Is a watch winder pointless?

[HL65]

Originally Posted by paverman

Perhaps you should try reversing the direction . Keep experimenting Ken, you'll get it.

I guess I'm in the minority on this issue, as I have two quad winders and love them. I agree that it's unnecessary for simple movements, but they're quite handy for larger collections with a lot of rotation going on (no pun intended) and includes annual or perpetual calendars, moon phases, etc.

PS. I completely agree on perpetuals unless we are talking about a 3970 or 5970 as we are back to same problem I am having with my others!

[Tudor66]

Originally Posted by Newbieone

I have two small wolf winders for my gmtII and Sub16800. This week I decided to put the winders away and try to keep the rotation going without them. So far so good, I especially like the convenience of having the watches on the counter, ready to go.

Pulling the watches out of the winder now seems like a wasted step each morning... My neighbor needs two watch winders for gifts, I might just sell them to her...

My two week trial without the watch winders ended today. I sold my two wolf watch winders to a friend. She needed to find two unique gifts for her parents, who both own nice Rolex watches. Problem solved, and I didn't miss the winders, as I only have date complications, which can be set quickly on any morning....