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Logan5tx
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Apr 2, 2019
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I'm curious- I bought one of the Wolf Windsor two watch winders on her a few months back and was very excited about it. Its beautiful and really nice. BUT- It doesn't keep my watches wound! I have one of the new new ceramic Rolex Daytonas and also one of the Glycine bronze combat subs and I notice that after a couple days they have either stopped or the time will be completely off like they have started and stopped a few times. This is after manually trying to wind them to full wind before putting them in the winder. I've tried the three different settings as well, with no luck. Its really frustrating because the cheap crappy $50 winders from ebay that I've used in the past actually work great. Its ironic that I may end up shelving the Wolf and going back to the cheap winders after spending that money on it. Has anyone else had similar issues?
riggarob
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Apr 2, 2019
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Logan5txI actually read about this phenomenon on another website. I have an eight watch Winder that some watches work on, and others don't. There are many theories out there but I can't think of them off the top of my head right now, but you can Google it and find the reviews. I have 4 modded Seiko 7002s, 6309, and SKXs they don't do well on a winder. Or I should say they do kind of okay sometimes. At any rate, my Submariner works on a winder, a couple of my Tags, no problem and the same with my Seamasters. Oddly enough, most of my Seiko autos do well on the winder. Like the other person said, if you have a very complicated movement it's best to keep it on a winder, because it is a pain in the ass to reset everything if you just want to wear the watch for an afternoon, or a night out. This just got me thinking, I have one new Orient Ray II, 3 Orients from the early 80s, and one from the mid- 90s, all autos. I've never put them on a Winder, and I don't remember why. At least this conversation has me thinking about that. On another note, the Chronos that I have except for one auto Tag, are the solar powered Seiko types. Those things are phenomenal! I have a special place on top of my workbench whereas I can leave an LED shop light on and it charges up those watches beautifully. Also included in that is a Citizen Nighthawk. Thanks to the original poster for bringing this up and putting my mind in gear again LOL! Semper Fi, Robbie
One last thing, I have 4 Croton automatics, and I rotate those out sometimes hourly LOL. These are fantastic watches for little money. They have a hacking movmt, so I just unscrew the crown, and old school style give it 25 to 30 ratcheting turns clockwise. In other words you turn it about 120°, you rotate it backwards and then turn it clockwise again. This gives me another one to two days of power. Also, depending on how you set the watch down, crown up, crown down, case down, crystal down can also slow down, speed up or keep the time the same. So the Crotons have never been on a Winder, because I am the winder hahaha
guzzijason
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Mar 20, 2020
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riggarobI have a 3-bay Wolf Meridian, and I really like it. With that said, I have noticed a phenomenon where if you don't center the watch well on winder, it will be off-balance, which could effect the winding. In my case, I didn't have any issues with winding, but I started to notice the winder making some noise and brief pauses at a certain point in the rotation. At first, I thought it was a problem with the winder itself, but after fiddling around a bit, I noticed that by centering the watch better, the problem went away. In another bay, I deliberate set a watch off-center and was able to replicate the problem, so now I'm very careful about this. I'm wondering if the problem is exasperated by bigger/heavier watches. Just something to keep in mind.
TigerUK
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Feb 17, 2021
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guzzijasonThe seikos have high torque rotar, sometimes they don't go to the down position without some extra momentum behind them. The movement does result in more winding from less movement but I can imagine the seiko movements not winding well on such a gentle watch winder.
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