7750 Mainspring Winding Question

[damnfinecat]

I've been searching and reading for a bit with The Zigmeister's articles among other posts and I had 2 questions about the mainspring being wound in 7750:

1. Does the rotor wind up the mainspring (the one that holds the power to run the watch) if the crown is set to the date change position or time change position (or is completely removed)? I read here that when winding with the crown, the winding motion is amplified due to the numerous gears and goes DIRECTLY to the mainspring which winds it very quickly, and that the rotor uses clutches and gear system to reduce the amount winding done with one motion; both of these didn't clear it up but helped me understand!

2. Which way does the rotor need to spin on the 7750 to charge it, counter clockwise or clockwise?

[14060 or 16610?]

Rotor gearing is always connected to the mainspring regardless of position or presence of the crown or winding stem. If you rotate the rotor clockwise, the mainspring will continue to be wound.