Is there a danger of over-winding when the unit is turned on 24 hours, 365 days a year?
A. There has been a lot of discussion about self-winding (automatic) watches and the use of watch winders. Here is the discussion that is presented by ROLEX in a booklet that accompanies their Rolex Oyster watches. “The perpetual rotor is an innovation…patented by Rolex in 1931. …a semi-circular rotor…winds the main spring. Once the optimum tension is reached, a special slip clutch prevents overwinding…and has been generally adopted throughout the watch making industry.” Some manufacturers have also prevented their watch from being wound in the counter clockwise direction to add additional reduction in the winding of the main spring. All of our winders either can be set to run in either direction or they automatically change direction to incorporate both clockwise and counter-clockwise winding of your watch. Watchwinders will not wind a watch that is not already wound. Make sure your watch is properly wound prior to placing it on the winder. Winders will maintain the power rese
A. There has been a lot of discussion about this topic. Here is the discussion that is presented by ROLEX in a booklet that accompanies their Rolex Oyster watches: “The perpetual rotor is an innovation…patented by Rolex in 1931. …a semi-circular rotor…winds the main spring. Once the optimum tension is reached, a special slip clutch prevents overwinding…and has been generally adopted throughout the watch making industry.” Some manufacturers have also prevented their watch from being wound in the counter clockwise direction to add additional reduction in the winding of the main spring. All of our winders either can be set to run in either direction or they automatically change direction to incorporate both clockwise and counter-clockwise winding of your watch. Watchwinders will not wind a watch that is not already wound. Make sure your watch is properly wound prior to placing it on the winder. Winders will maintain the power reserve but normally with not wind a watch that is not
