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Pocket Watches? If anybody knows anything about them...
JonnyBoy:
Hey everybody. I found an old pocketwatch of my father's that I can't seem to get working for the life of me. Does anybody have any experience winding these? It has a knurled knob at the top with a button, and from what I can tell the button is just used to open the front case.
When I turn the knob in either direction I am not greeted with any resistance, any ratchet action or anything like that. It almost spins freely. My father barely ever used it so I'm counting on the fact that it should work. If anybody needs any more details or knows what I'm doing wrong, please post. I really want to get this thing kickstarted.
Shape D.:
some of them you have to pull out the knob slightly to wind them.
of course don't pull to hard just in case thats not how this one works.
JonnyBoy:
Well, that worked to adjust the time, but I still can't get it ticking...?
lokki:
There are different kinds.
check this out
http://www.ozdoba.net/swisswatch/pocket_howto.html#wind
JonnyBoy:
Well, still can't get the damn thing to wind...it's probably broken...I don't know.