Subject: Viaweb Form Submission:User_Name: spanjer message:"I bought my wife a pre-owned rolex at a very reputable Houston store, it is a nice watch but when she takes it off after work, it always stops during the night. In your opinion is the watch defective? I want to buy a watch winder but after reading all your info I am worried." Art Spanjer
Art,
Good question, only a reputable repairman could give you that answer, behavior is no indicator.
Why?
It is rare that a legitimate bricks and mortar jeweler would cheat someone.
Charge too much?
Not unheard of, but fraud is rare.
Well Automatic Watches are wound via wrist movement and people differ greatly in the amount they move and fidget. Some people, women especially, tend to not move wrist violently enough to allow the watch to build up a reserve of power.
It is the reserve of power which keeps it ticking when not worn.
A simple tip is when she removes it at night she should shake it for a good 30 seconds. Shake it firmly, but not vilently, sort of like you would shake down a thermometer, or maybe shake a mixed drink if you were not in an excited mood. In other words it needs sudden movement with sudden stop, but not so hard the watch sails out of her hand. Or she can just shake her wrist back and forth for 30 seconds before removing it.
This problem is why people part with $2-$300 for a winder. Spending any less will get a winder that does not work. If the cheap winders worked I would sell them, money is money.....
Any of the winders I sell will work for your rolex.
I would tell you to get either an Orbita Sparta open winder, $199.00 (code starts with an OR for Orbita)
another option at low end of price range is an everwell cylinder winder $140, go to single winders click "view all" then scroll to near the bottom you will see them, the code starts with an EW.
The winders being sold online and on television for less are not worth the money, they break and they do not wind the watch. A watch winder is more sophisticated than a drill with a watch on the end of it. The rotor must be at a 35 - 45 degree slant, with rather violent stops (recall my shake wrist description.) These stops wind the watch and these same stops break the winders internal parts...simple physics.
Your watch is probably fine.
You wife probably is not real violent and a simple winder will probably do the trick.
A used Rolex is a better bet than a used Mercedes!
If money is no object get the Orbita Bellino Winder in leather.
Now, in terms of a used winder, do not, I repeat, do not ever buy a used winder! They look fine, but are not easy to repair because of a lack of spare parts and people only try to sell them when they are broken.
I have a ton of customers who purchased a winder from one of those "cheap winder" companies only to end up buying one from me 30 days later!
Sincerely,
Donald Geib,
President,WatchCases.com
www.watchcases.com
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