Rolex

Recently purchased a couple of rolex watches (daytona, milgauss, daydate II) and was wondering whether i should also invest in a watch winder to make sure their all continuously wound. Any thoughts or recommendations? As it is, I am wearing a different watch every day to ensure none of them become "unwound" - a bit annoying, but not terrible... Thanks - appreciate all help on this.

for a given period is not a problem for the movement.

The Milgauss is pretty simple to set.... but of course the DD takes longer.

If you like to change your watch on a weekly basis, a winder could be a good idea.

   Cheers

           Jeff

This message has been edited by DrStrong on 2009-03-10 14:27:00

... good post ...!

I actually wondered, why no one posted a watch-winder-post in the last months - I was thinking about doint it.

Have a Buber-Zorweg Vantage 8, which is amazing.
2 different benches - so the patek is on the right with left winding only ...
The Rolex`es accumulate ower both left- and right-winding so they are on the left side in the winder - simply georgeous.

Check out Buben-Zorweg on google and let me know ...

The Vantage 8 is great as you have total visibility over the watches.
Have them next to the bed and during the night, the sleep modus of 10hrs is activated - so there are no noises
and the springs of the watches can breath a bit, which is really important as they can be damaged by beeing
fully powered all the time.

Cordially from Bavaria
Rob

Excellent thanks for that - was actually looking at buben and orbita w/w they seem to be the only two that are reputable and easily available? The buben metropolitan looks quite cool, but the lack of watch slots is a drawback. Same goes for the orbita futura... may have to swing for the vantage 4 or 8 depending on how quickly i expand the collection, haha. But does anyone know if the orbita w/w have a similar sleep function that the bubens have? I know this may seem a bit nit-picky, but considering that i really enjoy my watches, i want to make sure i'm maintaining them in the best possible way.

I know that a lot of people let the watches just wind down and reset them when they wear them (thus the incorrect daydates), but isn't it best for the watch to have it on some sort of winder to keep it running? I.e. aren't rolexes made to be worn every day?

... well - mechanically it is best to let the watch run sometimes.

Movement always causes wear - and when they always move, you have to service them rather more often.

I decided for permanent movement of the automatic ones - the manual wind ones get run sometimes.

I love them in the winder - it`s just a delight to watch and to have them ready all the time.

When the DayDates move in the bright light you have flashes all over - amazing !

... most DayDates forexample are not set to the right date and day ...

guess why ...?

Those guys lack a winder ... - it`s as simple as this ...

is a geat winder, I had one of the modules go bad after a few years and sent to the factory for repair, they sent a new module no questions asked and no charge. I had an orbita and did not feel it did the job adequately as watch would not stay wound, it did look good though.