Manually wind the automatic watches

[Dickson Lim]

Cheers fellow watch expert here,

As usual, I went to get some window-shopping during the weekends. I saw one small repairshop with some watches with it, walked in and have some WIS talk with the shop owner.

The owner is smart and knew that I owned more than a few watches. He told me that for those automatic watches, manually winding them daily is not a good habit as it will destroy or wear the tiny parts like the mainspring of the movement faster. I have some little puzzle as manually wind all my watches(automatic and manual wind watches too) in the morning has been part of my daily routine. I got a watch winder but I do not like to use it as I like to stay 'connect' with my watch better than let them rolling in the winder without the owner!

Is that shop owner telling facts? Should I concern about this issue? Hope the experts here will help!


Thanks in advance.




Cheers,
Dickson Lim