Watch Winder TPD Settings

How to: Wind Your Automatic Watch?

If you own an automatic (self-winding) watch, you already know part of its charm is that it powers itself as you move. But what happens when you don’t wear it for a while? The watch stops ticking, and you’ll need to give it a little “wake-up” call. That’s where winding comes in.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to wind an automatic watch safely and correctly, so you can keep it running smoothly and accurately for years.

BD=Bi-Directional, CW=Clockwise, CCW=Counter-Clockwise

Watch Brand	Rotation Direction	Turns Per Day (TPD)
A. Lange & Söhne	BD or CCW	800 or higher
Audemars Piguet	BD or CW	800 or higher
Ball	BD	650-800
Baume & Mercier	BD or CW or CCW	650-800
Bell & Ross	BD or CW	650-800
Blancpain	CW or CCW	800 or higher
Breguet	BD or CW	800 or higher
Breitling	BD or CW	650-800
Bulova	BD or CW	650-800
Carl F. Bucherer	BD	650-800
Cartier	BD or CW	650-800
Chanel	BD	650-800
Chopard	BD or CW	800 or higher
Citizen	BD or CW	650-800
Corum	BD or CW	650-800
Frederique Constant	BD or CW	650-800
Girard-Perregaux	BD or CW	800 or higher
Glashütte Original	BD or CCW	800 or higher
Grand Seiko	BD or CW	650-800
Hamilton	BD or CW	800 or higher
Hublot	BD or CW	800 or higher
IWC	BD or CW	650-800
Jaeger-LeCoultre	BD or CCW	650-800
Longines	BD or CW	650-800
Louis Vuitton	BD	650-800
Mido	BD or CW	650-800
Montblanc	BD or CW	800 or higher
Movado	BD or CW	650-800
Omega	BD or CW	650-800
Oris	BD or CW	650-800
Panerai	BD or CW	800 or higher
Parmigiani Fleurier	BD or CW	800 or higher
Patek Philippe	CCW	800 or higher
Piaget	BD or CW	800 or higher
Rado	BD or CW	650-800
Raymond Weil	BD or CW	650-800
Rolex	BD	650-800
Seiko	BD or CW	650-800
Sinn	BD or CW	650-800
Tag Heuer	BD or CW	800 or higher
Tissot	BD or CW	650-800
Tudor	BD	650-800
Ulysse Nardin	BD or CW	800 or higher
Vacheron Constantin	BD or CW or CCW	650-1000
Zenith	BD	650-800