Mankw 24 Posted December 21, 2018 Hello people, does anyone know if an automatic watchwinderbox can be harmful for a rep watch? maybe a spring can be overloaded or the movement can get stuck cause the rotations? i don’t know but would like to know cause I keep them in a box like that. (Only for 2 days until now) i just recieved the watches so what’s the best way to keep them in good condition for a long time? the cycle of my watchwinder is 4 min left turn 26 min pause 4 min right turn 26 min pause..... Hope somebody can help... thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fatarms 7,754 Posted December 21, 2018 Automatic movements have the ability to stop winding the mainspring once it has a full charge, they won't overwind. As for watch winders on the whole, I don't like the idea. These are completely mechanical movments with lots of moving parts that go through a lot of wear and tear. I equate it to keeping your car running, so it's ready to go whenever you are. Sure, there's the convenience of just picking up the watch and going on your way (only if it's well regulated, otherwise you'll have to adjust it anyways), but the mechanism inside constantly running may shorten the life of the movement itself unless it's properly serviced regularly. I prefer to just pick out a watch, adjust the date, set the time and go, letting it run out of power after I take it off for the day. Just my opinion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luxuracer 14 Posted December 21, 2018 49 minutes ago, Mankw said: Hello people, does anyone know if an automatic watchwinderbox can be harmful for a rep watch? maybe a spring can be overloaded or the movement can get stuck cause the rotations? i don’t know but would like to know cause I keep them in a box like that. (Only for 2 days until now) i just recieved the watches so what’s the best way to keep them in good condition for a long time? the cycle of my watchwinder is 4 min left turn 26 min pause 4 min right turn 26 min pause..... Hope somebody can help... thanks Hello ... Welcome to RWG! No .... The winder won't hurt your rep anymore than you were wearing it. The rotor will not overload the mainspring. The only reason I could think of for you to keep your watches on a winder is if you are rotation between two watches and do not want to have to wind and set time on either of them. Otherwise if you do not wear a watch for more than a week, there is no reason for you to keep it running on a winder. Just put it in your watch box. When time to wear it you just need 30 second to wind it up and set time. I actually love to do that every time I pick a watch out of my watch boxes. It became a daily ritual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McGilli 1 Posted December 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Luxuracer said: I actually love to do that every time I pick a watch out of my watch boxes. It became a daily ritual. I've added something similar to my daily ritual. I am currently rotating between 4 watches every day. So I just keep them all out, and every night when I switch I give the others some winding love. Let's me spend time with my best watches for a few minutes every night. Then I go and stand in front of my chess table to analyze more moves as I play long distance chess over email - and doing the watches has kind of fit into that. Clears my mind. I like it. Plus I paid good money for the watches, damned if I'm not going to fondle them every day! I thought about watch winders, but I like doing it myself. Plus all my watches have day/date and I find it a hassle to have to change both of those on all my watches along with the time every few days. Good luck @Mankw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mankw 24 Posted December 21, 2018 Thanks for the replies. i thought if you had to wind them (reps) up too often something in the movement may break. I also went for the 2824-2826 movements because they say they are much reliable then newer movements. Hope all this can expand the lifetime of my watches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Mc 1 Posted December 21, 2018 8 hours ago, fatarms said: Automatic movements have the ability to stop winding the mainspring once it has a full charge, they won't overwind. As for watch winders on the whole, I don't like the idea. These are completely mechanical movments with lots of moving parts that go through a lot of wear and tear. I equate it to keeping your car running, so it's ready to go whenever you are. Sure, there's the convenience of just picking up the watch and going on your way (only if it's well regulated, otherwise you'll have to adjust it anyways), but the mechanism inside constantly running may shorten the life of the movement itself unless it's properly serviced regularly. I prefer to just pick out a watch, adjust the date, set the time and go, letting it run out of power after I take it off for the day. Just my opinion I am really glad to read this view as I am truly swithering about getting one or not, my reason not to, is the same as yours, like leaving the car idling overnight instead of switching it off,,,, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mankw 24 Posted December 21, 2018 An impression of my watchwinder... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Munster87 0 Posted December 21, 2018 In my experience there is nothing wrong with keeping a watch in a winder permanently? Watches are designed to be worn! Therefore if you are wearing it permanently it is the same as keeping in a winder? As for wear and tear, if a watch is looked after and serviced then there is no problem. I have watches over 40 years old that have either been worn constantly or placed in a winder and guess what? They still keep time as if I had just got them out of the box new! That is what they are designed to do ( even rymes!) The same as in a car, if you do not use it, the oil degrades, the gaskets dry out, parts seize! Service it, use it, enjoy it! Just my opinion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glaude 1,615 Posted December 21, 2018 @ROLIE warned me once about the danger of some cheap watch winders, he may be the best to talk about that from a technical perspective. But what fatarms said is entirely true, even though a watch is made to be worn, it also has mechanical part that can wear and tear, a service can prevent that but sometime, parts are replaced during a service, so definitely, keeping the watch stopped when you don't use it for a certain amount of time, is better than keeping running without using it. It's a legend that oil degrades and parts seize in a watch, all the oils are not drying oil, and there's much more parameters in the car for oil to dry, than in a watch, but I'll leave that to car specialists here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
