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Posted: 6/20/2017 11:37:37 PM EDT
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Winders don't keep a watch accurate, they keep the movement wound, so you don't need to re-set the time. If you wear the automatic watch daily, it should stay wound (charged) and if accurate in the first place, stay accurate. I have about 25 automatic watches; several quartz. I have one winder (for 2). I leave it empty.
To answer your question though; I don't think it matters much. A $50 winder will do the job. A $1,000 winder will do a marginally better job with more flexibility. |
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Posted: 6/21/2017 11:18:58 AM EDT
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Winders don't keep a watch accurate, they keep the movement wound, so you don't need to re-set the time. If you wear the automatic watch daily, it should stay wound (charged) and if accurate in the first place, stay accurate. I have about 25 automatic watches; several quartz. I have one winder (for 2). I leave it empty. To answer your question though; I don't think it matters much. A $50 winder will do the job. A $1,000 winder will do a marginally better job with more flexibility. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 4:13:04 PM EDT
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Wife got me a Wolf double that will do battery as well as AC power. I only needed a single and asked for a single. I'm hoping shes planning on getting me another watch that will cause me to need the double.
But for the price it works fine. It even looks fairly nice |
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Posted: 7/4/2017 8:57:45 PM EDT
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I decided to build my own winder. First, will be super cheap to build, secondly, more importantly it is a project I can work on with the kids. WIP currently, waiting on the motor to come in (8rpm 110VAC ebay order).
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Posted: 7/4/2017 9:37:46 PM EDT
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If the reserve goes out even while wearing it each day, it needs to be serviced. LMK and I can recommend a good guy. Fast, good and cheap; Minneapolis area.
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The watch is accurate. But even with "up to 40 hours of reserve power" it dies after 3.5 days of daily wear without any extra winding. And I don't wear it daily. |
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Posted: 7/4/2017 10:22:42 PM EDT
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If the reserve goes out even while wearing it each day, it needs to be serviced. LMK and I can recommend a good guy. Fast, good and cheap; Minneapolis area. T Quote HistoryQuoted:
If the reserve goes out even while wearing it each day, it needs to be serviced. LMK and I can recommend a good guy. Fast, good and cheap; Minneapolis area. Quoted:
The watch is accurate. But even with "up to 40 hours of reserve power" it dies after 3.5 days of daily wear without any extra winding. And I don't wear it daily. I mean, I'm pretty sedentary, but I'm unable to go 4 days without a wind. |
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Posted: 7/4/2017 10:56:58 PM EDT
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3.5 days is 84 hours.
Sounds to me like you are not active enough or wear the watch long enough to keep it wound. To test the power reserve manually wind it via the crown for at least 40 turns then lay it down dial up and see when it stops, if you get from 35-40+ hours out of it then it's your sedentary life. What watch is it? I rotate between 3 watches on a daily basis and all of them will stay running for weeks at a time without a manual wind or putting them on a winder. |
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Posted: 7/5/2017 1:23:06 AM EDT
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3.5 days is 84 hours. Sounds to me like you are not active enough or wear the watch long enough to keep it wound. To test the power reserve manually wind it via the crown for at least 40 turns then lay it down dial up and see when it stops, if you get from 35-40+ hours out of it then it's your sedentary life. What watch is it? I rotate between 3 watches on a daily basis and all of them will stay running for weeks at a time without a manual wind or putting them on a winder. On my last test cycle, I wore it 24x7 from Sunday AM until it died sometime Wed PM. |
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Posted: 7/5/2017 7:43:48 AM EDT
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Fully wind it manually (40 turns or so), set it, leave it alone and see exactly when it dies.
If the reserve is still close to 40 hours, it's either you're not active enough or the winding rotor has an issue. |
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Posted: 7/5/2017 9:15:13 AM EDT
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Fully wind it manually (40 turns or so), set it, leave it alone and see exactly when it dies. If the reserve is still close to 40 hours, it's either you're not active enough or the winding rotor has an issue. 
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Posted: 7/5/2017 3:08:06 PM EDT
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Sometimes the rotor isn't moving freely due to the rotor bearing binding up or the rotor screw being loose and it wobbles and binds up which won't let the watch wind efficiently while on the wrist.
Start the troubleshooting with the easy stuff by verifying that it will manually wind to the correct power reserve levels. |
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Posted: 7/5/2017 5:09:55 PM EDT
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Sometimes the rotor isn't moving freely due to the rotor bearing binding up or the rotor screw being loose and it wobbles and binds up which won't let the watch wind efficiently while on the wrist. Start the troubleshooting with the easy stuff by verifying that it will manually wind to the correct power reserve levels. |
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