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: I'll give it a try, is there anyway to tell when it's completely
: wound? I don't notice any difference from the first rotation to
: the 30th.
As you probably know, the mainspring in a watch is contained in the mainspring barrel.
A manually winding watch has one end of the mainspring firmly attached to the side of the barrel and winds until the spring can be compressed no more.
On an automatic winding watch, the end of the mainspring is designed to slip around the side of barrel after the watch is fully wound. If you listen closely, you will be able to detect the sound and change in vibration when the collar begins to slip. Frankly, on some of my watches I simply cannot hear it. However, 25 turns will fully wind any watch with a standard power reserve.
Hewybaby
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