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Re: Omega 1120 manual winding
In Response To: Omega 1120 manual winding ()

Yes and Yes
The screwing in continues to wind and yes the clicks you hear are the anti-overwind mechanism kicking in...oh and I'm not this smart...I had similar questions last year and they were answered here so I thought I'd return the favor..Enjoy your watch...

JimC

: I have a couple questions... when you screw the
: crown back down on a SMP, does that motion
: wind the movement? And do you hear the
: anti-overwinding mechanism? I think when I
: was screwing back the crown on mine I heard
: some clicks, and I thought maybe that this
: was the case.

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