On Nov 1, 10:49*am, wrote:
As a force of habit I have been resetting the clocks around the house
by only moving the hands clockwise. Somewhere along the line I was
told a clock could be damaged if you moved the hands backwards.
I have no idea of the source or validity of the information. Have I
been misled all these years?

That's supposedly true for mechanical clocks/watches, although I don't
recall the specifics of what may be damaged or exactly which models
are susceptible to damage. The only mechanical timepieces I have are
a few wris****ches and none have any complications or anything so it's
no great hardship for me to just always set them forward on principle.

When I went to leave for work this AM my wris****ch had stopped days
ago because after 5 PM Friday I had no need to know exactly what time
it was anymore

Might try searching alt.horology; if there's an explanation on Usenet
it's probably there.

nate