To wind or not to wind.

Manual watches wind everyday. It’s become a soothing ritual for me.

Sometimes I only wind the watch I’m going to wear but other times I will wind up a few especially if I’m going to wear them in the next couple days.

b and c some of my watches that I don't rotate much, I wind them manually once a month

I voted b but if I had a mechanical or automatic watch with a hard to set complication I'd use a watch winder

I wind the watch exactly according to the formula, which guarantees the infinite life of the movement

Before bed, all my watches get a wind. Mostly because I'm paranoid about movements not moving lol

I try to wind every watch at least once a month.

Interesting, didn’t know such formula exist. Mind sharing?

Watches in rotation go in a winder so I don't have to manually do it. Watches that are not in rotation are not wound until they get back in rotation. I rotate every few months as the seasons change. 🌱🌻🌞

I do not have only wind watches... I do wind my automatics a few times when i wear them before i put them on. But I do not wind while they are not in use.

I do pull the crown on my quartz pieces to stop them and save on battery life. I have over 20 watches, so it makes sense, not to have them all running all the time.

I do wear ALL my watches, the ones I neglect, are given away!!!

My addiction has too many to wind every one, every day. However, on a quiet day I will go and wind all the manuals, shake all the automatics and push in the crowns on my quartz. Just don't tell my wife where I disappeared to!

My ritual is to plan out the next few days, set them and place in the winder. Then I as I pull one out to wear it goes back in the box and allowed to rest, and another comes in. I feather my quartz in and out so sometimes the Auto's set on the winder a couple of days.

I wind them daily while i decide what to wear, I like the interaction with them. My babies.. 😍

Not at all, I often had feeling that some of the watches being covered with dust for a long time so that's why I created a formula that on the eleventh of every month I wind all watches 24 times. That formula changes every year for instance last year I been winding them 23 times and next year will be winded 25 times and so on and after 2030 I will begin winding my watches downwards and from 2040 upwards and so on. Ok, I made that up because I had to come up with comment as I accidentally pressed the option C 🤷‍♂😁

I ain't be windin' nuthin. I've pared my collection down to only solar/atomic watches.

I used to sit on camp A, and wound my watches before bed time, but I stopped doing so as I’ve learnt and experienced thar movements deriving from ETA 2824 don’t really like being hand wound a lot. The reversing wheels eventually get stuck if only hand-wound and the rotor starts having problems to spin freely. Now I wind these watches up only at the time of wearing them and let my wrist do the rest of the job.

Dude..I was just happy we can safe some cash from those pricey overhaul 🤦

for the automatic ones, to keep the lifespan as long as possible for the watch, i'm only winding till the seconds hand starts to turn. After that i'm setting the time and wearing it. To keep them safe as much as possible, do this 😀

I don’t want all of my watches running all of the time. Watches need serviced and I don’t want to pay to have all of watches serviced regularly. Once you start getting into $500-1000+ service charges you really start thinking more about unnecessary wear on the watches. I’d rather spend a minute setting the time and date than put unnecessary wear and tear on the watch by keeping it running all of the time.

Are you not worried about having to service them prematurely? The more a watch runs, the sooner it will need a service. By letting the watch sit idle, you can really extend the service interval. Not always, but almost always.

Do you not worry about moisture and dust/dirt getting into the watch by pulling the crown out? Even ambient moisture in the air could enter the watch if the crown isn’t pushed in for the gaskets to do their thing.

Tbh not really.. I’m not paying for a service on an invicta or a pagani design😂 I do let my Seiko snk809 stop just becauce i can’t hand wind it(7s26 movement).. and I wear my orient most days so it’s gonna be running anyway🤷🏾‍♂️.. but this is a good point and if I get an expensive watch I will definitely keep that in mind.. thank you for the advice🤝🏾

I have four that I keep at the ready at all times for a period of two weeks. Any of the four that don't get worn that day get wound, either by the Seiko Shake or manually. I work from home, so I tend to wear 3 out of the four a day: each for about 5-6 hours. After two weeks, that group of four gets rotated out for another group of four, and the cycle continues. Any other watches outside the group I wear whenever I wish. Any auto that's sat in a box for a month or two gets wound and set, and even if I don't wear it, I keep it running for maybe a week to give it a good run.

Fair enough! You also make a valid point; I wouldn't worry about those either.

Thank you for your advice though because I never really thought about letting the watch stop to prolong service intervals. You may have stopped me from making an unnecessarily costly mistake further down the line🤝🏾🫡 I appreciate the feedback

You are very welcome!

I see your point...but again, most of battery operated watches come from factory with a little plastic ring on the stem to avoid battery being drained before the buyer gets to it...its the case of Timex watches. One friend asked me if their watch was broken, but it was just this little plastic that was still in place, hence the watch did not start ticking. I guess if you live in a very hot and humid enviroment this could an issue. I think still the gaskets do their thing.

I wind all the watches at least 1 full time before a month passes. Making sure that they are running as a static machine will never end in a good place (at least for the oils not yo dry) yet keeping the low mileage for the service.

I do the same. I try to run each watch at least once a month, even if it's not on the wrist at all.

No reason to wind all my watches. I don't have time, for one. Two, why force extra wear and tear on them?