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Re: Hand winding.

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: What is the correct way to wind a hand wind
: watch?Do I wind it all the way until it is
: not possible to wind it any more,or do I
: stop when the resistance gets stronger?Will
: winding it all the way damage it?Thanks

A handwind watch will give resistance when you are close to fully wound. So just wind until it resists a bit, then stop. Never try to force it to wind more than it will easily -- that is when you can do damage.

This is very different from winnding most automatic watches. They have a necessary overwind protection that disengages the winding gears when the spring is fully wound. So automatic watches give no feedback as to when you have manually wound them enough.

But for most wristwatches of either type, 16-24 turns of the crown is usually enought to fully wind the watch.

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0 wallclock secs ( 0.18 usr + 0.03 sys = 0.21 CPU)