Watch Winder

[Horloger]

What are the important technical considerations when buying a winder for 1575 and 3135 movements ?
What Brands would you recommend ?

[1000km]

Watch winders are unnecessary. Save your money.

[Snowbound]

Originally Posted by Horloger

What are the important technical considerations when buying a winder for 1575 and 3135 movements ?
What Brands would you recommend ?

I have a number of watches that I wear, some of them infrequently. Especially for those with features such as GMT hands, moon phase, or non-quick set dates, having a winder saves a lot of time.

There are a few things to consider:
1. What TPD are supported & is it adjustable. Most Rolex automatics will wind in either direction at 650 TPD (Turns Per Day). That is pretty low by watch winder standards. Theoretically overwinding can wear out the clutch in the rotor.
2. Is it quiet. My winder is in my bedroom & it is silent.
3. How many watches does it hold. I figured two would be plenty. Now I wish it held four.

I have one of these: http://www.mywatchmaker.net/winders/winderM2.htm
And I have been extremely pleased with it.
best of luck.
SB

[zak98]

as stated above... all those things are key for me as well. RHD makes a great winder. i keep a few winders in my safe. so battery operated, smaller. wolf designs makes some smaller very nice winders. i have 6 of them.. older 2.0 versions. but still working and charging after several years.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Snowbound

I have a number of watches that I wear, some of them infrequently. Especially for those with features such as GMT hands, moon phase, or non-quick set dates, having a winder saves a lot of time.

There are a few things to consider:
1. What TPD are supported & is it adjustable. Most Rolex automatics will wind in either direction at 650 TPD (Turns Per Day). That is pretty low by watch winder standards. Theoretically overwinding can wear out the clutch in the rotor.
2. Is it quiet. My winder is in my bedroom & it is silent.
3. How many watches does it hold. I figured two would be plenty. Now I wish it held four.

I have one of these: http://www.mywatchmaker.net/winders/winderM2.htm
And I have been extremely pleased with it.
best of luck.
SB

I agree with the above. I have 9 watches on winders. All have at least a date complication, several have more complications. It would be a real pain to have to wind them, especially since I wear my GMT-II 95% of the time.

I have 2 Brookstone quad winders. See http://www.brookstone.com/watch-winders-quad

Motors are silent; each of the 4 winders is separately configurable. Except for the Rolexes, I have found that bi-directional 1100 TPD settings work best for most of them.

[gooter]

From what I have found, you pretty much get what you pay for. The cheap ones tend to die quickly. As mentioned above, the RHD ones are quite nice, and you cant get better customer service!

[azguy]

I like Wolf Designs, the 2.7 models specifically. It has a full range of adjustments for just about any watch. You can select the TPD in 50 turn increminets from 300-1200. You can also select CW, CCW or both directions for the watch's rotation.

Sign up on their website and they will send you alerts for specials. In the month of September they were doing a 50% off sale, so a double winder would have cost about $350-400 instead of $700-800.

Oh, and you also get a 2 year unlimited warranty.

[MoBe]

You already have a watchwinder hanging off your wrist,it`s called your hand.

[kmac666]

On one of the websites it said that a Daytona only winds clockwise, is that true? My Daytona SS is only a couple of years old.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by MoBe

You already have a watchwinder hanging off your wrist,it`s called your hand.

That winder works well if you only have one watch with no complications. But when you have multiple watches with multiple complications, watch winders can be very useful so that you don't have to keep resetting the complications each time you want to wear a watch.

Originally Posted by kmac666

On one of the websites it said that a Daytona only winds clockwise, is that true? My Daytona SS is only a couple of years old.

I think all Rolexes wind bi-directionally. I keep all my watches on winders set to 1100 tpd, bi-directionally.

[Ironstark]

All Rolex automatic movements wind in both directions.
For any non perpetual calendar watch, a watch winder is totally unnecessary.
If you have a choice of watches and do not wear it every day, it is not real chore to reset it and wind it by hand.
If you don't wear it every day you also reduce wear to the movement components, why waste that benefit by having it wound when it is not required to tell the time?