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English translation: self-winding mechanism (self-winding watch)

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13:38 Feb 18, 2010

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Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing

Russian term or phrase: автоматический подзавод

На его основе выпускались более двух десятков модификаций часов: **с автоматическим подзаводом**, с календарем, с 24 часовой шкалой для полярников, антимагнитные, для слепых.

The context is, I hope, clear. It's a short text on a Soviet watch manufacturer which issued a new model in the 1960's. I wondered just about auotmatic but it doesn't quite fit because of the structure of the sentence.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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English translation:self-winding mechanism (self-winding watch)

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_watch

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self-winding mechanism (self-winding watch)

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self-winding watch

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self-winding mechanism (self-winding watch)

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_watch

Angela Greenfield
United States
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self-winding watch

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It seems that this is what the author means. I don't know why you object the "automatic" version, but for me it is the most appropriate option in this context. It is about very special watches, and in the Soviet Union self-winding watches were very special things.

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