Do you like hand-wound movements?

Yes - I prefer to automatic! I love winding this little Hamilton for example!

Love hand winding not only becouse of feeling a part in it but the open caeback is beutiful without the rotor!

I prefer autos but a hand wound is a nice touch. I only have one though. I rotate among watches in my collection and rarely wear the same watch two days in a row so I'm winding whichever watch I pick up to wear.

I like all movements.

None give me a warm and fuzzy feeling that I am somehow connected to the watch any more than a straight edged razor gives me more of a connection than my electric. I also have yet to see a watch with soul.

All mechanical tools have there place whether they are this

or this

or this

and especially this

I Only have 2 and i like it very much, but i prefer Automatic movements for me are much more more comfortable in that you don't forget to wind it. As long as it's on your wrist, it winds up on its own.

I like winding my mechanical watches. I think one of the next watches I get will be manual-wind or I will remove the rotor in a slight mod. But for everyday use, automatics are a useful. My manual wind watches are more for pleasure

I love hand wound movements because you get to take a moment to appreciate the watch and feel its heart as you wind it every time you put it on. Plus, the Speedy is my grail so what else am I going to say.

I like that last one! 🤨🤨

I love winding my Vintage watches.

I really like my new Vario 1918 Pilot, it uses the Hand wound Miyota 8N33. I wouldn't say I prefer it to an automatic, they're just different things.

What a beautiful mess that movement is. Do you strap it on upside down to enjoy the view?

Feel no bigger connection with a watch whether manual-wound only or auto. But can appreciate a highly decorated and intricate manual-wound movement.

I prefer hand wound movements. I enjoy the interaction, the attending, the kinesthetic feel, and the sound.

I prefer auto just for the grab-and-go nature of it, but totally get the idea of connecting to something mechanical.

That movement is something else!

Hand-wound movements are the thing! 🥂

I prefer that in white gold, but that is still gorgeous.

I grew up with hand wound watches because my parents were too cheap to buy me a cool automatic. The truth is that I'm rather indifferent because a lot of my automatic watches are in boxes and need to be set and wound before I wear them.

I have two manual watches, a Chinese pocket watch I don't carry often, and a vintage Prim. Thanks to worse isochronism they allow me to time the windings so they run reasonably accurately, which I can't do with my autos.

Om good with both

I prefer hand winding movements. Love the daily routine in the morning. Additionally there is no winding rotor that blocks your view to the movement.

Love them, the sensual nature of the winding process, feeling the crown and hearing the click. While it's off for winding I also admire the caseback, press it to my ear to enjoy the ticking sound (I can identify all my watches by their tick), and give it a short wipe-down with the shirt sleeve. If on leather, I even give it a sniff :)

Plus, they're slimmer.

Don't do hand wound. Had a couple, forgot to wind them - many years of automatics and quartz to blame 🤣

I really like manual wind watches. It makes no sense for diver but otherwise I really enjoy them.

You are so right. It's like playing a vinyl record, getting it out the sleeve and gently placing the stylus on rather than just pressing play on a screen. That looks a bit like my sugess with it's sea-gull ST1901 movement..a bit.. the cost of the sugess probably wouldn't pay for the box the Lang came in..

You, sir, have excellent taste in watches. I'm waiting on my RG datograph as we speak, but I'm secretly hoping they announce a 25th anniversary model so I can switch my deposit.

Funny I saw this after having a Sugess Mechanical Chronograph delivered with the ST19 movement Swan Neck.

They are really mesmerizing, even more than autos with rotors.

I fell back in love with hand wind watches a couple of years ago. I have about a dozen vintage watches, the majority of which are hand wound and I opted for hand wind on both of my Nomos. I'm retired, so I am not in a hurry and really automatics are no better for me, since when I pull one out to wear, I have to wind and set it anyway. If I want accuracy or ease of use when I travel, I wear one of my quartz watches, but I love the relationship I have with my hand winds, they become part of the morning ritual like making the coffee.

I love hand wound watches and agree they give you an additional connection with the piece. My Moonwatch Professional is my favourite hand wound watch in my collection.

The only manual hand wind I have 3 years strong the chinese prove me wrong on this one so far.

I definitely appreciate the charm, historical significance & nerdiness of a great & impeccably finished hand would movement, but, for the sake of convenience, I would go with automatic. Or... dare I say, even quartz 😱🤣