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Re: how does it work?
In Response To: Re: how does it work? ()

: This raises a question for me as well. If I
: don't wear my watch for an extended period
: of time (say a week), I know I can wind the
: watch to get it started again. My question
: is, does this do any damage to the
: mechanism, to let it wind down and sit
: dormant for a while?

This actually raises a question for me too. I always thought that winding a watch by wearing it would be more beneficial than winding via crown, right? That's because there are more gears involved during crown wind, rather than a rotor connected to the mainspring.

The wear and tear is probably so, so, so, so small though, that it doesn't really matter.

Please feel free to correct me on this.

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