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Who's got a nice watch? Traditional watches only, no smartwatches please.

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cramazing

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Here's an update.
Got it for a month now and really loving it.
Its inside a Wolf Design 2.7 winder.

Sorry for the crappy iPhone pic
 

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cramazing

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TheAppleFairy said:
Very nice, I have glanced at some watch winders but I don't see one in my near future. They are very pricey for something nice.
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they are pricey, the one i got was nearly $400
but if you think about it, its a small fraction of how much the watch cost.
Unless you wear it everyday, which i don't, it will eventually stop running and thats not really good and you will need to do maintenance much quicker
 
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AppleDApp

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cramazing said:
they are pricey, the one i got was nearly $400
but if you think about it, its a small fraction of how much the watch cost.
Unless you wear it everyday, which i don't, it will eventually stop running and thats not really good and you will need to do maintenance much quicker
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What is the purpose of the watch winder?
 
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cramazing

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AppleDApp said:
What is the purpose of the watch winder?
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the watch is automatic, if i don't wear it for lets say a few days, the watch will stop running, therefore when I want to wear it the next time I will have to adjust the clock and calendar again, gets annoying if you have to do this every time.

So i put it in a watch winder and it basically does what it sounds like, it winds the watch for you to keep it running, so the next time i wear it, the date and time is on point. this particular Breitling i don't wear everyday or every other day, once a week at most.

not all winders are expensive, they have some that are $50 and it does its job.
i like the one i got for many reasons, it fits my large 46" watch, i can set it to as many "TPD" (turns per day) as i want, it can rotate clockwise, counter clockwise, or both, and it also has an option for you to set a delay start. and on top of that he has a storage compartment for 3 additional watches on the top, plus it looks cool haha

hope that helps, by no mean am i a watch expert, i just learn all this stuff a few months ago.

my next watch, hopefully in a few years or after a big promotion will be a Rolex!
 
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ocabj

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cramazing said:
they are pricey, the one i got was nearly $400
but if you think about it, its a small fraction of how much the watch cost.
Unless you wear it everyday, which i don't, it will eventually stop running and thats not really good and you will need to do maintenance much quicker
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If an automatic watch stops running often, it doesn't mean you won't have to do maintenance quicker.

I was at an IWC Boutique a few months ago and they had one of their watchmakers fly in from Schaffhausen. He spoke a lot about servicing watches and he indicated that theoretically speaking, service intervals should be shorter (more often) if a watch is always running. As far as watches that are often stopped because of not being worn (wound), the issue is where the oils settle while the watch is dormant (not moving) and how long the lubricants on the gears are in one place and not in others.

But practically speaking, he indicated that full service intervals should pretty much be between 4-5 years based on all the internal watch wear he's seen.

The only real benefit of a watch winder is that it saves you the time of having to wind a watch from dead stop and setting the date and time. Depending on the complications of a watch (e.g. GMT), and if you're the type of person who likes to get the minute hand dead on with respect to the second hand, this could take anywhere from a half a minute, to a few minutes.

That said, I have one watch winder to rotate between a two frequently and one infrequently worn watch. It's one of the older Wolf 1.7 module winders, but I got it for $71 and change from the Tournaeu factory outlet. I might get a newer Wolf winder with 2 or 3 capacity and the storage tray, though.
 
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cramazing

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ocabj said:
If an automatic watch stops running often, it doesn't mean you won't have to do maintenance quicker.

I was at an IWC Boutique a few months ago and they had one of their watchmakers fly in from Schaffhausen. He spoke a lot about servicing watches and he indicated that theoretically speaking, service intervals should be shorter (more often) if a watch is always running. As far as watches that are often stopped because of not being worn (wound), the issue is where the oils settle while the watch is dormant (not moving) and how long the lubricants on the gears are in one place and not in others.

But practically speaking, he indicated that full service intervals should pretty much be between 4-5 years based on all the internal watch wear he's seen.

The only real benefit of a watch winder is that it saves you the time of having to wind a watch from dead stop and setting the date and time. Depending on the complications of a watch (e.g. GMT), and if you're the type of person who likes to get the minute hand dead on with respect to the second hand, this could take anywhere from a half a minute, to a few minutes.

That said, I have one watch winder to rotate between a two frequently and one infrequently worn watch. It's one of the older Wolf 1.7 module winders, but I got it for $71 and change from the Tournaeu factory outlet. I might get a newer Wolf winder with 2 or 3 capacity and the storage tray, though.
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what you said is very accurate and pretty much what i have learned so far, especially about the oil settling and such.
I met a guy who worked for Rolex as a "watch mechanic" and he told me its just better to keep it running than to let it stop, i just it could be a matter of opinion depending on the person
 
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tandersn9

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Reactor Atom, just got it a few weeks ago, definitely an upgrade from what I had before :).

It has a nice hefty weight, a solid shock resistant miyota movement, and my favorite feature which is C3 Superluminova! :D
 

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b06tmm

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AppleDApp said:
What is the purpose of the watch winder?
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To keep it wound? <smile>

There are several schools of thought and mind-sets at play here.

One school of thought is that you wind it when it stops running, and the other one is to keep it wound. This may sound simple but its not, there are a few factors to consider.

Winders are only good for automatic watches. These generally have a rotor inside that winds the watch as move your arm. Your daily movements should retain the power reserve in the watch from when you last wound it. Depending on the model, they usually have around a 40 hour power reserve and some have over 72 hours.

Some watches have a quick-set date function where you pull out the stem to a certain position and are able to advance the date to the current one within seconds. Some watches do not have this feature and you have to advance the hands to get to the current date. This may take a whole minute. <smile>

I'm in the "let it die" camp because most of my watches have date complications and have the quick-set function to set them. I'm also of the mind-set to where I equate constant movement to constant wear. To be honest, If I had a non quick-set date on a piece that I wore every now and then I might put it on a winder.

Just my thoughts...
 
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Siderz

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Can't remember the exact model, but it's a radio controller solar powered Casio.

The solar powered bit is great, but the radio controller thing is useless. Come daylight savings or British summer time, it doesn't change...what's the point on radio controlled if it doesn't change when the clocks are supposed to? I've got to change it myself.

Does anyone know of a similar radio controlled solar powered watch that actually works?
 

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SHNXX

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Vudoo said:
What's the price tag on that baby?
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That watch is over 1 million dollars and probably even with that, it would be next to impossible to get.
It is the Patek Philippe skymoon tourbillon with repeater, perpetual calendar, skychart, etc etc....
I think it's reference number 5002 at two units per year.

I SERIOUSLY doubt that the person posting the picture of that watch owns it.

It's the kind of thing you would see at a Christie's auction.
 
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