal performance and longevity, it's essential to know how to properly wind and maintain an automatic watch.

Most Seiko watches are automatically wound on wearing, by the wrist movement. If the watch has not been worn for a long time, it could stop working. In this case, you can manually wind the watch. In this post, we will cover the steps to manually wind a Seiko automatic watch.

Manually Winding A Seiko Automatic Watch:

It is possible to wind up for appropriately 10 hours by rotating the crown 5 times. This time differs for different movement.

1. Before winding your watch, ensure it is not on your wrist.
2. Locate the winding crown, on the right-hand side of the watch case.
3. If it is not a screw-down crown: With extra care so as not to press the crown in, slowly turn it in the clockwise direction.
4. For screw-down crown: Gently pull the winding crown outwards to the first position. With extra care so as not to press the crown in, slowly turn it in the clockwise direction.
5. Turn the crown clockwise until you feel resistance. Do not force the crown past this point. Please note that some watches will not have this so we suggest rotating up to 60 times but not more than that.
6. In case of a screw-down crown, lock the crown by pushing the crown back inwards.
7. Wind the watch until the second-hand starts moving, indicating that the watch is now running.