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Please reccmmend a watch winder (just got my B&R from King)


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Please recommend a decent watch winder. I dont know if the ones for 20 dollars from ebay are ok. I dont wear the watch every day and want to keep it wound.

Thanks in advance guys. Not looking to spend too much money as I already want to get a new leather strap for the watch (got a nylon band)

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A good winder is gonna run you at least a crispy hundo. In my experience all the cheaper electric winders are noisy and just don't get the needed revolutions or the counter revolutions.

Good luck!

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Well I wear the watch on the weekends bucause if I walk into the MRI room at work....that would be the end of the watch (i wear a cheap LCD watch for work)...

Ok so which 100 dollar winder should I get? Any particular one that someone could reccomend that has worked well for them. Im noticing that I have to shake the watch vigorously to get it to wind..... will the automatic winder work?

Thanks in advance

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you need tor eally search the forum, there are plenty of threads on the topic - however, i'm feeling generous today - http://www.acetimer.com/winders.htm hass the most consistant reviews - good people good prices, good winders

if your getting a single watch winder expect to pay 60-70 bucks - if you want a multiple watch winder - its more.

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fyi, the cheap ones will die - i had a 2 motor, 4 watch winder -from ebay for 60 bucks, it was a really nice box, but it lasted less than 6 months.

Because the motors are basically constantly on, you have to have a good quality motor - and since winders are a nitch you pay a premium

if you want a nice 1 watch one - check ebay for like 60-70$ you will usually get the right kind.

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Personally I don't think you really need one. The winder was designed and built if you had a complicated automatic, such as a calender, or moonphase watch that corrects itself. ie, adjusts for leap year, 28, vs, 30, vs 31 days in a month, etc. You definitely do not want to try and reset a watch like that, very time consuming and complicated. So the winder was invented to keep it wound.

If you just have a basic auto, just wind it and set the date when you want to wear it. Unless your watch is non-quickset, then I wouldn't bother.

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I, also, have an AceTimer.

It does run quiet (which is often a problem with low cost units) and arrived really well packed.

I chose it on the recommendation of other people that had left positive followup feedback after a few months use.

I have heard complaints from 7750 owners specifically that their watch's won't wind on a watch winder but I haven't experienced that myself. I appears to be an issue with the angle of the winder.

If you look on eBay for AceTimer you may be able to save $10 rather than buying direct from their site. That's what I did.

Avoid winders that run continually (the cheap ones); they will fail and may damage your watch in the process.

I hope this helps.

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i got a cheapie off ebay for $50 delivered. its a single winder, pretty quiet but still audible. kept my gmt nicely wound for when i needed it. only problem was it wouldnt wind my DG4813 SUB AT ALL no matter which orientation it was winding in. there are some days i just dont feel like wearing a sub...

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fyi, the cheap ones will die - i had a 2 motor, 4 watch winder -from ebay for 60 bucks, it was a really nice box, but it lasted less than 6 months.

Because the motors are basically constantly on, you have to have a good quality motor - and since winders are a nitch you pay a premium

if you want a nice 1 watch one - check ebay for like 60-70$ you will usually get the right kind.

Phoband, do you still have the carcass of the dead winder? I'm putting one together, and need cups/pillows for it. I have a couple of dead ones that I'm cannibalizing for it as well. I've had the $60 amazon ones (see the "Steinhausen TM44" for example), they're more reliable and quieter than the "cherry wood" ones on ebay, but they all die eventually. I have a heavy-duty, slow motor now and using some gears and perhaps belts from the RC Car world to help drive it, and using a timer and some simple math to set the number of revolutions.

If anyone has a 7750 that won't wind, try tilting the winder a little forward to get the watch more vertical. Sometimes the rotor needs a little more freedom than it gets at 45 degrees. Just make sure it isn't perpendicular to the ground, it might fall out!

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