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It's my bloke's birthday tomorrow but I don't know what to get him. He likes shiny expensive things, but not bikes. He's previously suggested that he would like a winder for his automatic watch, but I have literally no idea where to even start looking for something like that.
Any of you watch-gurus got any suggestions?
Did he suggest this on April 1st?
Did he suggest this on April 1st?
Lol. No, this really is the kind of thing he buys.
Actually, I don't even know if he has a mechanical or an automatic watch. Why can't he just like bikes? It would be much easier 😀
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I think that actually might just qualify as a Zeroth-world product.
...well I'll be!!
Got to be snake oil surely?
A couple of top shelf mags and a box of Kleenex would be more fun - obviously he's got to be wearing the watch.
A couple of top shelf mags and a box of Kleenex would be more fun - obviously he's got to be wearing the watch.
Cheaper too. And easier to buy on the commute home this evening!
Got to be snake oil surely?
No, but they're really designed for people who own a number of automatic watches and who swap them around regularly; it means that they maintain better accuracy, and the watch is always properly wound.
I swap between two watches, one for work, which is manual wind, and the rest of the time I wear an automatic, with a 55-hour reserve.
A winder is attached to the end of my arm for my purposes... 😉
Put four stout nails in a square of wood about six inches apart, get a a matchbox and two sturdy elastic bands. Thread one elastic band through the box and over the nails on one side and repeat for the other side. Ta-Da a watchwinder at a fraction of the proce and with the added personal touch.
I'll send my invoice directly
I've got a watch winder and never use it as it's too noisy to have in the bedroom.
I've got a watch winder and never use it as it's too noisy to have in the bedroom.
I have an Oris automatic watch and dont wear it everyday so I put on a winder, works a treat and means you dont have to reset it if you wear it for a bit. Apparently its better if you dont have to manually wind them and pull out the crown etc to keep resetting them *this last bit may not be true.
They are a tad noisy though
I tend to wear the watch at work where I'm not so active so it often doesn't get auto wound enough and combined with taking it off to go riding / do DIY etc I often find it stopped. A silent beside winder would be perfect.
I can only hope the irony of requiring an electronic device to keep one's mechanical watch running sweetly is not lost on all the horologists with watch winders.
I got a cheap one off amazon. I have 2 autos, one day2day, other dress watch. My smart watch will go flat if I didnt have the winder.
Its a little noisy but have gotten used to it. I expect the expensive ones are a lot quieter
My watch winder is silent,
Well this end of it is
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My parents bought me a self winding Omega for my 18th birthday but the vibrations from motorcycling wrecked it and after a couple of expensive repairs it ended up lost in a drawer.
Get him a useless machine, well more useful that an watch winder....
By the way, I wear my watch to keep it wound up.
Got one from these guys that I'm really happy with....
http://www.barringtonwatchwinders.com
Cheers
Summit chilterns
Might be best establishing if he wears an automatic or a quartz first, however whilst I get the logic of a watch winder most autos have a c40hr power reserve which ought to be enough to overcome wearing a different watch for a day. I'd not use a winder as it's just 'wearing' my watch out more quickly especially if I don't wear it often.