Electronic Watch Winders

It is a big reason I avoid dates in watches. Winders will make things more convenient, but add wear and tear to your watches. You have to decide if that trade off is worth it for you.

IMO it's not all that much of a chore to set the date and wind a watch. I can spare the 90-120 seconds it might take.

You’re going to get a lot answers both ways. Folks are either pro winder or they hate them. I use one for the convenience of not setting and winding a watch. Also, from what I’ve seen from watching way too many YouTube watch repair videos, most of the issues with watches seem to be in the keyless works. It seems to me that if you’re not hand winding or setting the watch all the time there should be less issues in that area of the watch.

Honestly, the bigger issue is who makes a decent winder? Everything from $99 eBay winders to Wolf Winders seem to have their issues.

What's my solution? More quartz watches in the collection!

I am smart enough to only have two automatic watches, one no-date and one day-date. The latter gets worn for a while each day because that's easier for me than re-setting (and it cannot be hand wound). My desire to fasten a watch around some gizmo is less than zero, and that seems like at least as much trouble as resetting the time.

My solution is a mixture of solar, kinetic and no date automatics

I like the Edox Sky Diver.

Depends on the power reserve, if you wind the 1 watch and the 4th watch on the 1st day . 2nd day the 2nd and 3rd .

You shouldn't have to wind them fully and it's a nice little routine

😆 I’ve got about 100 watches and I don’t find it a big pain in the ass to set the time on any of them Whenever I choose to wear them. Another story half the time I don’t even bother setting it and I can’t believe that people here are that damn lazy that they can’t take literally probably about 10 to 20 seconds to set the time. Slightly longer, if you wanted to be synchronized to the second to the atomic clock which feeds your phone

I love the process of the mechanical watch therefore not bothered by setting time and date. However, and I am not a professional, if the watch is sitting it’s not wearing out less service time in my opinion.

Are you really that bothered if the date is not right?

When I first began collecting, I bought a 3- watch Wolf Winder on a sale. I still use it and I'm glad to have it, but as the others have said, it's not a "must-have." It makes it possible to have "grab and go" automatics if they have a date complication, which is convenient, but I'm happy to set and wind any others in my collection, too.

I have a winder, but it never gets switched on now, just makes a nice watchbox.😀 The watches in it are worn regularly, and if they haven't had a go on the worst for a little while, just give them a wind. I actually like to wind them, I find it quite relaxing, like a little ritual. I've got 10 autos, and a handful of manuals, and every other Sunday evening after work (I work every other Sunday) I have a little look to see if any need a wind - which is easy to keep track of, as they all have dates, so I know when each has last been running.😉

I got a fairly cheap winder from Amazon... Triple tree I believe. Reviews were mostly positive and I can say that in my 1.5 years of ownership it's been great. I really only use it for my automatics with dates so having additional spots for my other automatics is a plus.

Just another gizmo , if you enjoy this hobby, it’s like a mini tea ceremony to me , take my time to set the date and carefully wind the watch not expend too much torque on the keyless works and winding stem and crown . I find it meditative myself.

If the watch movement is moving, it is creating wear and tear. Period!!!!

I only use a watch winder for my automatic perpetual calendar or annual calendar watches.

Otherwise, enjoy the process and preserve the life of your watch.

If you decide to use a watch winder...don't purchase a cheap winder as it can easily permanently damage your watch or, in many cases, magnetize it.

I have made a comment to this same kind of post many times before. I will comment again. A watch winder comes in handy for automatic watches like Seikos that can't be manually wound. You know the ones that you have to shake and shake and shake and shake and shake a bunch more times to get it to run. It is enjoyable to get your watches all wound up and the date changed and all. Just not the shaking.

A winder will not wear out your watch. There is more wear and tear on your watch wearing it than on a winder. My winder will rotate in one direction for a few minutes then stop. It will not run for 20 minutes. Then it will rotate in the opposite direction for a few minutes then stop. If you were wearing the watch you are moving and winding the watch a lot more. You are moving all the time. A winder is designed to keep watches barely running not to keep it fully wound.

Not all but some winder models have controls that you can set the speed and winding time. This can allow you to wind the watch to amount you choose.

Use a winder if you choose. You aren't hurting anything.

Enjoy the experience of chosing the watch. Look at your collection and choose the watch that you find better for that day, wind the watch, adjust date and then you realize why you spend money in a watch collection.

Depends on how many watches are in rotation.

Just wind your watches, be a man.😎

I've put my electronic watches (G-Shock and Timex Expedition) on a Winder, and haven't really noticed any difference. I don't really get what the fuss is all about... 🤔

In my opinion I would advise enjoying the process... I think that is what "connects" you with your watch... greetings!

If you find it inconvinient to wind and set your watch, you need to wear quartz watches exclusively.

Winding and setting is half the facination with manual watches.

Winders are OK but they accelerate the servicing schedule. Personally I have one but never use it.

Its all about your collection. I have a two slot winder and that works well for me. I have a decent size collection with a wide variety of movements. My wife surprised me for my birthday last year with one. I thought I didn't need/want one but it's nice not having to fiddle with my nicer watches that I wear 3-6 times a month. The battle for wrist time is the real issue. Plus they look cool.

Take those 20 seconds to set up the time and date. I see is as "me time" and try to enjoy it instead of seeing it as a chore. Kind of like shaving.

I love the seikos, I have the orange one

I'm also worried about the wear and tear of pulling out the chrome repeatedly. Is that not an issue?

No. It is the function of the crown (I assume you mean that) which is engineered for that purpose.

In all my years of wearing watches, all the ones I own, even cheap ones, I have had one crown fail and that was a Victorinox pocket watch, which evidently was defective as it failed shortly after buying it so it was still under warranty. Then they put a big scratch on the back while fixing it. So much for Victorinox service. 😐

Sorry yes crown. I didn't read the message after I dictated it. Thanks for the info.