Orbita rotorwind vs. fully programmable?

[tuonor]

I have an Orbita Monaco multi-head winder and contemplating my next winder purchase. While I love the aesthetic design of the Orbita Avanti pieces, I was a little put off by the new "Rotorwind" mechanism.

Seems that with the new system you:
1) cannot select a single direction wind (half of my watches are 800TPD either CCW or CW only). Obviously the swinging motion of the Rotorwind mimics wrist winding but is this really best for a single direction wind watch? Wouldn't there be a clutch that suffers from more wear?

2) lose precision in setting the TPD. While I've seen the calculation which equates the "standard" setting with 700 TPD, it would seem that if the rotor floated freely once it starts swinging this is not a very precise program. Plus you only get 2 settings vs. 5 on the old programmable modules (ie 700 and 950 vs. 500, 650, 800, 950 and 1300).

To me it feels like you're giving up precise control of the wind and the notion of these being "self regulating" is really just marketing hype. What am I missing?

[oenophile59]

I own an Orbita "Sparta Executive" dual watch winder, and while I can't say whether it will wear out the watch movement more than others, I can tell you that I am very happy with it's performance. It does seem extremely gentle to me and it works extremely well on a variety of watches, the only issue that I have had is with some vintage watches from the 1950s where they tend to run slow or occasionally do not stay wound. None of my contemporary watches (those with ETA movements and in-house movements such as Rolex) have any issue on the winder at all.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Steve