Manual winding...learned something new

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I would imagine not many people wear manual wind Rolexs' anymore (non automatics), I remember how cool it was to wind my first "wrist watch" as a kid and having a "glow in the dark" dial was the icing on the cake.

I do own a manual wind Omega DSOTM with a 48 hour power reserve.

Having grown up with manual winds, I became pretty good at fast winding them while on my wrist using the side of my index finger. However, a good friend just acquired a Patek manual wind Chrono, and he was told to NEVER wind the watch on the wrist, as it can cause uneven wear on the winding stem resulting in a failure.

Who knew? I guess daily wear and manual winding of a watch over many years could make this happen