OT: Watch winders?

[SoCalSteve]

Originally Posted by jr59

You wouldn’t need a watch winder with that one.

Very true! The more expensive the watch, the more work you have to do to it. Winding it every few days. A Timex would just need to replace the battery every couple years.

[SoCalSteve]

Originally Posted by charliedid

Oh sure, but my watch cost $49 and unless I'm doing something wrong it's never needed winding.

And a Toyota Corolla and a Rolls Royce Phantom will both get you from point A to point A. But that’s where to similarities end...

[happycampyer]

Buying a $3MM watch on eBay—what could possibly go wrong?

[jr59]

Originally Posted by happycampyer

Buying a $3MM watch on eBay—what could possibly go wrong?

Makes 15,000 dollar bikes look affordable.

[happycampyer]

Originally Posted by jr59

Makes 15,000 dollar bikes look affordable.

On a watch forum somewhere: “I sent the seller $3.5mm via PayPal and he said he’d ship the watch on Monday, but it’s Thursday and I still don’t have a tracking number, and the seller isn’t responding to my messages... Should I be worried?”

[bitt3n]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

And a Toyota Corolla and a Rolls Royce Phantom will both get you from point A to point A. But that’s where to similarities end...

And just as fast...

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

That’s a pittance compared to what some watches cost...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Patek-Phili...0AAOSwtBdad7Jp

$3,500,000
+ $150 shipping

[Louis]

Originally Posted by Tony T

$3,500,000
+ $150 shipping

OK, OK, for you Free Shipping!

[ojingoh]

I own a couple of 'automatic' chronographs, one a vintage watch. I don't understand how they don't wear your watch down. Wouldn't they be designed to rest, since nobody moves 24 hours a day? Serious question.

[Louis]

Originally Posted by ojingoh

I own a couple of 'automatic' chronographs, one a vintage watch. I don't understand how they don't wear your watch down. Wouldn't they be designed to rest, since nobody moves 24 hours a day? Serious question.

The turns per day is usually programmable, so you can control how much winding is done. It isn't a "constant 24/7" motion.

[simonov]

Originally Posted by Louis

The turns per day is usually programmable, so you can control how much winding is done. It isn't a "constant 24/7" motion.

Right. And that's one of the reasons to go with a higher quality one. They have different modes and directions. My Wolf winders are stopped most of the time but will turn periodically to just maintain the wind on the watch. They don't rotate all day long.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by SoCalSteve

I have this one for my Submariner. Now that I am retired, I hardly ever wear it, so I got a watch winder. This watch has been with me since 1999.

Super quiet, super reliable and very good looking.

May be more than you want to spend though.

So it's like brand new->

Serious question, have a Rolex GMT Master..had since 1978(40 years young), and often I'll just not wear it for a couple of days, it stops, I reset it, wind it, wear it and it's fine. Is there some 'reason' to keep a mechanical watch 'wound'??

[huck*this]

The winder depends on the movement also. Which direction it likes to be turned in, how many times a day, what speed? Also the biggest of all, if it is in your bedroom, how quiet it is.

[ScottW]

I've got one of the $50 Chiyoda units from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0793LFPS8/

Selectable TPD rate and direction/s. Works fine with my Seamasters, and it's very quiet. It sits on a shelf on the opposite side of my nightstand, about 3 feet from my pillow. The little fan in the inductive charging stand for my Android phone seems an order of magnitude louder than the watch winder, if that gives you an idea.

My only complaint is that the pillow it comes with is kind of big, but I have puny wrists (a tad under 7"). I have to use the dive extension to slip the watch over the pillow without putting too much tension on the bracelet.

I've seen Wolf singles (forget exactly which model) in the $120-130 range on Massdrop, but there wasn't a drop going when I wanted one, and that's still probably more than I want to spend on something that's, you know, NOT A WATCH. I'd sooner let my autos stop on weekends/vacation than pay $300 for a winder.

[johnniecakes]

Originally Posted by charliedid

Really?

People spend $300 (or more presumably) to buy a contraption that winds their watch.

Ain't that just the darndest thing. :-)

I had no idea.

Yea, I had no idea either.