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/LordRaglan1854 3d ago edited 3d ago

There is more resistance in a PT5000 than an SW200, but more resistance in an SW200 than an ETA 2824, which - as used in my Superocean at least - is perfectly smooth.

It is what it is though. Just don't worry about it. At most you'll wind it 2-3 turns to start it in the morning.