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In Response To: How much to wind automatic? ()

: I understand that my new Seamaster has automatic movement,
: however it can be manually wound. My question is how much
: can it be wound? Does it have a stop point? I don't want to
: break it.

Automatics, since they also wind themselves, have to have a mechanism that prevents overwinding. So you will NOT feel a stop when you have wound enough, like you would on a manual wind watch.

When I manually wind mine, I give it about 20 hand turns. That seems to keep it happy for a day or two even if not worn.

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How much to wind automatic?

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0 wallclock secs ( 0.18 usr + 0.02 sys = 0.20 CPU)