Do hacking and hand-winding always occur together?
In reviews of automatic mechanical watches, I often hear these two things mentioned together as almost a single bullet point. Typically "...features hacking and hand-winding..." and very occasionally "...does not feature hacking or hand-winding...".
But I don't think I've ever heard a review mention an automatic watch that has one but not the other. Is this just co-incidence, or is there a reason to expect them to occur together?
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Not really. I have an automatic that doesn’t handwind, and I think it may have a hacking movement, (I should check really) and a few handwinding watches that do not hack. It’s essentially an optional complication on a movement.
The Miyota 821 series is predominatly handwinding,non hacking.
No they don't always occur together, they are different functions and not reliant on each other.
The Miyota in my NaviXL hand winds, no hacking which messes with my OCD.
Vintage watches are often winding, but have no hacking. So it is possible.
Up until the 3861 movement, the Omega Speedmaster Professional (aka the Moonwatch) featured hand winding but not hacking. It's just one example of many.
I may be wrong, but I've always associated non hand winding with Seiko.
Most modern movements from the Japanese brands like Seiko, Citizen (Miyota) & Orient now hack & handwind, although this has only been the case in the last 5 to 10 years. It used to be the case that entry level Seiko automatics didn't handwind or hack for example. Entry level Swiss movements like the ETA 2824 have had hand winding & hacking since the early 1980s. Older vintage automatics tend to just have hand winding & not necessarily hacking