u/Best-Replacement-867

A very stiff manual wind on my new Farasute

Hello people,

Ive got a new farasute - absolutely love it and Ive been meaning to do a review on it because Ive never seen anyone review this one HOWEVER it's my first manual wind watch and I am finding the wind is REALLY stiff which is concerning me quite a bit.

I read everywhere that you should stop winding when there is a lot of resistance but this happens quickly on this watch. It's meant to have an 80 hour power reserve but there is no way I would be able to wind it for long enough to even achieve half of that. I bought another manual wind farasute at the same time and I have not had this same issue so I'm worried this may be actually be an issue rather than me being paranoid.

I will keep you all updated - I bought the watch from the Vintage Watch Store - they seemed well established enough so hopefully they can rectify this somehow

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u/Best-Replacement-867 — 2 days ago

I have an old Breitling Navitimer issued to pilots in the Algerian air force in the 80s(?) I think.

It looks awesome but sadly, it's not currently working - the battery acid leaked and so it will apparently need a new movement which is not an easy prospect.

Either way, I want to sell it - can anyone advise me on where would be best to do this?

I have no box, papers or bracelet links

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u/Best-Replacement-867 — 23 days ago