Omega Railmaster XXL Question

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Hi, I recently purchased a mint Railmaster XXL, It is in excellent condition, with all papers and box. I own a half dozen automatic mechanical swiss watches, but this is my first fully manual wind watch. When I am winding the watch, it becomes progressively harder to wind, requiring a lot of effort to continue winding until reaching the stop, per the manual's instructions. Is this normal? It doesn't happen on my auto wind watches, which is also normal to prevent overwinding.
Thanks! Joe
 
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Yes, a full stop is what is supposed to happen when the mainspring is fully wound. This will result in maximum power reserve of ca. 53 hours.
 
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Thanks, I saw that in the manual. My concern is that it gets progressively more difficult to wind the mainspring as you approach full wind, is this normal with the 2201 movement?
Thanks! Joe
 
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How much are you talking? I don't know about that particular movement, but it getting a little tighter is normal. If it is a whole lot more difficult, I don't know about that. But especially right near the end, on several watches I have, you can tell it is almost wound.
 
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Thanks, I saw that in the manual. My concern is that it gets progressively more difficult to wind the mainspring as you approach full wind, is this normal with the 2201 movement?
Thanks! Joe
Yes, perfectly normal. This movement was originally a pocket watch movement, so it has a fairly heavy mainspring - much heavier than anything in the autos you have.
 
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Fantastic, thanks so much for for the information! This is definitely a different movement than on my other self winders.
 
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Thanks, I saw that in the manual. My concern is that it gets progressively more difficult to wind the mainspring as you approach full wind, is this normal with the 2201 movement?
Thanks! Joe
Hello there; where could get a copy of the manual for Omega Railmaster XXL # 2806.52.37, please?
 
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