This is an excellent question. I think you should always wind your automatic when you first put it on your wrist or on your Watch Winder.
Why? Well, automatics are historically not very accurate, and if wound down even less so. You should always wind the watch before placing it on a watch winder for an extended time. Get the power reserve on the watch to at least 80%, watch winders really do not wind dead watches, they simply maintain watches till they can be worn or wound manually.
Therefore when I put on any of my automatics (or when I wake up if I slept with it on) I wind it. You may use the stem to wind the watch or you may simply rattle your wrist back and forth. I prefer to shake my wrist back and forth. If I spend the day sitting, I try to do it every few hours. Now your mileage may vary. Some watches need less winding and can gain time, some need more and loose time, so adjust accordingly. This is why
Orbita's Expensive Programmable winders are so worth the money! They allow for this fine tuning.
The other thing you have to realize is the cheap dime store $10 Quartz Watch will keep more accurate time than your $5,000 automatic! Automatics need constant attention, they get fast or slow depending on many variables, they are after all mechanical watches! Mechanical things work differently in different circumstances.
Only after you have owned a few automatic watches will you realize this reality. The winder is not the culprit when your watch is not keeping time correctly, usually it is simply on the wrong setting and the only way, repeat only way to figure that out is by trial and error. We try to share with customers the reports we get from our customers, and suppliers but every watch is unique and so your mileage may vary!
Non scientists and non mechanically inclined people should not own automatic watches. A fine automatic watch is like a beautiful woman. It takes a fine hand, patience and trial and error to keep things ticking just right! But most of all it takes a sincere appreciation and love for the treasure in your possession.
Sure we sell winders and cases, but our hope is that your watches spend more time on your wrist than in our cases and winders. Automatic Watches are meant to be worn!
I read posts on watch forums all the time. People complaining that watch companies do not write the winding requirements for their automatic watches. Some of these posts are down right nasty. But, watch companies are not making watches to be placed on watch winders, they are making watches to be worn and wound by humans. Watch Winders are just a tool to help you keep your treasure wound when you do not have time for it. But you really have to be willing to spend some time with the tool and the watch to figure out how it works best.
The physics are simple. The
winders we sell work, but from time to time someone lacking patience returns a winder saying "it does not work". We test them and not once have we confirmed this assessment. If the winder moves properly and the correct setting is found the watch will be kept wound! But you have to wind the watch up by hand to start the process and you have to patiently wait for the proper response just like with your other loves in your life.
Labels: Donald, Orbita Winders, Recommendation, Watch Factoid
by: WatchCases
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