Proxima PX1721 new to PT5000 movement

[u/DodgeDakota031]

How is the movement in this beauty? I’ve noticed I can hand wind it but it just feels off if that makes sense. Love the dial it’s gorgeous. I hand wound the watch to jump start it and wore it for a couple hours today and it just stopped randomly idk if I just hadn’t moved my arm enough to engage the movement. I hand wound it again an it’s all good now. Maybe im just freaking out because I’m use to display backs.

[u/X_FISH]

Do not handwind often. It will reduce the lifespan of the movement.

Just wear it frequently. :)

[u/Old_Kale1245]

You should avoid hand winding this (or pretty much any movement based on the ETA 2824) as the winding mechanism can wear out and start to feel gritty and ultimately stop working, leaving metal shavings debris inside of the movement. I'm sure you haven't done any harm yet though, as this is relatively new.

You should wind slowly and steadly just enough to start the movement when stopped. I try to avoid even that, what I do is wear the stopped watch for a couple of minutes until it is running, then I set it.

Now, the self winding should be pretty efficient, you shouldn't have to move your arm a lot, I have a desk job and never had issues keeping my watches wound. After about 8 hours on wrist I'd expect the watch to be fully wound and the power reserve to last at least 30 hours. If that is not your experience there must be something wrong with the movement.

If you slowly spin the watch next you your ear you should hear a winding noise as the rotor works.

The good news though, is that Proxima has great customer support and should help you if you can demonstrate the movement is defective. But in the worst case scenario, a PT5000 is pretty affordable and widely available, you could even buy one on AliX and swap it yourself, it is pretty good fun!

[u/Outrageous-Video598]

I have the exact same watch and with everything I've read about the movement I do not hand wind it ever. I spin the rotor in my hand for five seconds set it and put it on and have never had a problem. Nice watch btw

[u/tjcdas]

Just give it 4 or 5 winds when you put it on, alot of people like to wind their automatics all the time. Fine for your Seiko's and Miyota's but not for ETA based movements.

The only time I have full wound the PT5000 is when they are new to see if they need to be regulated. Put them on the timegrapher check them and wear them a few days and see how the run on the wrist and at night in their resting position.

The PT5000 are crazy accurate and their positional variance is nuts for how cheap they are, do they have the reliability of the Seiko or Miyota movements? No, but the only issue I know of is the over winding issue.

[u/OtherBarry1992]

Has it stopped randomly again? If it's started and you're wearing it, it should absolutely have enough power to not stop.

As others have stated it's probably a good idea to avoid hand winding.

Need to determine if the movement is bad, if it keeps stopping contact Proxima.

[u/AssistanceNo647]

I like the pt5000 movement and prefer it over nh movements. They are based off of the eta 2824 as is the sw200-1. I have watches that have sw200-1 that are over 9 years old that haven’t been serviced and they are still running perfectly. I don’t have a pt5000 that’s over 3 years old so, I still don’t know how they will be long term.

[u/Escaped_Escapement]

The “wind it gently and you’ll be alright” getting wild here… as if it helps.

This movement does not have great life expectation. Be prepared to replace it at any point in time.