How to wind a HARWOOD watch?

About Harwood

John Harwood is a famous British watchmaker and the father of automatic watches. In the 1910s, hand-wound wristwatches were still a novelty. He had already begun to study watches that could be wound up automatically. After more than ten years of painstaking research, he finally invented and manufactured a 200-degree automatic wristwatch in 1923, which was also the first in the world. The first automatic watch was included in the Johnny Book of World Records. It was not until 8 years later (1931) that Rolex invented the Perpetual watch, model 3131, which broke Xia Huo's monopoly in the field of automatic watches. The Rolex 3131 model is a fully enclosed automatic tourbillon watch commonly known as the golden coffin.

Xia Huo made great use of the characteristics of the automatic watch. Since the automatic watch does not need to be wound by hand, he simply canceled the "handle"! The automatic disk of Xiahuo can rotate 200 degrees, and store kinetic energy with the natural swing of the wrist to achieve the effect of winding. The automatic disk can swing 200 degrees, and there is still a one-third dead angle. Now it seems that it can only be regarded as a semi-automatic watch.

In addition to winding, the traditional "watch handle" also has an important function - to adjust the time. There is no "handle" on the summer live watch, and it is replaced by a novel and creative red dot design. Turn the bezel decorated with pits to adjust the time. When the bezel is turned clockwise, the red dot in the middle will turn white, indicating that the machine is in a stopped state. The hour and minute hands can be adjusted at will, and then turned counterclockwise to When the red dot is on, it means that the adjustment has been completed accurately and returned to the original position, and the watch is running normally.

Watch winder settings for Harwood

Definitions:

• «CW» - Clockwise winding direction;
• «CCW» - Counterclockwise winding direction;
• «Both» - Combined mode (Clockwise + Counterclockwise);
• «–» - Undefined;

Conclusion

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