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Definition of Self-winding
1. Adjective. Designed so that manual winding is unnecessary. "A self-winding watch"
Definition of Self-winding
1. Adjective. Generally applied to a wristwatch that does not need to be wound but rather gathers energy from being moved while worn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-winding
Literary usage of Self-winding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity in Every-day Life by Edwin James Houston (1905)
"While such self-winding clock movements can be made to act properly, unless great
care is taken they are apt to interfere with the accuracy of the clock as ..."
2. A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks and Watches and Bells by Edmund Beckett Grimthorpe (1874)
"self-winding watch.—Napoleon I. had a watch which wound itself up as he walked,
by means of a weighted lever with a slight spring under it, which danced up ..."
3. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1885)
"I gather from the following that something superior to the self-winding movement
depicted by ... In former specimens of self-winding watches the pro [56025. ..."
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