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DaveK
··Yoda of YodelersYes it's the companion to the Travel Clock and called the "Travel Winder" 😁
Watch winders are a waste of space. Discuss.
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Hell’s Teeth
·I’m sure there are those who understandably simply like the pride and theatre of displaying their well researched/sought/obtained/hard earned collections and/or keeping them moving immediately ‘ready to go’ upon rotation when required.
Personally to my failing minimalistic sensibilities (‘watches’) I feel winders are clutter, a waste of space & energy, unnecessarily adding to the wear and tear of movements without receiving the benefit/pleasure of actually wearing it. Rather than each having it’s own emotive meaning/theatre when setting, winding or shaking as required.
Personally to my failing minimalistic sensibilities (‘watches’) I feel winders are clutter, a waste of space & energy, unnecessarily adding to the wear and tear of movements without receiving the benefit/pleasure of actually wearing it. Rather than each having it’s own emotive meaning/theatre when setting, winding or shaking as required.
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RonJ
·I’m sure there are those who understandably simply like the pride and theatre of displaying their well researched/sought/obtained/hard earned collections and/or keeping them moving immediately ‘ready to go’ upon rotation when required.
Personally to my failing minimalistic sensibilities (‘watches’) I feel winders are clutter, a waste of space & energy, unnecessarily adding to the wear and tear of movements without receiving the benefit/pleasure of actually wearing it. Rather than each having it’s own emotive meaning/theatre when setting, winding or shaking as required.
I kind of have to agree with this.
What value is a watch that has been wound that no one is looking at?
IMHO, a watch should only have "to work" when someone can benefit from knowing the current time.
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rjdemarco
·Does a winder reduce wear on the crown and winding mechanism? Friday night I put my Rolex Explorer on the winder because I like to wear my SMP or PO on the weekend and it won’t make it till Monday morning.
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ZIELSZIEK
·Does a winder reduce wear on the crown and winding mechanism? Friday night I put my Rolex Explorer on the winder because I like to wear my SMP or PO on the weekend and it won’t make it till Monday morning.
Well, the winder just turns your watch around, the rotor still spins, so the wear on the winding mechanism is the same. You shouldn't worry about stuff like that though. As for wear on the crown, I don't know what you mean by that.
Nice Angelfish by the way, definitely one of my favorite aquarium fish.
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steelfish
·Depends how many watches you have and whether you ever get frustrated by deciding to wear a watch last minute and set it in a rush. Also, for my non screw down crown models I don’t like to continually keep winding them manually as I was told it wears the crown gasket a little each time.
^ This is the ideal. But in reality I don’t use a winder because I haven’t got one. Unless I spend mega bucks I’ll never have enough winders for watches.
^ This is the ideal. But in reality I don’t use a winder because I haven’t got one. Unless I spend mega bucks I’ll never have enough winders for watches.
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesSort of like leaving your car running all the time because you can't be bothered to start it.
No watch winders need apply here. Watches are not displayed, but rather locked in a safe. I'm not fond of date features anyway and will simply set the date when a watch having that feature gets the call to wear.
This is not hard.
No watch winders need apply here. Watches are not displayed, but rather locked in a safe. I'm not fond of date features anyway and will simply set the date when a watch having that feature gets the call to wear.
This is not hard.
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Tonyash
·I did hear an argument from someone who used winders that they were ensuring oil was always well distributed, preventing damage and wear on the movement. Not sure of the truth in this?. I get that turning over a mechanical car on a regular basis gets oil back up from the sump and into the working parts. Left idle too long gravity will drain all the oil to the sump and you risk engine damage or seizure. On my understanding there is no sump in a watch and oil just sits in the movement and if it should drain down, it would be a matter of millimetres. Might be one for the watchmakers this, is a movement less subject to wear if constantly wound or is it better left idle and wound as required?.
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Engee
·I did hear an argument from someone who used winders that they were ensuring oil was always well distributed, preventing damage and wear on the movement. Not sure of the truth in this?. I get that turning over a mechanical car on a regular basis gets oil back up from the sump and into the working parts. Left idle too long gravity will drain all the oil to the sump and you risk engine damage or seizure. On my understanding there is no sump in a watch and oil just sits in the movement and if it should drain down, it would be a matter of millimetres. Might be one for the watchmakers this, is a movement less subject to wear if constantly wound or is it better left idle and wound as required?.
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