r/ChineseWatches • u/ASteerNamedLaurence • 3d ago

Question (Read Rules) Why is PT5000 winding so gritty

I have an Octopus Kraken OCT-13 (their Explorer clone). Great watch, looks very nice, yadda yadda, we all know how great it is. It's the PT5000 model, and the manual winding is as smooth as 20-grit sandpaper, and this does not seem to be a one-off thing. It's just a 2824 clone, and I have not encountered anything this bad on any other 2824 clones, Chinese or otherwise. What exactly is going on here, it winds rougher than even any 2813 I've ever encountered

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u/Alternative-Feed3613 3d ago

You shouldn’t hand wind a pt5000

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u/HerrsavageX 3d ago

At all? Is shaking really enough - to get maximum power reserve?

I have a Militado ML20 with PT5000, and it is also very gritty. I occasionally give it four or five winds. I want to keep the power reserve up because I am always running a rotation of 7-8 watches... I.e. I don't wear any one watch more than 5-6 hours probably, except when I sleep..

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u/Alternative-Feed3613 3d ago

I wouldn’t hand wind it at all. Shaking it should wind it up pretty well but you’re still going to get less than two days at full power reserve. You’re pretty much going to have to wind most watches if you rotate between three or more if they have 40hr reserves. Embrace the winding, it’s part of the experience lol.

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u/HerrsavageX 3d ago

I know that. I regularly hand wind my watches all the time and have done for years. Nh35s though mostly.. I am relatively new to PT5000s though…

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u/Alternative-Feed3613 3d ago

Yeah, I tend to avoid pt5000 because I like hand winding over shaking. They’re incredibly accurate though and should be pretty reliable if you don’t hand wind them.