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Re: Pendulum spins much more/faster than normal

: Has anyone experienced the pendulum in their
: auto watch keep spinning very fast, you can
: hear it clearly it spins for a few seconds
: sometimes. This is on my Speedmaster
: 3513.30, caliber 1152. I don't mind it too
: much, but sometimes it spins so hard that I
: can feel the watch rocking back and forth on
: my wrist. Can this damage the watch at all,
: is it possible for it to overwind at all?
: Any other potential problems, and do you
: think Omega would fix this?

As far as the spinning that's certainly unusual but you cannot overwind an auto watch--it has a built-in overwinding protection mechanism.

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