Just a wild guess. This is a self-winding watch. Perhaps you're wife's
normal arm/hand movements somehow prevent or don't allow the
self-winding mechanism to work properly.
I looked up the specs on an Omega Constellation and it said to wind the
watch if it hadn't been worn for a period of 60 hours. If she wears the
watch and religiously winds it once every other day and it then works
properly you could say the auto winder isn't working for her for some
reason.
Might it also be that she simply doesn't wear it enough to keep it
wound? (my guess of the most likely problem)
ps: The 60 hour limit was for a man's watch. I don't know if the
woman's watch might have a different limit due to smaller size.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/6/2016 8:38 PM, John Hudson wrote:
Is there any truth or merit in the urban myth that some people are just
not compatible with mechanical watches?
I bought my wife a lady's Omega Constellation Automatic Chronometer
Officially Certified" stainless steel timepiece in the early 1970s in
Hong Kong. It is not fake or replica, was purchased new from an official
Omega outlet and came with its official papers out of the box.
The watch has been rarely worn because from the get-go it stopped, lost
time, gained time, and went fast and slow before stopping. It has not
been dropped, injured, abused or exposed to magnetization and has been
serviced several times over the years.
When I wear the watch it works perfectly. I have the man's version of
the same watch, bought at the same time, and their time keeping is
virtually identical.
My wife's mother had the same problem with mechanical watches. When
digital watches appeared my wife invested in cheap $10 versions and they
have all worked fine.
Any opinions ?
jh
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