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I have a TAG Monaco and as it’s my birthday coming up soon an idea for an automatic winder was mentioned. Budget is around £50 or so and there are loads around for that price. Lots of conflicting evidence both for and against these type of things. My question is does anybody have one and are they any good or not at this price point, if they aren’t I just simply won’t bother and will continue to wind it up as usual.
I really wouldn't bother, unless you've got something like a perpetual calendar with a moonphase dial that you only wear a couple of days every week. These can be a pain in the backside to keep setting if you allow them the stop.
Winding a watch every day, then not using it, will "wear it out" faster than letting it run down and leaving it stopped when you aren't wearing it.
Winding a watch every day, then not using it, will "wear it out" faster than letting it run down and leaving it stopped when you aren't wearing it.
clockworks said:
I really wouldn't bother, unless you've got something like a perpetual calendar with a moonphase dial that you only wear a couple of days every week. These can be a pain in the backside to keep setting if you allow them the stop.
Winding a watch every day, then not using it, will "wear it out" faster than letting it run down and leaving it stopped when you aren't wearing it.
This - I had a few winders like linked above but was only wearing an auto maybe 1-2days in every fortnight and that was rotating between 3. Winding a watch every day, then not using it, will "wear it out" faster than letting it run down and leaving it stopped when you aren't wearing it.
I let them “die” and then just set them when wearing them now - works perfectly.
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