Recommendations for a watch winder
Discussion
Watches, especially some very expensive and complicated watches, can sit for years in a jewellers waiting to be sold. Does them no harm.
The only point of a winder, imo, is to ensure that you don't have to set the day, date, month, year, moon phase and local barometric pressure on your pointlessly over complicated watch between each occasional outing on your wrist.
The only point of a winder, imo, is to ensure that you don't have to set the day, date, month, year, moon phase and local barometric pressure on your pointlessly over complicated watch between each occasional outing on your wrist.
Having read a little myself, there is a school of thought that watch winders wear out the watch more than an owner resetting the time and date upon re-wearing.... Unsure on which is correct.
Different movements apparently prefer different rotations in terms of both either CW or CCW and how many turns per day.... So find out what your movement prefers.
Start here
https://www.barringtonwatchwinders.com/turns-per-d...
I have one of the cheaper ones from the site, different branding, purchased from eBay for 50 quid.
Different movements apparently prefer different rotations in terms of both either CW or CCW and how many turns per day.... So find out what your movement prefers.
Start here
https://www.barringtonwatchwinders.com/turns-per-d...
I have one of the cheaper ones from the site, different branding, purchased from eBay for 50 quid.
Advice of a watchmaker........
Don’t bother.
Watch winders are for people who have a selection of watches that they wear on a daily basis.
Worn all day and then put on a watch winder for a day or so until they reach their place in the rotation again.
Putting a watch on a watch winder for longer periods of time, will just cause excessive wear to your watch and bring your service interval forward.
If you are still wearing it around 2/3 times a week, then by all means, pick up a 1 watch winder, like a Wolf.
They are very good quality and complete the varying criteria that are required to safely wind your watch.
Don’t bother.
Watch winders are for people who have a selection of watches that they wear on a daily basis.
Worn all day and then put on a watch winder for a day or so until they reach their place in the rotation again.
Putting a watch on a watch winder for longer periods of time, will just cause excessive wear to your watch and bring your service interval forward.
If you are still wearing it around 2/3 times a week, then by all means, pick up a 1 watch winder, like a Wolf.
They are very good quality and complete the varying criteria that are required to safely wind your watch.
Brew said:
Not really been wearing my watch recently. I am guessing that this probably isn't good for the movement etc to be dormant for long periods of time? Will a cheap (I.e sub £50.00) watch winder be a good investment - if so any recommendations?
I've got one of these;https://www.wolf1834.com/cub-winder-with-cover#93=34
It was a gift and I could honestly never justify the money but it works just fine and almost silent.
It's larger than I expected which I presume is the over engineering of the winder given the price.
Not much else to say. It's a black box that spins your watch around!
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