how do i unwind a watch?

Ill tell you what i did,if you can bump it and it works for a couple sec, then all you do is put your watch into two socks then put it in your dryer with on heat or very low for 15 min,and there you go

alonzo
February 2011

I took my over wound watch to a watch repair shop and they said it was unrepairable. I looked on here and followed Georg Znaeym advise and it WORKED! George was right on the money! The only thing I can add is to pull out the crown like you were setting the time and move it forward several hours and hopefully that might loosen the spring. Dont give up on that watch!

Army Time
December 2006

Keep giving it a quarter twist and it will start briefly. Keep doing that and eventually the mainspring will loosen.

Georg Znaeym
September 2006

I don`t think you can

bg
February 2006