![]() This means the watch is continuously working all year, even on the days that you don’t use it. By putting your watch on the winder, it’s constantly moving and then keeping your watch ticking all year long. One thing is on the wear and tear of the moving parts of the movement. In fact, wearing the watch will exert more force on it as our hand swings when walking can be much faster.īut then, there are some ways a watch winder will negatively effect your automatic watch. Power reserve indicator is one of my favorite functions in an automatic watch as it’s very helpful.Ĭan a winder damage your automatic watch? Winder don’t cause any damage to automatic watch because its usually rotating at a slow speed, which will not cause any bad effect on your watch. A good rule of thumb is to manual wind a few hours after you last used it but at least 10-15 hours before the power reserve will deplete completely (take a bit of guesswork here).Īnd yes, if you have a watch with power reserve indicator, things will be much simpler as you can easily top up the power reserve without needing to do guesswork. ![]() Movements such as ETA Powermatic 80 (80 hours) make it possible for the automatic watch to still be ticking after being laid down unused over the weekends.Īnd if your watch has low power reserve, you can just give it a few rounds of manual wind to top up its power reserve easily. While this is somewhat true, I believe this issue can be easily solved by using other ways apart from putting your watch in the winder.įor instance, there’s a lot of watches nowadays that have higher power reserve more than the standard 38 hours (or less than 2 days) of the ETA 2824. Their concern is the dead watch will be a nuisance as they will need to reset the time before use. The perception that we need a watch winder to maintain our automatic watch is not correct anymore and I just can’t stress it further.Īpart from that, some people also have the concern that without a winder, their watches will be dead before they get to wear it again at the start of next week after the weekend. If the shop owners know that letting the watches sit idle will damage it, they would have surely keep it running to avoid being left with damaged watches right? And some watches can sit on the shelf for months before it was bought. Most of the non-boutique shops tend to keep their automatic watches not running because it’s just a hassle to have to wind it all every day. Just like in our cars, the oil don’t necessarily goes bad if the car was left for some time right?Īnother example is the watches at the shops. Modern automatic watches now use synthetic oil for its lubricants that won’t coagulate as easily. While this might sound convincing, but this is only for animal based oil that was used in previous generations of automatic watches. This will then cause the watch cannot run properly and need to be serviced ahead of its original schedule. ![]() One of the things that I heard about automatic watch is you can’t let it sit dead for days as the lubricant oil inside it will coagulate over time. You Don’t Need A Winder For Your Automatic Watch
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