Originally Posted by
Ontological
Sorry to go thread grave digging, but surely a watch that can go over 200 metres underwater, with or without screw-down crowns and tegimented or other hardening technology, can handle being wound?
I mean, how fragile are we making these things out to be?
It's like not ever taking a sports car above 4000 RPM, or never taking a Range Rover off-road?
If my analogy breaks down because these cars were built for it, and automatic movements weren't, doesn't that indict the movements quite severely?
The idea that ETA or other movement makers would use lower quality materials on the winding mechanism (brass instead of steel) really rubs me the wrong way, given the craftmanship in every other aspect.