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Re: Changed the date on my at 9PM and caused probl
In Response To: Re: Changed the date on my at 9PM and caused probl ()

: Thanks for the reply.

: I've never heard that clicking noise before, so
: I am not sure if it is the
: overwind-protection mechanism I am hearing.
: I wear the watch daily and generally do not
: ever manually wind it. Therefore, I doubt it
: was fully-wound. My understanding is that an
: automatic watch's power is merely maintained
: as the wearer moves about, as opposed to the
: automatic mechanism truly
: "winding" the watch (as when you
: pull the crown and wind it). Is this
: correct?

: Thanks,
: GT

The wearing of the watch could wind the watch more also, not only maintain the power left in it. Although, it does take quite a bit more wearing to wind the watch as opposed to manually winding it.

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