I have a question I am curious about. There is a thread currently running discussing what watches members use while participating in sporting activities and I began thinking about which watches might be considered the most durable in these types of activities. For instance I know there have been lots of discussions previously on using watches while playing golf.

My question is, does the rotor in a watch that requires clockwise winding rotate in a counterclockwise direction as well, and just not engage the mechanism , or can it only rotate clockwise. In other words it it physically mechanically incapable of the counterclockwise direction? The reason I was wondering is, if it cannot rotate in the opposite direction, would that watch not be more susceptible to inertial forces applied against it i.e, golf swings etc?

Of course if it rotates freely in both directions please forgive my rambling dumb question.

Thanks bnewbie!

So, I RREEAALLYY just learned something. I obviously knew that my Breitling (steelfish) was mechanical and self winding. What I didn't know is that you can hear the damn thing if you listen, until Roff mentioned it a few posts above. Unbelievable.

I know have a sore shoulder and watched the last half of 'The Office' on mute...