Wolf Watch Winders

[Secretariat]

I am thinking of getting a Wolf Watch Winder for my Rolex watches. Anyway, they come in several lines of watch winders. Could anyone out there, who has had experiences with Wolf Watch Winders the difference between their Viceroy, Heritage, Roadster and Meridian Series of watch winders?
Thanks.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Secretariat

I am thinking of getting a Wolf Watch Winder for my Rolex watches. Anyway, they come in several lines of watch winders. Could anyone out there, who has had experiences with Wolf Watch Winders the difference between their Viceroy, Heritage, Roadster and Meridian Series of watch winders?
Thanks.

As you are only thinking about one of these machine ask yourself this do I really want a machine to wind my watches.Now you have two perfect winders called wrists and what your Rolex was designed for.Now Rolex in most cases just have a simple date complication and if not needed to tell time on wrist just let it stop and rest.When needed on wrist a very simple proses to wind and reset must take all of 30 seconds to do.Now if you must have one of these machine big boys toys then yes Wolf seems to be a good machine

Below is a direct quote from Vanessa a Rolex watch service watchmaker.

Okay I'm here to give my 2 cents since I was asked to give an opinion.
I haven't read the responses given, since it's late and I plan on going to bed soon!

I don't like winders.
I don't like them for several reasons:
1) Most people assume they actually wind the watch... No, they keep the watch wound, which means it should still have a good amount of power reserve in order to maintain the power. I get plenty of customers complaining that their power reserve is too short "even though the watch was on the winder all day 3 days prior".
2) Cheap winders MAGNETIZE watches! The motors aren't insulated and cause the watches to start running erratically! I just had one two weeks ago, with a 2 y.o. DJII. A complete service of the movement was required.
3) Unless you're too old, or have some kind of medical condition that prevents you from having the feeling in your fingertips to wind the crown, I don't see a reason to need a winder.
4) I don't like the unnecessary wear it causes the movement. Unnecessary because you're putting wear on the watch while you're not even enjoying it.

In the end, it's all up to you and I'm pretty sure all you TRF'ers know what to expect. I'm mostly having a hard time explaining to people who have absolutely no clue about the inner workings of a watch.

[Furrygoat]

^ lol

I just got a Heritage dual winder and I'm loving it! Before that I had the $200 Brookstone quad watch winder. (The motors started getting all jacked on a couple of the heads, and they would only turn one way.)

The Heritage dual is pretty sweet! Quality is through the roof from the outside leather, to the interior where there's little cutouts to out extra watches, and it even comes with this cool leather travel case. Even the knobs to operate the winders feel crisp and well machined.

It's 20x the winder I thought it'd be. Love it.

[KarlS]

I have the Meridien 3 winder and 6 modules. Love the meridien but see after 4 months already have a red light flashing. The modules are rechargeable and I have had for years. Great for the safe but I think the batteries are starting to go a bit. The delayed start and slumber periods are great for giving the watch time to run down.

[RichM]

I have the three watch Meridian 2.7. I've had it for ten months and so far so good. Go with a 2.7 model. It gives you the option of delaying the start for 6/12/18 or 24 hours. What's great about it is if you've worn the watch all day you can delay the start for at least 6 hours. It's very quite and is very well made.

It was $499 from watchwinderstation.com. I used a CC which extends the warranty one year for a total of three.

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[Secretariat]

Originally Posted by Furrygoat

^ lol

I just got a Heritage dual winder and I'm loving it! Before that I had the $200 Brookstone quad watch winder. (The motors started getting all jacked on a couple of the heads, and they would only turn one way.)

The Heritage dual is pretty sweet! Quality is through the roof from the outside leather, to the interior where there's little cutouts to out extra watches, and it even comes with this cool leather travel case. Even the knobs to operate the winders feel crisp and well machined.

It's 20x the winder I thought it'd be. Love it.

If I may ask, does the Heritage line of Wolf watch winder hhave the Delay Start method?
Thanks.

[RichM]

Go to the Wolf website. Anything listed 2.7 will have the delay feature. I did not see Heritage listed under their collections.

[Furrygoat]

Originally Posted by Secretariat

If I may ask, does the Heritage line of Wolf watch winder hhave the Delay Start method?

Thanks.

It does. It has an immediate setting and a 12 hour delay setting. Both are ~950tpd. Clockwise, ccw, and both.

[UNLVino]

I have a Heiden 2 watch - got on eBay, quiet and been running over 7 years. It's bidirectional but damn now I'm going to have to check out Meridian - thanks a lot Richie, thanks a lot!

[fskywalker]

I have Wolf single 4.0 and 4.1 units (fully programmable, just like the 2.7 series) as well as a Heiden 4 unit winder (individual motors and digital controls for each rotor). The Wolfs claims their unit are magnetically shielded, not sure if Heiden claims that or not. I did measure the magnetic field on both units running and got really low readings, so not concern with magnetism on mine.

[Secretariat]

For Rolex watches, what would be the right settings when used with a watch winder?
Thanks.

[fskywalker]

Originally Posted by Secretariat

For Rolex watches, what would be the right settings when used with a watch winder?

Thanks.

I run mine at 700 total turns per day. Since my units have bi-directional capability, in my case translate to a setting of 350, so turns 350 times clockwise and then 350 times counter clockwise.


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[KarlS]

The black is really nice...

[RichM]

Originally Posted by UNLVino

I have a Heiden 2 watch - got on eBay, quiet and been running over 7 years. It's bidirectional but damn now I'm going to have to check out Meridian - thanks a lot Richie, thanks a lot!

Thanks what we do here, we enable.

Only drawback to the Meriden Series is that there is no door or cover to cover the watches. Mine is keep in a cabinet with glass doors so it wasn't an issue for me.

[fskywalker]

My series 2.7 with wood finish does have cover:




as well as my 4.1



Very convenient to avoid dust in the watch


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[GordonC]

Originally Posted by padi56

4) I don't like the unnecessary wear it causes the movement. Unnecessary because you're putting wear on the watch while you're not even enjoying it.

(Disclaimer - I have a Wolf Roadster 6 bay winder, purchased 3 years ago before I had read the winder discussions here)

Peter,
I've seen you comment on this before, and wanted to ask you - I would expect that there is wear caused by manually winding an automatic watch on the stem, seals, gears engaged when stem is pulled out, tube - true?

So is the increased wear on the watch of having it running when not being worn greater than the increased wear on different parts from manually winding it once or twice a week?

[padi56]

Originally Posted by GordonC

(Disclaimer - I have a Wolf Roadster 6 bay winder, purchased 3 years ago before I had read the winder discussions here)

Peter,
I've seen you comment on this before, and wanted to ask you - I would expect that there is wear caused by manually winding an automatic watch on the stem, seals, gears engaged when stem is pulled out, tube - true?

So is the increased wear on the watch of having it running when not being worn greater than the increased wear on different parts from manually winding it once or twice a week?

Just think of the millions of manual wind watches in this world today Rolex included with screw down crowns.Plus the old pocket watches many hundred plus years old most of those had lock down crowns they got wound up almost daily for decades without any problems.A automatic watch is just a manual wind watch with a auto wind mechanism fitted.And today most crown related problems are down to the winding crown not being used enough.Things like crowns crown tubes are just disposable items and are often changed as part of routine service.Just cannot see the point of machine winders with watches that have just a simple date complication or even no complications.

[77T]

I've 2 Wolf winders mostly for convenience. But agree they aren't really necessary with watches having less complications.

Now if you have the fancy moonphase types, and a rotation that keeps it on the shelf several days a week, then I'd say a winder is wonderful.


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[dhl1010]

Being lazy, I bought the Wolf VICEROY 8 PIECE WINDER for keep my Rolex, Omega, Hublot and TAG Heuer going and I do NOT need to wind up my watch when I wants to wear them.

The quality of WOLF watch winder is wonderful.

[azguy]

With all due respect to Vanessa, that's BS. I've used winders for over 15 years without a singe issue

[mannyv11]

Originally Posted by azguy

With all due respect to Vanessa, that's BS. I've used winders for over 15 years without a singe issue

and there have also been people not using winders for many more years without a problem.

I feel it is all down to personal preference.

I also think Vanessa probably has a bit more experience when it comes to watches especially in regards to how they function and what causes stress on their internal parts.

[MariettaMike]

Is it better to have a watch running all the time vs. stopped for extended periods then rewound?