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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 531538, member: 136"]In 2010, I posted a question regarding an antique watch on one of the eBay boards.</p><p>I mentioned that I believed the watch had been over-wound. </p><p>A user who went by the name "vintagehorologist" took me to task for using that term. I saved his reply, and here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"Overwound" is a word used and perpetuated by those who don't have an understanding of how a watch works. Abolish the word from your watch vocabulary. It is impossible to overwind a watch. Watches simply become broken/dirty/gummed-up over time without servicing. Eventually, they refuse to run and they are obviously fully wound at this time, so people mistakenly say they are "overwound".</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 531538, member: 136"]In 2010, I posted a question regarding an antique watch on one of the eBay boards. I mentioned that I believed the watch had been over-wound. A user who went by the name "vintagehorologist" took me to task for using that term. I saved his reply, and here it is: [I]"Overwound" is a word used and perpetuated by those who don't have an understanding of how a watch works. Abolish the word from your watch vocabulary. It is impossible to overwind a watch. Watches simply become broken/dirty/gummed-up over time without servicing. Eventually, they refuse to run and they are obviously fully wound at this time, so people mistakenly say they are "overwound".[/I][/QUOTE]
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