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Originally Posted by Casotakar
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but can’t you feel the winding mechanism slipping to prevent overwinding? After I wind my watch (about 40ish turns) after it sits for a couple days, at a certain point I can feel (at the tip of my fingers) the winding slipping ever so slightly. I read somewhere it is the decoupling mechanism to prevent over winding.
Fact check me please. Can’t find old thread now.
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Yes, you're about right
There is a "kind of" decoupling happening but what you are mostly feeling is a combination of a kind of decoupling and re-coupling occurring in quick succession.