Worried

[gregg.masnick]

I just hand would my ETA 2824 based watch and it shuddered...kind of like a vibration...like the spring was unwinding suddenly. Did something break?

[Malakim]

Maybe you wound it fully? When fully wound the spring will "slip", unlike a hand wind where the crown won't go any further.

[lexvil]

I don't know if you broke anything {I think you just hit full and caused the winder weight to spin} but stop winding the 2824, They are reputed to have a problem with it, can't say its true but I broke two of them myself from winding and not wearing. Now I try to not have to many watches out to wear and mostly try to switch off between two {right now two SM600's} so no extra winding is needed. I put the unused into the safe and let them run down. It's up to you but I no longer wind and automatic other than a few turns to get one going.

I just hand would my ETA 2824 based watch and it shuddered...kind of like a vibration...like the spring was unwinding suddenly. Did something break?

[pauliedoggs]

There is a good thread on this very topic. Has anyone subscribed to it and can post the link here to help out the OP?

[jstroh]

That has happened a couple of times with my Debaufre Ocean 1 Magnum, which uses the 2824, and while it caused me concern at first, the watch has performed flawlessly ever since. It just felt like the spring was spinning or slipping. I wouldn't worry about it. I, too, have stopped winding my watches a lot. Ten turns or so will get a watch started and then your wrist will do the rest. These are automatics, after all.

[WatchCommander]

Has anyone tried doing a series of figure eight motions with an unworn watch? Would this be a possible remedy to keeping an automatic watch wound without wearing it because one is already wearing another watch? I may have read that in a thread somewhere but after reading this thread , doing a series of flat figure eights with an automatic watch that one is not wearing at the time could get the job done without using the crown to wind it. Yes or no?

[lexvil]

Just rock it back and forth for 5 or 6 minutes, 8's will work too.

Has anyone tried doing a series of figure eight motions with an unworn watch? Would this be a possible remedy to keeping an automatic watch wound without wearing it because one is already wearing another watch? I may have read that in a thread somewhere but after reading this thread , doing a series of flat figure eights with an automatic watch that one is not wearing at the time could get the job done without using the crown to wind it. Yes or no?

[David Woo]

aah, the dreaded shudder, and it probably stops winding after about 8 to 10 winds as well, feels stuck?. I've had 3 of them rebuilt when they reach this level of damage, time to send it off.

[WJBecker]

I've been told never wind a 2824 movement more than six to eight turns, or enough to start the movement running. Overwinding is never good and can possibly cause the movement to fail.

[siddhartha]

It may be that the reversing wheels need lubrication-how long sing service?

You didn't do anything wrong. You should be able to handwind a 2824, but they seem to be a bit finicky with those reversing wheels. If they are not adequately lubricated, the weight tends to spin, and it can also put stress on the winding mechanism.

It's likely fine, maybe needs a service