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Does anyone use autumatic watch winders here? Would like to know as ive 4 auto s and have just seen the price for a winder to wind all 4 together about 120 upwards.
tyke121 said:Does anyone use autumatic watch winders here? Would like to know as ive 4 auto s and have just seen the price for a winder to wind all 4 together about 120 upwards.
shrink said:£120 is very reasonable for a four watch winder. I'd go as far as to call that cheap. My dual watch winder is a nasty time teutelary one, its nasty plastic, a bit noisy and still cat £50 quid. You could of course just get two of those, it works well.
Christopher ward Sell a modular winde. You get a base unit with power supply, and additional units sit next to it and are powered through induction. You can have fourworking from one Per supply. But a£75 for each module, its not cheap. But what it does give you is fully customisable program's for each watch. Most winders that do multi watches only have one program for every two watches some dont even have that
OrangeSport said:Unless the watches have a bunch of complications I wouldn't bother. I have three autos, two of which stay in the safe if they aren't on my wrist, and I just set them (if they've stopped) and go.
shrink said:It's not just about complications. One of mine is an automatic dive watch. Every time I unscrew the crown to wind it up I'm damaging the thread that is vital to water sealing. On dive watches they suggest you mess with the crown as little as possible.
There's also the fact that unlike hand winds. Automatics have very fragile gears for manual winding. Over use, or a ggressive hand winding could in fact damage an auto. So far better to get them going with a few shakes.
Or... A I prefer, keep them suitably wound on a winder