Manual wind with power indicator

[LittleTim]

I was wearing my vintage Waltham manual wind, but I forgot to wind it. No big deal, I winded it up and it is ticking away.

Questions:
Is there a modern manual wind with power indicator? I found one searching google, but the price is too much for me. Anyone have any suggestion sub 1000? or 500?

The Nomos Tangente is the only one I found.


I wonder why the power indicator is more common on an automatic than a manual wind?

[wildpack]

I think some people are too lazy to own a handwind watch. For these people, the automatic watch must remind them to move their hand.

Most automatics don't have a power indicator, so its obviously just a "nice to have" complication on any watch. If the watch is stopped, either wind it or shake it. Interesting question.

[wildpack]

On an automatic, you can figure out when you last took your watch off.
On a handwind, you'd know when you last wound your watch.

(sometimes my wife thinks that I don't have enough to do)

[Dre]

The Orient 60th Anniversary watch was exactly like that - manual wind with a power indicator. It almost seems like an automatic watch with the winding mechanism removed though - on my other handwiders you feel when you fully wind it you can't wind the crown any further. With this one, you can go past full, but you hear a click like an overwind clutch is engaging. Anyhow, price was well in the range you talked about, around $300 or so new. It was a limited edition, not so sure you can find 'em new anymore.

Here's a pic of mine: