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Hi. I have been watching some Osterlind and other routines where you require a watch where the pin pulls out twice. It has been hard trying to find one without the date. Does anyone have links or whatever to point me in the right dircetion please.

Many thanks.

Andy

I thought to whole point of being able to pull the winding pin out twice was one for time, second for the date - or vice versa?

Mandrake wrote:I thought to whole point of being able to pull the winding pin out twice was one for time, second for the date - or vice versa?

That's exactly what I was thinking ......

moonbeam wrote:

Mandrake wrote:I thought to whole point of being able to pull the winding pin out twice was one for time, second for the date - or vice versa?

That's exactly what I was thinking ......

Nope, there are watches that have no date display and still employ the two-stage pull out. I'm not sure why, but they do.

My Fossil has this feature. I think some Swatch watches do too. They used to at least.

My Timex pulls out once for the minute hand and twice for the hour hand but it does have a date too.

If you just push it all the way back in, so that it's only the screw part that is turning (no effect on the watch) then it achieves the exact same effect. It's easier to do as well as you don't have to worry about pushing the pin too far back in. Any standard mens metal style watch should do this.

MatCult wrote:

moonbeam wrote:

Mandrake wrote:I thought to whole point of being able to pull the winding pin out twice was one for time, second for the date - or vice versa?

That's exactly what I was thinking ......

Nope, there are watches that have no date display and still employ the two-stage pull out. I'm not sure why, but they do.

My Fossil has this feature. I think some Swatch watches do too. They used to at least.

I suspect it is so the manufacturer only needs one set of workings.(technical term)

I noticed a range of watches on sale at The Works a few weeks ago, less than a tenner each so not exactly a big investment, and may be of interest?

Since watching Gary Jones perform the brilliant Back to the Future routine on the Unknown I too have hunted the same thing!

Looks like someone will be making one for me, PM me if you would like one made as well, I don't know the guy, but it won't be expensive

It occurs to me that you could buy a low cost watch which has the date function, search the ol' interwebby thing and download a watch/clock face which has no date window,, or design one yourself using a DTP or image editing program, disassemble the watch (there's not a lot in them these days) and paste the 'plain' face over the original face you'd have a dateless watch with the winder pull out feature you need.

Mandrake wrote:It occurs to me that you could buy a low cost watch which has the date function, search the ol' interwebby thing and download a watch/clock face which has no date window,, or design one yourself using a DTP or image editing program, disassemble the watch (there's not a lot in them these days) and paste the 'plain' face over the original face you'd have a dateless watch with the winder pull out feature you need.

Yes mate, thats what this guy in a little watch place is going to do for me

If the quote is too much will do it myself!

Glad to hear you've got it sorted!