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what happens if u wind your manual wind watch counter clock wise
silly question to some perhaps, but a friend of mine just posed that question to me and I don't know the answer. any expert here can share their knowledge on this? thanks.
Few know this, yet after six winds then start chanting the words "Philippe Dufour" three times and he will magically appear*
*only works when using a Dufour timepiece.
I suggest you (and your friend) test it yourselves!
But I anticipate that your finding will be: nothing happens
You didn't mention which watch... It depends on the watch!
The question isn't complete. You didn't mention which watch. There are watches that wind both directions because they have separate mainsprings - one for a complication and one for the time keeping. For instance some Audemars Piguet Grand Sonneries winds clockwise for the time keeping movement and winds Counter clockwise to power the Grand Sonnerie portion. Okay, you might say, that's a super rare watch - and that you meant more normal watches... Let's give a mass produced example; a $10,000 USD normal watch. Zenith has a chronograph watch that winds clockwise for the time keeping mechanism, and has a separate mainspring for a special chronograph version.
Bi-directional AS Alarm movement winding - one way to wind the mainspring, the other way to wind the alarm
Many alarm watches equipped with two crowns...
It will turn back time
Just kidding, it won't have any effect. But if you wind the watch counter-clockwise all the time, it's not good for the watch, I guess.