Do I Really NEED a Watch Winder? 🤔
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Is a Watch Winder necessary for your Rolex, Breitling, Tag Heuer, OMEGA, Cartier and other watches? Have you wondered what's the benefits of a Watch Winder or which watch winder you need? Watch this video to give you a brief overview on watch winders like Doctor Strange's watch winder in his drawer.
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@@MinuteMonhe might have it so he has less to muck up on his person when he uses his magic
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It’s funny he has all his winders in a drawer with the dials facing skyward, because they wouldn’t really get wound like that.
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When I first saw the movie I thought that the watches were spinning just for the looks
@@kosmas173 Same. And they pretty much were.
Yes! Just came here to say that!
Damn that’s a good point I didn’t think about that 😂
This is why collectors should set a maximum amount of pieces they have. For me personally, that number of pieces is 7. Fully functioning and bought by myself and not including sentimental pieces that don’t serve any function other than mementos.
what you meant is you buy watch for the looks and investment values in the watch.. Not to buy when you certain life goals is achieved. To each their own.. Now it makes sense certain why people buy the exact same watch with different colours
@@r.sakarollsafe1285watches are like cars...there is very little aftermarket value gain once you take it off the lot
@@GuitarGuy650 You don't understand the watch market at all
@@CheeseBurgerJack lmao
No such thing as limits on collections.
As a guy with a $15 Casio, I see this as a win!
@@WingedDynamite ugh, poor people... Your children always taste weird.
@@Michael-Masi-911 wtf
@@Michael-Masi-911 did you think before writing this comment ?
@@uplxndcs hey don't blame me if the children of the rich taste a lot sweeter.
@@Vedant_575 I don't like thinking about the poor.
I always thought that scene was a cool way of foreshadowing him winding back time with the time stone.
yea I never even knew those things had a function
I thought it was just aesthetically pleasing
i have alot of mechanical watches and the cheaper ones ill service myself but expensive brands (2-15 grands) get serviced regularly by an authorized shop even if i havent worn it a watch winder helps the watch to stay precise on an omega seiko rolex etc the precision is a main part of the reason to have one
Bingo. The cheap Vostoks of the world can sit out for years and still be just as accurate as they were before (because they were never accurate in the first place lol). Any piece that I'd be sad to lose? Serviced by professionals.
And great point regarding watches that sit for long periods of time (or say, a piece you're keeping in a safe/safety deposit box or something for an extended period of time).
NEVER just let them sit without actually taking them out and winding them so they're functioning for a BIT at least, which will definitely save you money in the end and an almost guaranteed headache when it needs to be seriously serviced.
How often would you recommend doing this? Like what’s the minimum in your opinion to keep it in good condition while also not wearing out the gears by doing this too much?
As difficult as it would be to make it work, that style of watch winder drawer would be really cool. As long as there's very low friction on the rotor, and there wouldn't be much friction in the high end watches someone like this character would be storing in there, you probably wouldn't need that much of a pitch to keep the rotor hanging down.
You forgot to mention that a watch winder only work on watch which usually wind themself by wearing them. Instead of a knob you have to turn, they have an off valance weight which turn the "winding knob" when you wiggle them. That's why watch winders are at an angle, because this weight needs gravity (obviously). In the movie though, it's just another rule of cool I assume.
Damn i just thought they were Just to make it look more luxurious didnt know they had a specific person
Oh like a lazy susan turntable
What does a watch winder doo
@@percy.garou1001It spins the weighted rotor inside the case. The spinning rotor winds the mainspring which keeps the time.
@@shinma989 weighted rotor 🤦♂️
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@@MinuteMon will definitely do! Hope you continue to make great informative vids!
That dial on the Zenith is so incredibly gorgeous
No one needs a watch winder, especially not the one from doctor strange’s drawer. Since they were all lying flat turning sideways; without gravity those idiotic winders are utterly useless. 😂
I just bought a watch winder last week after having a automatic watch for 2 years. In the beginning, I really thought I didnt need one, but having to set the time, day and date after 2 or 3 days of not wearing it, to wear it for a day, its boring. Makes me want to wear it lesser and lesser along the week. So I bought it to keep me interested to wear my automatic time piece.
So I was today years old when I found out this was even a thing, I thought that was just a fancy display, like a turn table for a car
i live on a sailboat, so my automatic watch is pretty much perpetually winded by the movement of the waves.
Also to keep in mind that even tho it’s easy to set the time people with multiple watches don’t really have time to set the exact time every time they need it
Oh that's why those were spinning?!?!? I thought that was just because he had a lot of money and it looked cool. I never would have guessed those had a practical function
annual and perpetual calendars are a pain in the a** to set up, the winders are a must for those.
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Ive got an old Chevy watch that i should probably get serviced because it came with someones high spec camaro, corvette, nova or silverado in the 70s. Its a neat little peice, not a super expensive one but i like it.
Don't you have to have your watches (say the ones you only wear once in à while) not only regularly winded (like once every 2 weeks) but also regularly moving, in order to keep the oil and moving parts fluid ?
I’m in the business and only our watchmaker is using one when he is testing/repairing watches. They look fancy but theres no need for them. Also I don’t know about any shops that would keep their products spinning 😂
The difference between a watch that needs service from just sitting for years and a watch that needs service after running non-stop on a winder for years is wear. The one sitting needs the dried-out lubricant cleaned out and replaced with fresh lubricants, while the one that's been running non-stop the whole time is more likely to need some parts replaced due to wear.
My watch winder is a flashlight, as my watch is a G-Shock gmw b5000d. A good thrower is way better then the sunlight.
My grandfather had a watch that when it was shaken it would wind up the spring. It was like that so your daily movement kept it working but he had to put it on a stand at night to shake it while he wasn't using it to keep the spring wound up
You just described automatic (mechanical) watches, which are like half of the (mechanical) watches available on the market.
@@jackaw1197 except this was like from the 60's-70's
@@davidheath3196exactly the same technology inside a modern automatic watch. That's what a watch winder is for, to "shake" it.
I have watches with 80+ hour power reserves. It's hard to justify one for those. I actually like winding and setting my watches each time I wear one. That interaction is another reason to have a mechanical watch. I have that brown time sonar in video and modded it with a lumed kanji date wheel and red ar coated sapphire crystal.
How...when the mechanism is TOTALLY sealed inside the case...does swimming or diving affect service frequency?
I own collections but on my work I use my reliable s7 nike edition because it can alarm answer a call and can check pulse and ecg rhythm and monitor walking. 16 days regular shift and 5 days OT shifts all 12 hours. To avoid my watch getting rusty. I bring 2 watches at work. But I switch to the smart watch because as a person who worked on resuscitation nothing compares to smart watches. But yeah I feel price wearing my autos while not on critical cases
Shouldn't watch winders' rotation be on de side instead? I mean, how can a watch be winded if it rotates face up?
@@NicleT and men aren't meant to fly... But in movies they do
Wait but that watch winder is horizontal, does it still work the same way ?
I agree with your assessment. There has been the ongoing argument whether it is better to keep the movement excercised, or to let it rest.
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Had a pineapple moon. It can only be set on a full moon. If I remember right just after midnight. It took me over 3 months to set it. Then the battery went out. I bought it pawn shop. It was about $75, found out worth over 300, originally over a thousand. A new battery for it cost 30.
Although the problem with Dr Strange's watch winding drawer is all the watches are rotating horizontally so they aren't actually being wound up at all, they're just turning around doing nothing 😂
It doesn’t matter if its a wall clock or a dump truck, the worst thing for any machine is to just sit. If its a part thats meant to move it should be moved at least once a month MINIMUM. Be it backhoe or belt sander, pocket watch or cherry picker, use em or you’ll lose em.
Not really. A watch will wear out when running. Lubrication is there to prolong this process. However you can't service a watch infinitely. Parts just wear out.
Interesting advice regarding auto watch winders I got from a watch dealer a couple years back: don’t get a watch winder for 2 reasons:
1. Wears out the watch quicker, like it said in the video (“you wouldn’t leave your Lambo running in the garage all night so its on for the next morning, why do the same with your watch” was his quote)
2. Winding the watch is part of the experience of having a valuable timepiece, you build a stronger more intimate connection to your watch (“it’s not just a piece of metal that tells time, it’s a part of you, something beautiful you give life to” was his quote).
My Patek Perpetual Calendar disagrees
@@ronaldnixon8226cool
My Breitling quartz chronograph has run every day for 30 years and is just now in need of having the movement overhauled. Tell me again how I shouldn't be idling my Lambo?
@@Michael-Masi-911 These people are nuts. What's going to "wear out" in a watch? We have watches that have been running for 50+ years. People trying to sell useless products.
@@ronaldnixon8226 I think the guy is making up a story. He would have us believe a watch dealer told him not to use a watch winder but instead to manually wind a watch? This makes nonsense. You manually wind a Moon Watch because that's the only way it gets wound, you can't stick a manually wound moon watch onto a watch winder, it won't wind the watch. You stick your automatic watch on a watch winder to wind your automatic watch, but no dealer would ever tell you to "manually wind the watch to form a connection with the steel" that's just utter BS.
I love how this had nothing to do with doctor strange, but he knew that’s where all the normal people may have seen these before
“And therefore you don’t need a watch winder, you need a Time Stone” 😆
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just tie the watch to a strong dental floss and let swing like a pendulum to the nearest grand father clock. just trust me this works.
I just strap em to my car tires
How close do you think most people are to a grandfather clock in this day and age? 🤔😂
That won’t work. It changes the way to the pendulum so it swings slower slowing down the clock. If you notice at the bottom of the pendulum there is an adjustment for the weight to change the distance of the pendulum by adding a watch below it, you will extend the distance as well as change the balance of the weight
I just received a pendulum style watch winder from Amazon today. 15 bucks and it's the coolest thing ever.
I love setting my watches. Especially GMT’s. I don’t really need a winder. Yet.
I have a quartz watch that I use it every day do I need some special treatment for it?
Lol
It’s funny that I didn’t notice in the movie Doctor Strange that the watch winders winding horizontally 😅
This is one of those videos that convinces me people don't need money to work. I'm convinced that if you took away all money, people would still be occupying whatever niche space in human knowledge calls to their hearts and they'd be filling in the gaps because they want to.
You shouldn't manual wind Sellita SW200-1 and other Sellita automatics, and it's not great manual winding ETA movements either. The gears aren't robust as they assume the user will be powering the watch via the automatic rotor. Obviously manual-wind movements don't have this issue as they are made for it.
BS
I don’t like many big brands names . But even I will get a Rolex one day, it’s a goal for most men
Not a fan of the orange wings but otherwise is looks insane! Really wish the winner could be international
That watch winder in the movie is also used to show strange wastefull and metrial way of mind, also it does catch the eye
It's more about the display factor of the watch winder. I'm sure someone else comes in to clean them and someone else services them at a cost that barely registers with his income.
I have a watch and I didn't know what that turny thing is and I just found out from this video that i need to turn it once in a while. I just have one question, will it brake if you wind it too much??
I had a winding watch. I wound it once in a blue moon. Once every 5 ish months. Was a solid 22k piaget. My cousin ended up stealing it out of my safe with my entire coin collection. Used a mapp gas torch to melt and sell it
A manual winding watch doesnt need a watch winder.
The problem with them is time runs slower for my calendar watch, hence I stopped using them
I bought a Seiko dive watch in 1984 and still have it. It's never been serviced. Still runs and looks great.
Every watchmaker I've ever dealt with has agreed watch winders were made for watchmakers to make more money. Having a watch winder is the equivalent of turning on your car and never turning it off. What we recommend is if the watch hasn't been worn for an extended period of time, wind it 40-50 times once every two weeks and let the chronograph (if it has one) run for about 5 minutes. This keeps the watch alive but not constantly running.
I want 3 pieces: fancy watch, Apple Watch, cheap (fancy-looking) watch. The apple baby won’t leave my right hand, the other wrist has space though 😅
It's a convenience thing. They're available pretty cheaply these days, and it's nice to be able just to grab a watch and go.
It is but do you also let your car run in your garage because it’s more convenient?
I know doing this to a smartwatch is a ticket to bloaty battery town, I can't imagine delicate geared watches would fair much better. Especially if you plan on heirlooming your watches.
You dont USE a watch for diving, it might have features that allow it to still finction while diving but the watch doesn't enable you to go diving.
No one said it does? What the hell are you even arguing against?
I should check my Timex owners manual. I never got it serviced.
My 2 dollar Casio just chilling behind the fridge....
Your 2 dollar Casio runs more precise, is more durable and has more functions than any rolex or any other luxury watch will ever have...
@@s.w.4409but it has no value nor appeal
That watch drawer was not about 'needing' watch winders. In fact, it was the opposite. Strange was a very wealthy and arrogant guy.
He just had that drawer full off expensive stuff just because he could.
I’d get one for my watch just cuz it looks nice
i know basically nothing about watches besides the fact that they tell time. so i thought that the spinning thing was just for style and to show how rich the guy is
fun fact: the watch winders are set face up, which makes them useless.
That’s the best part 😂
I was just going to write that 😂
Wait how so
@@bobafett4457Winders needs to be vertical or at an angle to work. When kept vertically or at an angle, the watch will rotate and the gravity will cause the winder inside to stay still causing the watch to wind. If the watch winder is kept horizontally, the watch and the winder inside will rotate together, hence it won't get winded.
It's like resting an hour glass flat on it's side. Nothing happens. The rotor in an automatic watch is only half a circle, so it's weighted and like sand in the hour glass will fall to the bottom half when vertical via gravity and when you turn the watch 180 degrees it will fall (or remain) on the bottom, effectively winding the watch. This is the way@@bobafett4457
I didn't know those were watch winders (I didn't know those even existed).
At the time, I just thought those were just a fancy display.
Timex 👍👍
what are name of those 4 Seiko watches ?
Diver 200
Variations of SKX007
I wish I had a perpetual calendar... Maybe a langematik
Of course I need a watch winder... because I need a JLC perpetual calendar 😂
Hand winding will wear on the winding gear that enables the "clicking" sound and feel... i pefer to have it sitting in a winder
What you said about not wearing your watch is not true, when you don't wear it the lubricant on the jules dries up and stays lubricated much longer when it is running. If you don't wear a watch for 5 years (given 10 year service intervals) it will require a service as opposed to if you would have worn it
Does datejust required winders if left for a year.
No watch needs a watchwinder, you can just wind them by the crown
Winders are just a cool aesthetic.
Didnt even know those were watch winders. I thought they were just fancy watch display holders
Nowadays, watches are just fancy men's bracelets...
@akosyoutub they still serve a purpose for timekeeping ("I need to be somewhere 30 minutes"), but yes, the idea of keeping many watches has always been more of a fashion ideology than a utilitarian one.
This man is speaking facts
I think that scene was just meant to highlight the excess of Dr. Strange's life.
They still f up, because watch winders don't work like that if the watch dials are facing upward...
@@s.w.4409 they wanted to show off the fancy watches, to highlight the excess of Strange's life, not make a documentary anyhow watch winders work.
@@KevinC2793 They still could have done google research for 5 minutes. But what can you expect from marvel/Disney nowadays...
Which watch you were wearing in video
these are winders? I thought that was just for display. Like little turntables to show off different angles
Many Watches are powered by the movement of your wrist so people use watch winders to keep then perpetually going
You never NEED those, they are just more convinient
My grandpa just buys a new watch instead of doing any maintenance but in his defense the watches he uses are only like 800-1000 so they aint like super expensive
i don’t understand, my casio watch doesn’t need winding and can last 10 years without servicing 😕
Oh no, i need watch winders bcs it looks cool. I am just gonna use it as a display for my watch
There's a digital watch you can buy for cheap that don't required all this, but still better at tracking time.
Your point being?
@@vitsadelhole You can buy that.
@@XiaZ i can buy a honda civic as well but id rather own a ferrari even though both will get me to work on time
@@vitsadelhole That, I don't understand. Ferrari is so wasteful and not to mention you don't even have the right to modify it.
@@XiaZ you do have the right to modify it, just not mess with the logo and then post it, but that’s beyond the point, you are grasping at straws bc you are in a corner, and that’s pathetic
What was that Zenit model ?
Given the accuracy of even the best movements, I never found much purpose in keeping them wound
I always thought the spinning drawer was just to show-off how rich and successful he was and make us hate him, just a little bit, before it all goes wrong for him.
The point of him having the watch winder is cause he could afford said watch winder…
When your super rich and have multiple watches and you are more worried about getting ready and going then yes have a watch winder. Your rich it don’t matter how often it needs service you have the money and other watches to wear while it’s being done plus your time is money you want to just grab it and go
A watch that has been serviced in the last two, three decades you can leave without winding. The new oils don‘t really gunk up anymore.
Can it also just be a stylistic choice like personally, I think it just looks really cool
The scene makes it seem like even more of a declaration of his wealth because he can afford the eventual service the long running watches need.
I wanted to buy it just because it looks cool
that is the reason why I should only own 1 automatic watch rather than two. Two make me headache. 😂
Wearing my speedy right now. But not the auto
I honestly didn't know u had to wind them, I though u just set them and that was it until the battery went flat.
Automatic watches lose time regardless so it makes sense to set frequently
Something thats not right about doctor strange watch winder. I didn’t knew until I got 2 rolex watches and 6-7 watch winders (that I returned all of them - watch winders ) BECAUSE watch doesn’t wind facing up position. It have to be vertical or on the angle and not horizontal
I wonder if that’s intentional for the early Stephen Strange character development, that he’s completely using the Watch winders wrong showing that he doesn’t really care
@@MinuteMon swisskubik watch winder is very expensive and watch doesn’t wind horizontally. I had one… left it for 1 week and watch was dead
Is there such a thing as a nice watch rental? I mean, I don't care to buy an expensive watch, especially if I'm not going to wear it all the time, so I'm fine with a simple and cheap G-Shock... but if I need to go to an event like a wedding, I would like to have something to fit the suit...
Can someone explain the purpose of a watch winder?
It changes the gravity on an automatic watch so the weight can continue to accrue potential energy, keeping the movement operating. As described, this prevents the wearer from having to set it between long periods with no use.
@@realistic_delinquent thank you
There's some expensive watches that also have sapphire glass open backs that let's you see the internals, if the watch is an automatic it has somewhat like a weight pendulum at the back which rotates 360 degrees, this is what winds the inside spring of the watch, while mechanical watches are winded from the crown
My Casio gshock watch tells the time just as good as yours, and is waterproof to about 20 bar, plus it lights up so I can even see the time in the night. Not stopping me from looking at cooler, more expensive watches
Honest question; what was the purpose of your comment?
@@BCsJonathanTM expensive watches are cool, but unnecessary. And I’ve also completely forgotten what I actually meant about it
Every watch nerd/collector/enthusiasts understands and celebrate Casio as a brand. Idk why you’re being hostile tbh
@@Anon-qp3kt hostile? Sorry I made it seem like that, it’s for the most part just a joke
My pagani design watch keeps going to the wrong date and time every single day, I’ve tried winding it but it never works. Any suggestions?
There's a speed adjustment inside the watch, a watch technician should be able to clean and oil everything (which can also affect timing) as well as use a special tool to calibrate the timing.
Do people actually use their dive watches for diving?
Yes