Watch Winders (Wolf, etc.)

[Cobie520]

Do you guys/gals use watch winders when not wearing your watches? I've seen 2 different takes. One that says they are good for your watch as it keeps the gears oiled/lubricated. The contrast says it is not good as it makes your watch more prone to service and its just better to wear on your wrist, unless its a watch with complications. Is there any truth to this? Overall thoughts?

[Tikandtokalot]

Wear the watch when using it and give it a rest when not.
Occasional use better than none.
Constant use more wear than necessary.
Also I'd rather wear the watch that way temperature is likely higher and better for lubrication.

[Mystro]

Do a search. This topit has been covered extensively.

[Cobie520]

Ok thank you both.

[Me4u2night]

Seeing that you already know the different takes on watch-winders, I'm assuming you already read threads on it and already know how people will answer this.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Cobie520

Do you guys/gals use watch winders when not wearing your watches? I've seen 2 different takes. One that says they are good for your watch as it keeps the gears oiled/lubricated. The contrast says it is not good as it makes your watch more prone to service and its just better to wear on your wrist, unless its a watch with complications. Is there any truth to this? Overall thoughts?

In over 50 years of wearing Rolex watches only ever needed to use the finest watch winders in the world most have two attached to their arms called wrists.And this is what watches were designed for and not sat of one of these machine things.Now if you have a watch with many many complications or lost the use of your fingers so cannot wind the watch then they could be purely a convenience.Now if you have a choice of watches and do not wear it every day, it is not real chore to reset it and wind it by hand.And if you don't wear it everyday, you also reduce wear to the movement components, why waste that benefit by having it wound when it is not required to tell the time on the wrist.

[Jroe]

I picked up a Wolf 3 watch winder around Black Friday...they had some ridiculous 70% off sale. It is a beautiful piece in my opinion, very nice to display your watches. I never minded manually winding and resetting the time, but it is very convenient to grab and go. I feel like I'm more inclined to mix things up every few days knowing I don't have to keep winding/set time every time it stops. Daytona and Sub are so simple, but my 16710 GMT is a pain to set comparatively.

[Pimpsy]

Originally Posted by Jroe

I picked up a Wolf 3 watch winder around Black Friday...they had some ridiculous 70% off sale. It is a beautiful piece in my opinion, very nice to display your watches. I never minded manually winding and resetting the time, but it is very convenient to grab and go. I feel like I'm more inclined to mix things up every few days knowing I don't have to keep winding/set time every time it stops. Daytona and Sub are so simple, but my 16710 GMT is a pain to set comparatively.

I picked up a Wolf Savoy triple recently and I like it a lot!
It's a beautiful watch display case and it's very nice having my favorites pieces ready to go. Not really ideal to set time, date, day, moon phase, etc., on my way out of the house.

[saxo3]

Originally Posted by Cobie520

Do you guys/gals use watch winders when not wearing your watches?

No!

[stylinleems]

I use my Swiss Kubik winders as storage ... very rarely turn them on.

[favre12rodgers]

I have a beautiful Wolf Roadster for my 3 watches, but yeah, after reading the two trains of thought on here....it's basically turned into a fancy display case. I never turn them on.