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TOTAL WIND UP

The manually wound movement is having a moment. Let’s get this straight – as we charge further into the world of AI, a mechanical watch that needs powering up via the crown is getting more popular. The question is, why?

All mechanical timepieces once had to be wound up by hand. The automatic movement, where a rotating weight winds the mainspring, was

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