Can you over wound a manual watch.
 

Hi all,

I recently bought a 233 K series. This is my first manual wound watch.

I was wondering if the 233 have a safety mechanism so you cannot over wound it?

Do you wind it until it make a click sound?

Thanks in advance.

I don't believe you can overwind a Pam. My 111 clicks like yours when it is fully wound..

Thank Jeff

I have the 000 and 233. The 000 winds to a "hard stop" meaning you can feel it comes to the end and continuous winding will do some damage. On the 233, I have noticed there appears to be some type of clutch that will slip when you overwind. So I believe you can continue to wind (unlike the 000) but it will just be slipping on the clutch.

This is my experience, but be careful.

Bryan is 100% correct. Most manuals come to a complete stop as the mainspring is physically attached to the barrel. All 6497 movements are like this (0,5,111,112,etc). The 233 movement has a clutch mechanism much like automatic movements. That clicking you are hearing is when the mainspring is fully wound and slips a little to prevent overwinding.

Thanks guys for the info.

Got me a little worried this morning when I fully wound it and it make that clicking noise. I thought I broke something in there.

yup when the winding becomes tight, don't wind it any further.

the P2002 and new P3000 movement should come with the clutch mechanism to prevent overwinding.

Great info right here now lets see some pics of that new 233 :clap::clap::clap:

Here's the Pic
 

Here it is Adam, some pic of my new 233.........:cheers:

a beauty!!! :thumbsup:

:clap::clap::clap::clap: Awesome:thumbsup::thumbsup: