How to wind a Festina watch with watch winder
Festina is a Spanish watch brand. In 1985, businessman Miguel Rodríguez acquired Festina, a brand founded in Switzerland in 1902, thus forming the Festina-Lotus group.
Festina is headquartered in Barcelona, they also have a high-tech production center in Switzerland, another specialized centre for gold watches in Spain and subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, Benelux, Switzerland, Chile, the Czech Republic, Poland & Slovakia.
A consolidated presence in more than 90 countries on five continents, multi-brand know how and 5 million watches sold per year, all these have resulted in Festina being an international benchmark in the watchmaking market today.
Most Festina watch self-winding movements can be wound properly by most watch winder boxes. Usually Festina’s self-winding movements need to rotate 650 - 950 revolutions per day, and most of them can be wound clockwise. So please take some time and like to choose a cute clockwork that suits you and your watch.
Definitions:
- 《CW》 - Clockwise winding direction;
- 《CCW》 - Counterclockwise winding direction;
- 《Both》 - Combined mode (Clockwise + Counterclockwise);
- 《–》 - Undefined;
| MODEL, DESCRIPTION | MOVEMENT / CALIBER | WINDING DIRECTION | TURNS PER DAY (TPD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Century Edition | ETA 2892-A2 | Both | 650 |
| Cordoba 750 Chronograph - F0750 | ETA 7750 | CW | 800 |
| Cordoba Chronograph Gold | CW | 800 | |
| Cordoba Automatic - F0650/B | ETA 7750 | CW | 800 |
| Granada Chronograph - F0647, F0652/2 | ETA 7750 | CW | 800 |
| Klassick Automatic: 6744, 6749, 6750, 6752, 6753, 6755, 6756 | Miyota 8N24 | CCW | 650-950 |
| Madison | ETA 7750 | CW | 800 |
| Madison Moonphase | ETA 7751 | CW | 800 |
| Manhattan | CW | 650 | |
| Manhattan Automatic (BigCity): 16078 | Miyota 6T51 | CCW | 650-950 |
| Méchanique Albertville (Gold): F0669/4 | ETA 7750 | CW | 800 |
| Méchanique Avignon (Gold): F0672/1, F0672/2 | ETA 7751 | CW | 800 |
| Méchanique Cannes (Gold): F0650/4 | ETA 7750 | CW | 800 |
| Shockwave Auto - F0121 | – | – | – |
| Shockwave Chrono - F0122, F0123 | ETA 7750 | CW | 800 |
| Square Skeleton: 6751 | Miyota 8N24 | CCW | 650-950 |
| Strata Chronograph - F0652, F0672 | ETA 7751 | CW | 800 |
| Torpedo Chronograph: 3044-1CN | DD 2073 | Both | 650 |
| Tradition - F0665 | – | – | – |
If you could not find your watch model (or caliber) in this table, you may determine your Festina. winding mode on a trial basis. You should select the combined winding mode (CW+CCW) and the minimal number of turns per day (TPD). Then place your watch into the watch winder and check after a few days how accurate your watch shows the time. If it runs behind, it is necessary to increase the number of TPD by one step.
