: the mechanical watch has no battery and runs
: with springs and such, directly from the
: winding of the crown which sets the gears a
: other parts in motion. And the watch keeps
: running until the power reserve runs out
: even if it isn't on your wrist ?? or does it
: need the kinetic motion. If it does move
: even off your wrist then would it help to
: avoid deterioration if you simply pulled the
: crown out when you weren't wearing it, so
: that the internal friction would be stopped
: and the maintenance in the long run would be
: reduced??? basically is it better once you
: wind the watch to let it run through the
: reserve power or to stop the flow of the
: gears when not in use, as to minimize the
: internal friction that can hinder
: performance over time, by pulling out the
: crown when not in use, like at night or
: something???? i know this is probably a
: stupid question :/
Any mechanical watch will keep running until its power reserve is depleted. The kinetic motion of your wrist will keep an automatic watch wound so that you don't need to keep winding it. A mechanical wind watch that does not have an automatic movement must be wound regularly regardless of whether you wear it or not. This type of watch is NOT kept wound by the motion of your wrist.
If you pull the crown out you stop the watch from running. This would require you to keep resetting the time, which would be foolish. If you don't plan to wear a watch for a while, simply let it run down until its power reserve is depleted and then wind and set it when you're ready to wear it again.
