Self Winding Box

[Bebot]

Do you guys use a Self Winding Box for your Rolexes?

Why or Why not?

I just wanted to know the Pro's and Con's if there is any.

TIA

[sillo]

Nope. Doesn't take much time to wind and set any of the watches I own.

[azs.77]

I use one. My wife calls it first world problems.


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[Ronew356]

I literally almost wrote this question earlier today.

I was reading an article this morning that was explaining that an older watch, that may need service (low oil), could be doing harm if it were just spinning without proper lubrication. That seems a little of a stretch to me though.

Begs the question, do you all regularly service your pieces?


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[Syed117]

My father does.

I do not.

I actually just got him a Wolf triple winder for father's day.

[Bebot]

I was told that if an automatic watch just sit and not being used, it will dry up so automatic winder is a good thing to have.

I have my Daytona and Submariner for years now and I never owned such box. I also never had any problems. Knock on wood.

[chicagowatchman]

I have had my watches on a orbita winder for 20 years
Serviced this past January
No problems with the movement
I was told the watches are in excellent shape

[Harry-57]

I use a winder. There was a time when I had one watch which I wore all the time. Nobody told me that by wearing it every day and never letting it run down, I would damage or prematurely wear out the movement.

I left a TAG Carrera 16 Day Date in a drawer for three months once when I was unwell. When I got it out and got it running it was noisy and ran slowly. I wore it for a few days and nights, during which time it became silent and kept good time again. This prompted me to get a winder when my collection went from one to two decent watches.

[Pauln]

Originally Posted by sillo38

Nope. Doesn't take much time to wind and set any of the watches I own.

[Seibei]

No, because they take up space and wear the watches for no good reason.

[horntiger]

Rolex FAQs say that "there is no need to wind a Rolex if it is worn daily." Winders simulate daily wear - - use Rolex expects-- especially if they are programmed to the proper number of rotations. I have used them for years. Personally, I have always believed this theory that a winder is bad because it puts extra wear on the watch is silly. But this is a polarizing topic on the forum with strong opinions on both sides. So, I decided to ask Rolex myself. When I went to the Dallas RSC a couple months ago to have my DJ and 1969 Air King serviced, I asked directly whether the winders were bad. They chuckled and said they were absolutely fine. In fact, both RSC employees I talked to used winders themselves! So, my take is use them if you like them, don't if you prefer winding and adjusting complications yourself. Neither choice is bad, just different!

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[wilsonpepper]

I would think the winders would be a good thing vs. wear and tear on the crown and gaskets from resetting the watch a lot.

[Hadden]

I think it depends on how many watches you have in rotation.

I toyed with the idea a while back when I had 5 watches rotated. Only got one now so it gets wound on my wrist

[RJRJRJ]

Originally Posted by sillo38

Nope. Doesn't take much time to wind and set any of the watches I own.

Pretty much this. I do not know or care about whether a winder is good or bad for the watch.

[Amg7861]

Maybe if you have something super complicated.


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[Harry-57]

When you get to my age, everything is super complicated.

[Dennisoul]

Don’t use them now, had one at one time. Knackered my 16570 rotor...had to send it to RSC to be fixed...if I don’t wear the watch and the stops, it’s no great hassle to set it and wind it. There’s nothing in any of the manuals that say it’s bad for a Rolex to stop, reset the time and wind it. Quite the contrary,hand winding the watch keeps the winder active....let the watch wind down to a stop 2 times a month, then give it a full wind.

[Raypep]

I use one. After reading this thread, maybe I should stop?

[sillo]

Originally Posted by wilsonpepper

I would think the winders would be a good thing vs. wear and tear on the crown and gaskets from resetting the watch a lot.

The old manual wind Daytonas have to be wound basically everyday. That's a lot of screwing and unscrewing between services.

Originally Posted by Raypep

I use one. After reading this thread, maybe I should stop?

If you find it convenient keep using it. It's not doing anything worse to the movement than wearing it everyday.

[teck21]

Weird, I just posted my own reason for using one in another thread but I’ll just paste it here as well since it seems appropriate.

I have three watches currently, and enjoy rotating them very frequently which is why I bought a winder rather than put up with the hassle of winding a watch every couple of days.

Sure there’s wear and tear compared to not putting them in the winder, but to me it’s like I’m wearing my watches every single day.

Surely that’s what a watch is designed for? Certainly for something as well built as a Rolex.

I wore a cheap Seiko Kinetic daily for 20 years straight. It never lost any time (I never ever had to reset the time because it went out of whack), and had a total of one service very late on in that period before I dropped it, and really hurt it.

I trust my Rolexes will perform as well as that Seiko did being ‘worn daily’ for a Long Long time. Just service them when the time comes.




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[Harry-57]

I managed to junk Seiko Kinetic by not wearing it every day. Impressive watch. Silly winding and energy storage system.

[Rolexoman]

I just let mine run down and rest between rotations, I do have a quad winder but it’s not plugged in and I just use the box for storage, several here that have more knowledge then me have told me as well as others that unless your watch has some sort of complicated setup like say a complicated time, date perpetual calendar thing it only takes a minute to set the watch so why cause undue wear on one.

I’m sure you will get all sorts of answers in whether to get one or not as this subject comes up a lot but after thinking about it I thought if I don’t have to keep those gears turning and wearing for several weeks between rotation why not save the wear and tear