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self winding

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self-wind⋅ing

[self-wahyn-ding]
–adjective (of a timepiece)
kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.

Origin:
1880–85
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