self-winding

[ self-wahyn-ding ]

adjective

1. 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.

self-winding

adjective

1. (of a wrist watch) having a mechanism, activated by the movements of the wearer, in which a rotating or oscillating weight rewinds the mainspring

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-winding¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Frederique Constant also has a self-winding watch with bluetooth tech and a rechargeable battery.

From BBC

Its self-winding clock told the time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, from a face seven feet in diameter.

From Literature

You can leave your self-winding watch in its box for half a century, dust it off, give it a few shakes, and it starts ticking again like no time has passed.

From The Verge

The watch is powered entirely by a self-winding rotor for the automatic movement and a combination of a kinetic generation and solar power for the e-Crown side of things.

From The Verge

Then it was a collection of self-winding springs or an “enchanted loom,” then a clock, an electromagnet, a telephone switchboard, a hologram and, most recently, a biological supercomputer.

From New York Times