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How to Wind an Audemars Piguet Watch?

by SheldonLong 16 Nov 2022 0 Comments

How to Wind an Audemars Piguet Watch?

 

About Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet Manual Winding Steps
Audemars Piguet Watch the Winder Setting
Recommended Watch Winder
In Conclusion

About Audemars Piguet

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak was launched in 1972 with a stainless steel case, an octagonal bezel, a “Tapisserie” check dial, and an integrated strap. This series of models has an octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal screws, which is a classic design feature of the Royal Oak series; the iconic guilloché engraved "Tapisserie" plaid decoration is made by professional technology and is hand-polished and satin Surface polished.

Why Should you Manually Wind your Audemars Piguet Watch?

The most important time to manually wind an Audemars Piguet watch is when it has stopped. Different Audemars Piguet watches have other power-reserve times. This means that if you put your Audemars Piguet watch on a table, for example, and then do not wear it for a few days, it will stop.
A common misconception about what to do when an Audemars Piguet watch has stopped is that you should shake it so that it gets energy again, however, this is one of the reasons why you should wind your Audemars Piguet manually in the first place as you risk damaging it The movement may wear out faster when the watch is shaken violently.
If your watch has stopped, it may even shake a little before starting, but by manually winding your Audemars Piguet, you can easily get it to restart.

Audemars Piguet Manual Winding Steps

Winding a watch is a complex job, but for many watch lovers, it's part of the fun of interacting with a watch.

Manual winding: Hold the watch in one hand and firmly unscrew the crown with the other hand until you feel it goes to zero, then wind it until you feel resistance (be sure to slow down just enough Until full, if you keep winding with the same force and speed as the beginning, it is easy to damage the winding mechanism when suddenly full.) It is recommended to turn the crown at least 30 turns to keep the moving parts well-lubricated.

Audemars Piguet Watch the Winder Setting

Most Audemars Piguet watches automatic movements can be properly wound by most watch winders. Usually, the self-winding movement of Audemars Piguet needs to rotate 600 to 800 revolutions per day.

Below are some of the most popular Audemars Piguet models and their winding settings.

Definitions:

《CW》 - Clockwise winding direction;
《CCW》 - Counterclockwise winding direction;
《Both》 - Combined mode (Clockwise + Counterclockwise);
《–》 - Undefined;Definitions:

MODEL, DESCRIPTION MOVEMENT / CALIBER WINDING DIRECTION TURNS PER DAY (TPD)
12518 ROYAL OAK 125th Anniversary 2120 Both 800
12530 ROYAL OAK 125th Anniversary 2120 Both 800
14202 ROYAL OAK Jumbo 2120 Both 800
14358 ROYAL OAK Jumbo 2121 Both 800
14470 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date 2130 CW 800
14486 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date 2131 CW 800
14487 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date 2130 CW 800
14587 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date 2130 CW 800
14682 CLASSIC 2121 Both 800
14790 ROYAL OAK Automatic 2125 or 2225 Both 800
14790 ROYAL OAK Nick Faldo Special Series 2225 Both 800
14800 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date 2225 Both 800
14802 ROYAL OAK Jumbo Jubilee 2121 Both 800
14813 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date / Diamonds 2225 Both 800
14891 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date 2225 Both 800
14908 MILLENARY Automatic - Day/Date 2225 Both 800
14990 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Foundation 2225 Both 800
15000 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Date 2140 Both 800
15002 ROYAL OAK Jumbo 2121 Both 800
15010 2140 Both 800
15016 MILLENARY Automatic - Date 2125 Both 800
15049 MILLENARY Automatic - Day/Date 2225 Both 800
15051 MILLENARY Automatic - Day/Date 2225 Both 800
15070 ROYAL OAK Automatic Ltd. Ed. - Sydney to Hobart 2225 Both 800
15087 MILLENARY Automatic - Gem-Set
15090 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Nick Faldo 2225 Both 800
15091 CANAPE Automatic 2140 Both 800
15097 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Mizuno 2225 Both 800
15100 ROYAL OAK - Foundation 2225 Both 800
15107 MILLENARY Automatic - Gem-Set 2225 Both 800
15109 MILLENARY Automatic - Gem-Set 2225 Both 800
15120 JULES AUDEMARS 3120 Classic/Globe 3120 Both 600
Jules-AUDEMARS 30th Anniversaire Both 650
15121 EDWARD PIGUET Automatic - Rectangular 2140 Both 800
15128 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Jumbo Italia 2121 Both 800
15130 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Baguette 2325 CCW 800
15134 EDWARD PIGUET Watch Date / Centre Seconds 2140 Both 800
15135 JULES AUDEMARS Selfwinding Watch 3120 Both 600
15136 ROYAL OAK Jumbo Skeleton 2120 Both 800
15140 JULES Audemars Selfwinding Watch 3120 Both 600
15154 ROYAL OAK Tuxedo Gentleman 2120 Both 800
15160 TRADITION Ultra-Thin Selfwinding Watch 2120 Both 800
15161 MILLENARY Quincy Jones Watch 3120 Both 600
15190 ROYAL OAK Nick Faldo Special Series 2225 Both 800
15202 ROYAL OAK Jumbo 2121 Both 800
15300 ROYAL OAK Automatic - Day/Date 3120 Both 600
15311 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - King of Thailand's 80th Anniversary 3120 Both 600
15313 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Al Naboodah 3120 Both 600
15320 MILLENARY Date / Centre Seconds 3120 Both 600
15325 MILLENARY Pianoforte 3120 Both 600
15327 MILLENARY Baguette 3120 Both 600
15340 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Scuba Wempe 2325 CCW 800
15701 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Scuba 2325 CCW 800
15702 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Scuba Bartorelli 2325 CCW 800
15703 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Diver 3120 Both 600
25402 ROYAL OAK Jumbo 2121 Both 800
25572 ROYAL OAK Day Date 2124/2810 Both 800
25594 ROYAL OAK Moonphase Calendar 2385 CW 800
ROYAL OAK Day Date Moonphase Both 650
25636 ROYAL OAK Perpetual Skeleton 2120/2801 Both 800
25654 ROYAL OAK Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2120/2802 Both 800
25685 2129/2845 Both 800
25686 ROYAL OAK Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2120/2802 Both 800
25721 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph 2226/2840 Both 800
25730 ROYAL OAK Automatic Time Zones (Dual Time) 2129/2845 or 2229/2845 Both 800
25757 ROYAL OAK Dual Time 2229/2845 Both 800
25770 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph 2226/2840 Both 800
25770 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - End of Days 2226/2840 Both 800
25770 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Inaugural Special Edition 2226/2840 Both 800
25777 MILLENARY Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2120/2801 Both 800
25778 MILLENARY Automatic Dual Time 2129/2845 or 2226/2840 Both 800
25779 EDWARD PIGUET Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2124/2810 Both 800
25779 MILLENARY Automatic Day Date 2124/2810 Both 800
25800 ROYAL OAK Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2141/2806 Both 800
25807 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph - 18K YG 2127/2827 Both 800
25808 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Full Calendar 2127/2827 Both 800
25810 ROYAL OAK Perpetual 120th Anniversary 2120/2801 Both 800
25816 MILLENARY Automatic Joallerie 2127/2827 Both 800
25820 ROYAL OAK Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2120/2802 Both 800
25822 MILLENARY Automatic Chronograph 2126/2840 Both 800
25829 ROYAL OAK Skeleton Perpetual Calendar 2120/2802 Both 800
25842 CLASSIC Clois De Paris 2120/2802 Both 800
25853 EDWARD PIGUET Automatic - Perpetual 2141/2806 Both 800
25854 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2126/2839 or 2226/2839 Both 800
25859 JULES AUDEMARS Automatic Chronograph 2226/2841 Both 800
25860 ROYAL OAK Automatic Chronograph 2385 CW 800
25862 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph 2226/2840 Both 800
25863 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph Ltd. Ed. - T3 2226/2840 Both 800
25865 MILLENARY Star Wheel 2224/2811 Both 800
25865 ROYAL OAK Grande Complication 2885 CCW 700
25866 JULES AUDEMARS Grande Complication 2885 CCW 700
25866 ROYAL OAK Grande Complication 2885 CCW 700
25870 EDWARD PIGUET Chronograph Rectangular (2004) 2385 CW 800
25872 MILLENARY Automatic Day Date Moon 2224/2825 Both 800
25897 MILLENARY Automatic Chronograph (2005) 2226/2840 Both 800
25898 MILLENARY Star Wheel 2224/2811 Both 800
25911 EDWARD PIGUET Automatic Perpetual Calendar 2141/2806 Both 800
25919 JULES AUDEMARS Equation of Time 2120/2808 Both 800
25919 JULES AUDEMARS Time-Zones Metropolis 2120/2804 Both 800
25920 ROYAL OAK Automatic Annual Calendar 2224/2814 Both 800
25925 EDWARD PIGUET Automatic Chronograph - Rectangular (2004) 2385 CW 800
25934 JULES AUDEMARS Equation of Time 2120/2808 Both 800
25940 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph 2226/2840 Both 800
25960 ROYAL OAK Chronograph 2385 CW 800
25964 JULES AUDEMARS Tourbillion 2875 Both TBD
25966 ROYAL OAK Chronograph 2385 CW 800
25967 ROYAL OAK Chronograph 2385 CW 800
25969 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Tradition d'Excellence N°4 2893
25970 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Time Zone Hong Kong 2229/2845 Both 800
25978 ROYAL OAK Chronograph - Gem Set 2385 CW 800
25979 ROYAL OAK Chronograph Ltd. Ed. - City of Sails Alinghi 2385 CW 800
25984 JULES AUDEMARS Grande Complication 2385 CCW 700
25986 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ladies Chronograph - Gem Set 2385 CW 800
25995 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Alinghi Commemorative Edition America's Cup 2003 2229/2845 Both 800
25996 JULES AUDEMARS Grande Complication 2885 CCW 700
26003 JULES AUDEMARS Equation of Time 2120/2808 Both 800
26003 ROYAL OAK Self-winding Watch 39mm 3120 Both 600
26004 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - QE II Cup 2385 CW 800
26007 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Arnold Schwarzenegger 2226/2840 Both 800
26011 MILLENARY Automatic - Steel Woman 2140 Both 800
26012 JULES AUDEMARS Ladies' Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26014 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - La Boutique New York 2385 CW 800
26018 MILLENARY Automatic - Gem-Set Woman 2140 Both 800
26020 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph - Safari 2226/2840 Both 800
26022 ROYAL OAK Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26023 JULES AUDEMARS Grande Complication 2385 CCW 700
26030 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph Ltd. Ed. - Juan Pablo Montoya 2226/2840 Both 800
26034 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Sincere 2226/2840 Both 800
26036 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - La Boutique Ladies' 2385 CW 800
26037 JULES AUDEMARS Ladies' Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26040 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Alinghi Polaris 2326/2847 or 2329/2847 CCW 800
26041 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - La Boutique Paris 2385 CW 800
26042 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - JPM 2226/2840 Both 800
26048 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ladies Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26055 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Jay Z 10th Ann. 2326/2840 CCW 800
26059 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Tapada de Mafra 2385 CW 800
26060 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Rodeo Drive 2326/2840 CCW 800
26061 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Pride of Russia 2326/2840 CCW 800
26062 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Team Alinghi 2326/2848 CCW 800
26067 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph 3126/3840 Both 600
26068 ROYAL OAK Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26071 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph Ltd. Ed. - Rubens Barrichello Ltd. Ed. 2226/2840 Both 800
26074 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Polaris 2329/2846 CCW 800
26075 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Monte Napoleone 2326/2840 CCW 800
26076 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Lady Alinghi 2385 CW 800
26078 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Rubens Barrichello I, Rubens Barrichello II 2326/2840 CCW 800
26079 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - QE Cup 2006 2326/2840 CCW 800
26082 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Orchard Road 2326/2840 CCW 800
26086 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Worth Avenue 2326/2840 CCW 800
26088 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - ADC 2326/2840 CCW 800
26089 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - White Chronograph 2226/2840 Both 800
26092 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ladies Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26098 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Rubens Barrichello II 2326/2840 CCW 800
26100 JULES AUDEMARS Chronograph 3124/3841 Both 600
26103 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Dubai 2385 CW 800
26104 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Dubai Gem Set 2385 CW 800
26107 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Oceanografia 2326/2840 CCW 800
26108 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Rhone-Fusterie 3126/3840 Both 600
26111 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Montreux Grand Prix 2006 2385 CW 800
26115 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Jalan Bukit Bintang 3126/3840 Both 600
26120 ROYAL OAK Dual Time 2229/2845 Both 800
26130 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - QE Cup 2007 2127/2827 Both 800
26131 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - QE Cup 2007 2127/2827 Both 800
26132 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Ginza 3126/3840 Both 600
26133 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Shaquille O'Neal 3126/3840 Both 600
26134 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Shaquille O'Neal 3126/3840 Both 600
26136 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Tour Auto 2385 CW 800
26137 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - Eurocopter 2385 CW 800
26145 MILLENARY Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26150 MILLENARY Automatic Time Zones (Dual Time) - Maserati 2329/2846 CCW 800
26150 MILLENARY Dual Time Maserati 2229/2845 Both 800
26157 ROYAL OAK Ltd. Ed. - The National Classic Tour 2385 CW 800
26158 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Arnold's All-Stars 3126/3840 Both 600
26161 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Sachin Tendulkar 3126/3840 Both 600
26165 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Survivor 3126/3840 Both 600
26170 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ladies Chronograph 3126/3840 Both 600
26176 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Bumblebee 3126/3840 Both 600
26181 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Rue St. Honore 3126/3840 Both 600
26182 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Sachin Tendulkar 3126/3840 Both 600
26184 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Tour Auto 2008 3126/3840 Both 600
26185 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Chronopassion 3126/3840 Both 600
26186 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Las Vegas Strip 3126/3840 Both 600
26187 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Montauk Point 3126/3840 Both 600
26188 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Porto Cervo 3126/3840 Both 600
26190 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Singapore Grand Prix 3126/3840 Both 600
26191 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Las Vegas Strip 2226/2840 Both 800
26192 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Don Ramo de la Cruz 3126/3840 Both 600
26194 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Monte Napoleone 3126/3840 Both 600
26195 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Masato 3126/3840 Both 600
26196 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Masato 3126/3840 Both 600
26197 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Tapei 101 3126/3840 Both 600
26200 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Lava (Singapore) 3126/3840 Both 600
26220 ROYAL OAK Automatic Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26252 ROYAL OAK Perpetual Calendar 2120/2802 Both 800
26262 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Restivo Perpetual Calendar 2226/2839 Both 800
26266 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Lady Cat 2385 CW 800
26267 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph 2385 CW 800
26271 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Las Vegas Strip Lady 2385 CW 800
26278 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Tour Auto 2009 2326/2840 CCW 800
26280 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - The National Classic Tour 3126/3840 Both 600
26284 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Rubens Barrichello III 2326/2840 CCW 800
26286 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Rubens Barrichello 257 3126/3840 Both 600
26287 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Don Ramon de la Cruz Lady 2385 CW 800
26290 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Grand Prix 3126/3840 Both 600
26296 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Gstaad Classic 2326/2840 CCW 800
26297 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Pride of Mexico
26300 ROYAL OAK Chronograph 2326/2840 CCW 800
26365 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Ltd. Ed. - Pride of Argentina 2326/2840 CCW 800
26390 JULES AUDEMARS Perpetual Calendar 2120 Both 800
26865 MILLENARY Star Wheel 2224/2811 Both 800
67361 PROMESSE
77151 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Lady Automatic - Date 2140 Both 800
77161 MILLENARY Automatic 2140 Both 800
77216 MILLENARY Automatic - Steel Woman 2140 Both 800
77217 MILLENARY Automatic - Gem-Set Woman 2140 Both 800
77220 ROYAL OAK Ladies' Tuxedo 2140 Both 800
77301 MILLENARY Ladies 2140 Both 800
77302 MILLENARY Ladies 2140 Both 800
77303 MILLENARY Ladies 2140 Both 800
77315 MILLENARY Starlit Sky 3123 Both 600
77316 MILLENARY Starlit Sky 3123 Both 600
77321 ROYAL OAK Ladies' Date 2140 Both 800
77331 ROYAL OAK Ladies' Date Cortina 2140 Both 800
79290 ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Automatic - Date 2140 Both 800
79349 MILLENARY Ladies 2140 Both 800
79367 MILLENARY Automatic - Gem-Set Woman 2140 Both 800
79373 MILLENARY Automatic - Gem-Set Woman 2140 Both 800
MILLENARY Chronograph QE Cup 2005 LE 2226/2840 Both 800
ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE Chronograph - Titanium 2226/2840 Both 800
ROYAL OAK II 3120 Both 600
JULES AUDEMARS Quantieme Perpetual - 30th Anniversary Model Ltd. Ed. 2008 2120/2802 Both 800
Jules-AUDEMARS Day Date Moonphase CCW 800
  2120 Both 800
  2120/2801 Both 800
  2120/2802 Both 800
  2120/2802 SQ Both 800
  2120/2803 Both 800
  2120/2804 Both 800
  2120/2808 Both 800
  2120/2808 SQ Both 800
  2121 Both 800
  2122 Both 800
  2123 Both 800
  2124 Both 800
  2124/2810 Both 800
  2125 Both 800
  2126 Both 800
  2126/2839 Both 800
  2126/2840 Both 800
  2127 Both 800
  2127/2827 Both 800
  2129 Both 800
  2129/2845 Both 800
  2130 CW 800
  2131 CW 800
  2140 Both 800
  2141 Both 800
  2141/2806 Both 800
  2150 CW 650
  2151 CW 650
  2224 Both 800
  2224/2725 Both 800
  2224/2811 Both 800
  2224/2814 Both 800
  2225 Both 800
  2226 Both 800
  2226/2839 Both 800
  2226/2840 Both 800
  2226/2841 Both 800
  2229 Both 800
  2229/2845 Both 800
  2324 CCW 800
  2324/2825 CCW 800
  2325 CCW 800
  2326 CCW 800
  2326/2840 CCW 800
  2326/2841 CCW 800
  2326/2847 CCW 800
  2326/2848 CCW 800
  2329 CCW 800
  2329/2846 CCW 800
  2329/2847 CCW 800
  2385 CW 800
  2725 (Base 2224) Both 650
  2802 Both 650
  2811 (Base 2224) Both 800
  2814 (Base 2224) Both 800
  2840 (Base 2226) Both 800
  2841 (Base 2226) Both 800
  2846 (Base 2329) CCW 800
  2870 Both 820
  2875 Both 800
  2885 CCW 700
  3120 Both 650
  3123/3908 Both 650
  3124/3841 Both 650
  3126/3840 Both 650
  3130 Both 650

If you cannot find your watch model (or movement) in this watch, you can try to determine your AUDEMARS PIGUET winding mode. You should choose the combined winding mode (CW+CCW) and minimum turns per day (TPD). Then put the watch in the watch winding case and check the accuracy of the time displayed by the watch after a few days. If you fall behind, you need to increase the number of TPDs by one level.

How to Adjust the Time of Audemars Piguet's Watch?

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 26574

Step 1 - Start the setup process and set the time to noon

First, you need to unscrew the crown and pull it out to the set position. Then, advance the hands until the date jumps forward. After you confirm that the date has been advanced, you will set the hour and minute hands to 12 noon. Changing the calendar at different times will break the mechanism. Keep the crown in the "SET" position until you have finished setting all the indicators in the watch.

Step 2 - Set the date

Now use the stylus provided by Audemars Piguet with your watch - don't use anything other than this stylus or you will damage the corrector - to advance the date to the correct date. The date corrector is located at 10 o'clock - the top of the left strap.

Step 3 - Set the Moon Phase

This may be the trickiest step in setting up the Royal Oak Perpetual. First, you'll advance your lunar disk from where it is until it shows a full moon centered on the aperture. To do this, you must use the corrector located at 7:30 - located at the bottom of the left watch strap.

After setting the moon disk to be a full moon, check the moon phase calendar for your location (northern or southern hemisphere) and determine the date of the last full moon. Once you find that date, you must activate the corrector twice a day since the full moon date and the date you set on your calendar. In our case, we had to press the corrector 38 times.

Step 4 - Set the month and leap year

Using the corrector at 2 o'clock (top of the right strap), you will advance the month until it indicates the correct month. If you also need to adjust the leap year indicator, keep advancing the month until the leap year hand indicates 1, 2, 3, or L of the leap year as required.

Step 5 - Set the week

Using the 8:30 corrector (left strap between date corrector and moon phase corrector),

Step 6 - Set Week Indicator and Tighten the Crown

Finally, use the corrector at 4 o'clock (bottom of the right strap) to set the day to the correct number. You can check the week corresponding to your date at Calendar-Week.

When done, make sure to push or screw the crown into position 0 to ensure the movement is protected and waterproof.

Always avoid correcting dates, months, or lunar cycles in the afternoon or evening. Likewise, avoid operating the annual or perpetual calendar outside of the time frame recommended by the watch manual.

Audemars Piguet has created sophisticated and complex mechanical watches with complex functions, such as chimes, sun, moon and stars, chronographs, time display between two places, temperature measurer and compass, etc. Different styles of watches have slightly different adjustment methods. Different, it is best to refer to the manual of the corresponding watch, so as not to damage your beloved watch.

Can I Always Wind my Audemars Piguet Manually With the Crown?

It is fine to do it occasionally, but not too often – particularly, when your watch is equipped with a screw-down crown.
First, by winding with a crown, the gears and other parts of an automatic movement will wear out faster and the screw-down crown system will also quickly wear out as it is not designed to be used so frequently. A self-winding watch should be worn at least eight hours a day to maximise the power reserve so, rather than letting your automatic watch’s power reserve run down, invest in a simple automatic watch winder.

What Kind of Watch Winder is Suitable for Audemars Piguet?

High-end watches, without a doubt, require exquisite watch winders. Here are 2 highly-rated watch winders that we recommend.

MOZSLY® Double Watch Winder -Orange Leather  

double watch winder box-blog
  • Material: wooden box/PU leather/acrylic board
  • Color: Orange/Black/Brown/Carbon Fiber
  • Size: 8.8*5.9*4.7 inches
  • 4 modes with TPD settings ranging from 650 to 1500
  • All three winding directions are supported
  • Antimagnetization
  • Use Japanese upgraded Mabuchi Motor
  • Dual power
  • 3 Years Warranty

This watch features a unique orange winding with a multi-layer paint process for a more beautiful, shiny, and smooth finish. Inside, the leather and wood grain look sleek and luxurious. looks great.

 

MOZSLY® Single Watch Winder - Black Leather

single black watch winder box

  • Material: wooden box/PU leather/acrylic board
  • Color: Black
  • Dimensions: 4.4 x 6 x 4.4 inches
  • 4 modes with TPD settings ranging from 650 to 1500
  • All three winding directions are supported
  • Antimagnetization
  • Use Japanese upgraded Mabuchi Motor
  • Dual power
  • 3 years warranty

    This watch winder is as simple and understated as Audemars Piguet's other classic black watches. If you are a watch collector who wants your watch to look classy while being unobtrusive, this black watch winder is perfect for you. This will help improve the look of your expensive watch without being overly ostentatious. 

    MOZSLY watch winders use high-quality upgraded Japanese Mabuchi motors, a well-known brand that manufactures precision motors. These motors keep the noise below 10db so it will give you a very quiet experience even if you put it in your bedroom. The internal motor is closed and can be separated from the watch so that the watch will not be magnetized and affect the running time. With a 36-month warranty and friendly customer service, we welcome you to purchase our watch winders!

    In Conclusion

    Storing a mechanical watch in a watch winder to wind it keeps the watch’s mechanical gears lubricated, extending the life of the watch and making it work accurately.

     

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