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Miyota 8215 mainspring left or right

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Hi folks

I have a miyota 8215 in bits at the moment and i have a new mainspring to install. In my youthful exuberance i committed a schoolboy error and i forgot to note the way the mainspring winds in the barrel.

I have a PDF from one of you kind chaps that says it winds left hand, so does that mean that when i look into the barrel from the top the arbor will turn left, anticlockwise to wind the spring?

Thanks

Stoo

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