would it give more wear and tear if the rolex is manually winded every 2 days?

[T. Ferguson]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

The question is the balance of disuse and convenience/enjoyment. Use the watch and don't worry about it.

Not necessarily. To me it is simply a trade-off between convenience and wear - enjoyment has little to do with it. Certainly the decision to use a winder is one of convenience. But I don't agree with the trade-off between disuse and enjoyment. Most people that don't use a winder are not storing their watch because they want to avoid the wear and tear on the movement that would occur if they were wearing the watch. Rather, they are storing the watch for other reasons - mostly because they have multiple watches and are wearing/enjoying a different one.

Now, if you only have one watch and you wear it every day then it's not going to incur additional wear on a winder since it will always be running anyway. But in that case you probably don't need a winder to keep it going. To my way of thinking, a winder is most appropriate (perpetuals etc. aside) for the guy who has 2 to 3 watches and rotates every day. Whether they are on a winder or not because of the power reserve there will be very little if any downtime so a winder won't be causing any significant increase in wear, and there is the convenience of a having full power reserve when you grab 'n go.

Having said all that, convenience is a perfectly legitimate reason to use a winder, if convenience is that important to you. It's not to me, nor do my wearing habits fit the profile I mentioned for choosing to use a winder.

Truth be told, a winder would reduce the enjoyment I get from my watches because I enjoy the interaction of setting them. I realize however, that not everyone shares this feeling and to some it is nothing but a royal PITA when they're trying to get out the door to work.

To each his own.