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A few years ago, I bought from auction site one of those cheapo Seiko 5 watches from India, a A6319. (as far as I can tell, the India made Allwyn equivalent of 6309)

I remember trying it out finding it had no winding apart from Auto and bunged it in the 'junk' drawer...

Today I pulled it out and stripped it partially. Its quite impossible to manually wind the thing I dunno--Even the cheapest cruddiest Chinesium 2813 can be manually wound,-Why is this? Why no winding by--winder! .....

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Seiko had confidence in their autowind and to be honest most people dont miss it. From a dead stop (ie left dormant a few days) it takes about a minute of shaking and you're good to go for the day.

The latest models do have hand-winding though so maybe they're bowing to pressure.

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7 hours ago, Alastair said:

-Why is this? Why no winding by--winder! .....

Beside the good answers given above, back in the time it that was introduce it was much more important than now to save cost and maintain simplicity, even on modestly priced item. Many more makers, including Swiss, did made auto-only watches. which became widely successful. Here as an example one of the most desired Seiko ever, an auto-only SKX007 certified diver (my pic).

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BTW, you posted in the wrong forum, as there is nothing to repair. For a next time check forum section "chat about watches".

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 A min of shaking holds true if a new Seiko, by seventh year power reserve is down to just lasting till next morning, when you best replace the mainspring while supplies last.That works fine since you are not yet ready to buy another new watch . The min the tenth year is up, you can buy a shiny new Seiko which not only cost less than repair cost of the old one, but it actually winds and date appears before the window, for couple months anyway.

 

 

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16 minutes ago, Nucejoe said:

 A min of shaking holds true if a new Seiko, by seventh year power reserve is down to just lasting till next morning,

Not in my and many others experience which own much older Seikos, still performing well under all aspects. If you or any other doesn't believe that feel free to browse or join SCFW forum to verify.

16 minutes ago, Nucejoe said:

when you best replace the mainspring while supplies last.That works fine since you are not yet ready to buy another new watch.

Beside the fact that Seiko doesn't sell the mainspring alone but only the barrel complete, for those wanting to replace the first only the universal source is Générale Ressorts, a Swiss manufacturer that has been supplying since 150 years and will be happy to continue to do so as long demand is there.

16 minutes ago, Nucejoe said:

The min the tenth year is up, you can buy a shiny new Seiko which not only cost less than repair cost of the old one, but it actually winds and date appears before the window, for couple months anyway.

Not sure what is the comment about the date means, but the statement about Seiko mechanical working good just for a couple months only belongs to the realm of your own opinions.

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Beside the good answers given above, back in the time it that was introduce it was much more important than now to save cost and maintain simplicity, even on modestly priced item. Many more makers, including Swiss, did made auto-only watches. which became widely successful. Here as an example one of the most desired Seiko ever, an auto-only SKX007 certified diver (my pic).
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BTW, you posted in the wrong forum, as there is nothing to repair. For a next time check forum section "chat about watches".

4b72a645f41846d15187ac7cb7fde3d4.jpgI purchased this in 1980 new



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