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Hey, it's me, James Stacy, and today we're talking about power reserves as I've noticed a lot of comments

denigrating movements with the usual 40-ish hours of maximum reserve now that several brands offer

bigger numbers, 70, 80 hours, sometimes more.

But for an everyday watch or even a watch you might not be wearing that often, does it even

matter? Isn't 40 hours way more than enough for an automatic movement?

When does a longer power reserve actually benefit you?

But where?

I have my own opinions, but I ask Jack and Danny to join me to help balance out the perspective.

So grab your 7S 26 seco and give it a good shake and bake because who knows maybe it'll even last the whole episode

Jack Danny Jack, Danny, you guys feeling wound up and fully energized? I'm midwind.

Midwind, yeah, I feel that for sure.

I don't have a personal power reserve indicator so God knows where I'm at.

I could I could stop in five minutes I could stop in two days.

Mine is mine is the number of coffee cups that slowly surround me. So what do you guys think?

It's kind of an interesting topic because it's something that I just feel like I'm missing I'm missing the boat on a little bit.

When it comes to something like a sports watch I've never once thought about how long the power reserve is.

Like if the watch doesn't wind

effectively enough I guess it could stop when I'm sleeping or sitting really still at

my desk all day. I've had that with like a sake of a monster that probably needs a

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