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Re: Winding an Automatic?
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Winding the watch by the crown is VASTLY more efficient. You can completely wind the watch in 20-30 turns of the crown.

The automatic rotor is designed to keep the watch wound over the course of a day's wear -- not to wind it quickly. Trying to fully wind a dead automatic by shaking or spinning it is pointless -- you would be spinning it for hours to accomplish what you can do in 5-10 seconds by simply winding it at the crown.

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