Question about automatic spinning case for automatic watches.

[GIS8]

If I wouldn't be using a watch, would it be better to keep the watch spinning in a case, or would it be better to put the watch away and wind it when I'm going to use it?

This would be a rolex that I use maybe every other day or every two days.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by GIS8

If I wouldn't be using a watch, would it be better to keep the watch spinning in a case, or would it be better to put the watch away and wind it when I'm going to use it?

This would be a rolex that I use maybe every other day or every two days.

Simple answer just give it a manual wind or just let it stop,and for any non perpetual calendar watch, a watch winder is totally unnecessary.If you have a choice of watches and do not wear same every day, it is not real chore to reset it and wind it by hand.If you don't wear any watch every day you also reduce wear to the movement components, why waste that benefit by having it wound when it is not required to tell the time?.And no you will not wear out the crown or crown threads with normal use thats what the winding crown is for.And on a full wind power reserve should last around 39-48 hours anyway

[kilyung]

It doesn't hurt the watch when it sits for days, months, years, in the AD case. Why would it be any different at your home?

[azguy]

It's called a winder................