Few questions about Time Bomb II

[iamFLIP]

I had a couple of other automatic watches before. The first one takes thousand of arm swings to fully charge and reserve energy will power the watch for about a few days. The last one I had takes about 250 swings to have a day of reserve energy and full reserve will power the watch for 4 - 6 months. And those watches had a button to check how much reserve energy left.

So, how many arm swings will fully charge the TB II? And how can you tell how much reserve energy does it have left energy left in the mainspring? I tried to read the manual but didn't find those info in there.

Thanks.

 

[washi me sensie]

Hmmm good question.... Following this thread...

 

[dingo ate my baby]

Bro it like how many licks do it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop The world may never know.

 

[mjt42]

there is no power 'reserve' as such as the rotor movement just winds the mainspring of the watch. fully wound it will run for approx 40 hours.
http://www.watch-wiki.net/index.php?title=ETA_2824-2




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[iamFLIP]

there is no power 'reserve' as such as the rotor movement just winds the mainspring of the watch. fully wound it will run for approx 40 hours.
ETA 2824-2 - Watch Wiki: The Best Watches and Watch Brands

It says there "power reserve 38-40h".

 

[iamFLIP]

Taken from another site:

 

[mjt42]

'power reserve' in an automatically wound mechanical watch is just a loose term for how much energy is in the mainspring.

you cannot tell how much 'reserve' is left apart from noting the time at which it is exhausted of it's energy and stops.

if you fully wind it by the crown (25-30 turns as stated above) you can then measure exactly how long before it stops without being worn.


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[iamFLIP]

'power reserve' in an automatically wound mechanical watch is just a loose term for how much energy is in the mainspring.

you cannot tell how much 'reserve' is left apart from noting the time at which it is exhausted of it's energy and stops.

Ok, I updated my question in the first post.

 

[STavros]

Just trade with me ur TB2 for one of my Quartzs and u will not have to worry about anything of the above.

 

[jdd32]

Just trade with me ur TB2 for one of my Quartzs and u will not have to worry about anything of the above.

I concur

The TB2 is over hyped until you wear it as a daily watch, don't leave the house on weekends, and come Monday morning you'll be mad dashing to work whilst figuring out what is the real date and time