Very specific watch winder question?

I have an Orbita single watch winder that I used to use to keep a complicated watch on to save me having to re set the time, day, date month, moonphase etc. I have not used it at all for about 3 years because actually winding and re setting a watch takes little effort while it seems logical to me that keeping it running all the time will shorten the service intervals.

So unless you have a super complicated watch that you use sporadically in rotation, I wouldn't bother. Look for another watch to put your credit towards 😀

I used to be in the no winder camp, but I got a Wolf Heritage thrown in with the purchase of two Rolexes. My first thought was "This will be great for my wife as this is her first automatic". I wasn't happy with the lack of TPD adjustment so I bought her a Wolf 4.1 Modular. The Heritage sat around unused for a while.

I like to wear a TAG diver as a weekend beater and discovered that if I keep in on the winder during the week, then my workday watch on it during the weekend, I never have to hack either.

This works well because I wear my weekday watch for maybe a month before rotation.

So from that standpoint, a winder has been good.

you should consider winders like wine racks.

same ego thingy.

Seems to me that a tilting table would give a more natural movement for a self winder. A cam surface under a rotating table or a linkage to simply raise and lower each corner in turn.
I think keeping a watch wound and running should contribute to day to day accuracy, but if the watch already gains or loses more than a second or two per day you'll have to reset it sooner or later anyway.
My best running watches may gain or lose only a few seconds per day but I've found I can get them back into time without resetting by using positional error.
One ( my Midland 25 jewel self winder) loses around four seconds during the day but when left dial up on a shelf over night regains those seconds. Another (a cheap Indian refurb that is unnaturally accurate) , gains around one second every five days. Leaving it crown up, the band wrapped around a vitamin bottle, it will go back to dead on in about three hours. Couldn't do that if these were on a winder.