Vintage Root Beer help

[mbc]

Folded links look fine from what I can see -- enjoy the watch

[Smouraneto]

Thanks MBC. I have another potentially stupid question. Can this watch be manually wound? I ask because with the crown on position 1 it turns freely anti clockwise and it feels “stiff” to turn or wind clock wise and I got skeptical about forcing even a little. Saw some videos online of a bunch of Rolexes being wound but didn’t find with a 1675.

[Dan S]

Originally Posted by Smouraneto

Thanks MBC. I have another potentially stupid question. Can this watch be manually wound? I ask because with the crown on position 1 it turns freely anti clockwise and it feels “stiff” to turn or wind clock wise and I got skeptical about forcing even a little. Saw some videos online of a bunch of Rolexes being wound but didn’t find with a 1675.

Yes, it should wind clockwise. It sounds like your watch needs a service, the winding can be very stiff because of dirt and dried up lubricant.