Call all owners of automatic watches

[PhoenixOrion]

My two favorite watches...one is swiss automatic and the other is kinetic.

I don't have one of those winding stations and I don't really want to buy one. I refuse to spend that much money and haven't found one that struck me as a 'buy.'

So I just use one as my day watch and the other one as my night watch/going out.

Other ideas to keep these things wound/running?

 

[ed21x]

keep one in your car

 

[jagec]

Ride a Harley.

 

[0roo0roo]

buy a tabletop display novelty gadget that moves around a bit.
stick it on a lamp timer

 

[Lounatik]

I am going to get a winder from Amazon. Their prices are excellent, and you wont have to spend 200.00 on one. Watch winders

They have some really nice ones for well under a hundred bucks.

Peace

Lounatik

 

[Zenmervolt]

Wind the watch via the crown? All three of my automatics allow manual winding.

That reminds me, I need to get the Longines repaired.

ZV

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Wow! ... so people will buy a watch winder, which uses electricity, in order to power an automatic, theoretically self-sustainable watch? Really smart - and economically sensible.

Isn't it simpler to just wear the watch while jerking off? You get to exercise, you have an excuse to do it more often, and you keep the watch well-charged, along with a big smile on your face!

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Wow! ... so people will buy a watch winder, which uses electricity, in order to power an automatic, theoretically self-sustainable watch? Really smart - and economically sensible.

Isn't it simpler to just wear the watch while jerking off? You get to exercise, you have an excuse to do it more often, and you keep the watch well-charged, along with a big smile on your face!

I wonder how many watch batteries you could buy for the cost of a winder? I'm guessing at least 50 years' worth.

 

[Ns1]

I wear mine all the time

problem solved

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
buy a tabletop display novelty gadget that moves around a bit.
stick it on a lamp timer

this is what i'm trying to figure out, too. I have 3 autos - I can't keep them all wound all the time.

 

[LS21]

i try to rotate mine every 2 days (brown and black) to keep enough power reserve.. but if i dont its no big deal to give it a little shake in the morning and re-set the time

 

[EvilYoda]

Is it bad to let an automatic drain its power? I have a decently nice Tag Carrera Twin Time Automatic, but I seldom wear it when I'm home, it's usually just reserved for nice nights out and when I'm on the road. For instance, I haven't put it on in the 2 some weeks that I've been home from LA.

 

[BladeVenom]

Get watches that run on batteries next time.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Is it bad to let an automatic drain its power? I have a decently nice Tag Carrera Twin Time Automatic, but I seldom wear it when I'm home, it's usually just reserved for nice nights out and when I'm on the road. For instance, I haven't put it on in the 2 some weeks that I've been home from LA.

I've heard a lot of stories from watch owners that it's bad to let them wind down, but from chatting with people who repair watches, the advice I've gotten is, "I've never repaired a watch where I thought, 'if only they'd kept it running all the time, it wouldn't have broken'." I'm inclined to believe that there's nothing at all wrong with letting a watch wind down.

ZV

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Is it bad to let an automatic drain its power? I have a decently nice Tag Carrera Twin Time Automatic, but I seldom wear it when I'm home, it's usually just reserved for nice nights out and when I'm on the road. For instance, I haven't put it on in the 2 some weeks that I've been home from LA.

I've heard a lot of stories from watch owners that it's bad to let them wind down, but from chatting with people who repair watches, the advice I've gotten is, "I've never repaired a watch where I thought, 'if only they'd kept it running all the time, it wouldn't have broken'." I'm inclined to believe that there's nothing at all wrong with letting a watch wind down.

ZV

The only info I found was talking about keeping lubricants distributed, and stuff like that.

In other words, the sort of thing that doesn't matter unless you're leaving it unwound for YEARS.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: LS21
i try to rotate mine every 2 days (brown and black) to keep enough power reserve.. but if i dont its no big deal to give it a little shake in the morning and re-set the time

Exactly. It takes no more than 30 seconds of winding to get it back up to speed and i just reset the time.

 

[Homerboy]

watch winders? Holy shit are we a lazy species.

 

[Pheran]

I don't get why anyone would hassle with this. I have a Casio G-Shock that sets itself from the NIST atomic clock and has a battery that self-recharges via solar power. No winding, no battery changes, and no time setting - and the time is always 100% dead on, right down to the second.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: dainthomas

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Wow! ... so people will buy a watch winder, which uses electricity, in order to power an automatic, theoretically self-sustainable watch? Really smart - and economically sensible.

Isn't it simpler to just wear the watch while jerking off? You get to exercise, you have an excuse to do it more often, and you keep the watch well-charged, along with a big smile on your face!

I wonder how many watch batteries you could buy for the cost of a winder? I'm guessing at least 50 years' worth.

More than that I bet. I bought a watch for $6.43 at Walmart about 5 years ago. I just replaced the battery last month. It was still keeping time, but it was starting to have trouble mustering enough power to run the backlight or properly sound its alarm.

Originally posted by: Homerboy
watch winders? Holy shit are we a lazy species.

Dude, you've obviously never wound a watch. After enduring a flogging from violent natives and walking across hot railroad spikes, you can finally bring it to a high priest for a blessing. He splashes holy acid in your face, and then gives you permission to wind it - once he cuts off the tips of your thumb and index finger. You must then wind it using the bones in your fingers, even as the acid drips from your face into the open wounds.
It really sucks. Watch winders can help put a stop to this whole brutal practice.

 

[Tiamat]

My watch is light powered, so I dont have this problem

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: Pheran
I don't get why anyone would hassle with this. I have a Casio G-Shock that sets itself from the NIST atomic clock and has a battery that self-recharges via solar power. No winding, no battery changes, and no time setting - and the time is always 100% dead on, right down to the second.

i have one of these too. but i work in an office, so i dont wear it in this setting, and i fi do -- it wont be enough to charge it.

on a nice sunny weekend out i will drive with the top down with a solar watch, though

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: dainthomas
I wonder how many watch batteries you could buy for the cost of a winder? I'm guessing at least 50 years' worth.

More than that I bet. I bought a watch for $6.43 at Walmart about 5 years ago. I just replaced the battery last month. It was still keeping time, but it was starting to have trouble mustering enough power to run the backlight or properly sound its alarm.

$6.43 every 5 years. Over 50 years that's $64.30. You can buy a watch winder for ~$30. So more like 25 years' worth of batteries.

Still, that's not cheap, and it assumes that the winder lasts indefinitely. In any case, you don't buy a mechanical watch to save money.

ZV

 

[Pheran]

Originally posted by: LS21

Originally posted by: Pheran
I don't get why anyone would hassle with this. I have a Casio G-Shock that sets itself from the NIST atomic clock and has a battery that self-recharges via solar power. No winding, no battery changes, and no time setting - and the time is always 100% dead on, right down to the second.

i have one of these too. but i work in an office, so i dont wear it in this setting, and i fi do -- it wont be enough to charge it.

on a nice sunny weekend out i will drive with the top down with a solar watch, though

I work in an office all day too, and my watch has absolutely no trouble staying charged. I don't think I've ever seen the battery indicator go below "high".

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: dainthomas
I wonder how many watch batteries you could buy for the cost of a winder? I'm guessing at least 50 years' worth.

More than that I bet. I bought a watch for $6.43 at Walmart about 5 years ago. I just replaced the battery last month. It was still keeping time, but it was starting to have trouble mustering enough power to run the backlight or properly sound its alarm.

$6.43 every 5 years. Over 50 years that's $64.30. You can buy a watch winder for ~$30. So more like 25 years' worth of batteries.

Still, that's not cheap, and it assumes that the winder lasts indefinitely. In any case, you don't buy a mechanical watch to save money.

ZV

$6.43 was for the whole watch, not the battery.

I see lots of 5-packs of watch batteries for $3-5 on ebay. So that's $30 watch winder vs. 150 years of batteries.

 

[oogabooga]

Are you having trouble keeping two watches wound? The one you wear during the day should get more than sufficient movement to stay wound I would think. The night one maybe less so if you're not consistent about it? My automatic watch I have taken off for 2 days or so and have come back to it still ticking. It would seem like if you had just two automatic watches you would be able to keep them wound just from use.

I wouldn't think a winder would be necessary till you have 5-6 watches.