Watch winders are a waste of space. Discuss.

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Some day when I have a walk in vault, I’ll put some winders in it.
 
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Gotcha. Here's my latest addition to the collection.


...a favorite from the Silence of the Lambs Collection
 
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I use one of these...




1600 rpm spin cycle. Keeps ‘em ticking for a week...

...and your watches ain’t never smelled so good.

Mmmm... orchard fresh
 
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I've collected various watch winders over the years including Orbita, Scatola del Tempo and Underwood, plus a few real junkers given away for buying a watch. They can be handy for perpetual calendar watches but even then it isn't that difficult to reset a perpetual calendar mechanism if it has stopped for awhile. I mostly use them for display purposes now, they make a nice visual statement in my library/study. I might have one or two running and rotate my automatic watches through them. But if one breaks I'm not replacing it.
 
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But if one breaks I'm not replacing it.

This is exactly why I don't currently have any winders.
 
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This is exactly why I don't currently have any winders.
Fortunately, a quality product like an Orbita are very reliable, I haven't had one of those crap out yet. But a lot of the Chinese made ones are just junk.
 
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I use a free watch winder (my hand) and I let my watches run out when I’m not wearing them. Unless I’m testing the timing, which I haven’t been interested in doing the past couple of months. Also 60% of my collection is manual wind.
 
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I will just leave them in the tray, whenever I feel like wearing, I will just pick one up, adjust the time, wind it... Personaly I enjoy that process than a winding machine.
 
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Waste of space and waste of time. Time spent setting and winding a watch is precious.
 
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My watch winder... have owned for decades and not one repair, except for the occasional hangnail.
 
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I'll let you argue with her about it....

Please buy a watchwinder from this poor girl so she can buy a button for her jacket. And a shirt. And a bra...
 
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The OP will change his opinion once hodinkee unveils their $8500 official watch winder for those that couldn't be bothered to indulge themselves into winding and setting watches. 👍

depends on who will be co-branding with Hodinkee. 😀
 
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My automatic winder broke this week.

Lucky I keep a spare up my other sleeve.
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Please buy a watchwinder from this poor girl so she can buy a button for her jacket. And a shirt. And a bra...
Less is more (of whatever tickles your fancy).
 
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All you have to do is persuade your four legged friend to go for a walk, sorted 👍

 
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All you have to do is persuade your four legged friend to go for a walk, sorted 👍


That might be a great product idea.

Imagine a vest, like the Service Dogs wear, that would hold up to 8 watches in velcro pockets (4 watches on each side).

Taking the dog for a walk could wind up 8 watches at a time!

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I think watch winders are a nice way to display you watches but not necessary ... Its a kind of niche item .