I just remembered winding as usual like what I did hundreds of times before, and then the winding just went slack. Anyway lesson learnt, hence from now I am not going to try to utilise the full power reserve by winding it to the max (around 55-58 turns, but I stop at 50), but just wind it every day
"... the reason of oxidation is due to the aging of your watch." Frankly, that's left me a bit cold given my personal knowledge of the history of this particular 2014 sports. Anyway it is what it is. Thanks again all for those chimed in, much appreciated!
I have asked ALS if they can let me know the cause of the 'oxidation'? As indicated in one of my replies, my present concern is from the pictures, it looks like somehow water got in. Given that I am the 1st and original owner, and it's only been serviced once and by ALS, I am naturally concerned if
I am the 1st owner of the watch and I got it in 2014 so the original purchase warranty's long over. I suppose an argument could be made that it's a QC issue and they should replace it for free. I will see what ALS says but I am resigned to paying extra like what member Stylophile went through too.
When ALS first notified me about the 'oxidation', and I did not have the benefit of the pictures, I thought they were just random specks which I was totally ok with. I am perfectly fine with patina-ed/ imperfect dials, but a lot of love I have for this watch centers on the dial - so cool, even auste
I don't think I am very rough with it, I have various other manual wind watches before and I wind them just fine. Maybe just bad luck. All along I have been following the instructions stated in the manual - wind until the crown resists turning and then turn the crown back 1 turn. That usually takes