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  • Self-winding watches gain bulk when they add a rotor to the back of the movement to translate the wearer's kinetic energy into potential energy in the mainspring.

    Slim Elegance Is Back 2010

  • Self-winding watches have been around for decades -- they work by using body movement to wind a spring.

    Time Never-Ending 2008

  • Self-winding and self-regulating clocks came into vogue, being automatically adjusted through the Western Union telegraph lines, so that at noon each day the correct time was instantly communicated to their hands from the national observatory.

    History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880

  • Self-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement for greater precision stability and durability, free sprung-balance,2 barrels mounted in seried, automatic winding in both directions to reduce winding time.

    Life's Roller Coaster~ chin12 2010

  • Self-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement for greater precision stability and durability, free sprung-balance,2 barrels mounted in seried, automatic winding in both directions to reduce winding time.

    Life's Roller Coaster~ chin12 2010

  • Self-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement for greater precision stability and durability, free sprung-balance,2 barrels mounted in seried, automatic winding in both directions to reduce winding time.

    Life's Roller Coaster~ 2010

  • Self-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement for greater precision stability and durability, free sprung-balance,2 barrels mounted in seried, automatic winding in both directions to reduce winding time.

    Life's Roller Coaster~ 2010

  • Self-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement for greater precision stability and durability, free sprung-balance,2 barrels mounted in seried, automatic winding in both directions to reduce winding time.

    Life's Roller Coaster~ chin12 2010

  • Self-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement for greater precision stability and durability, free sprung-balance,2 barrels mounted in seried, automatic winding in both directions to reduce winding time.

    Life's Roller Coaster~ chin12 2010

  • Self-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement for greater precision stability and durability, free sprung-balance,2 barrels mounted in seried, automatic winding in both directions to reduce winding time.

    Life's Roller Coaster~ chin12 2010

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