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: The action of winding will not cause any
: problems, since your watch has an overwind
: protection mechanism built into it. However,
: it's not a good idea to keep unscrewing the
: crown everyday, as this can cause excessive
: wear to the threads and gasket (especially
: if you screw the crown back in too tightly).
: If you wear the watch everyday and you fully
: wound it when you got it, you shouldn't need
: to wind the watch manually very often. I
: would only wind it on those days when it
: hasn't been on your wrist at all or on days
: where you only wear it briefly. You can tell
: when the watch is fully wound when you hear
: a clicking noise as you wind. This is the
: watch's overwind protection mechanism
: engaging, meaning the watch is fully wound
: and has its full 42-44 hour power reserve.
: You may have to hold the watch close to your
: ear to heear this clicking sound.
While we're on the subject, suppose one forgot to wear their watch. Couldn't one just manually wind the watch by just shaking the watch at faster than normal wrist movement speeds but I wonder how long it would take to wind.
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