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What exactly is a watch winder?

A watch winder is a device used to keep automatic (also known as self-winding) watches running when not worn. Automatic watches operate on the principle of winding themselves using a moving weight inside the watch. The weight swings or rotates while the watch is worn and turns the winding mechanism inside the watch. So, quite obviously, if the watch is not worn, then it receives more energy in this way and will run down. While virtually all automatic watches can be manual winding, this is not always convenient. So the concept of an automatic watch winder was born.

A watch winder is a device that contains a clock (or often more than one) and moves in a circular pattern to emulate the necessary parts of human motion to operate the winding mechanism.

A winder can not more than twenty one automatic watch, since all automatic watches are protected from being hit on by a mechanism that releases the winding process when the spring is fully wound. But using a timer-based wrapper is still very important to prevent excessive wear on the winding mechanism. There is no need to keep the watch on the move 24 hours a day when usually only 30 minutes of movement is needed to keep the wound properly.

Winders are totally useless with battery-powered quartz watch. But they do work for the special ‘battery-less’ quartz watches, like Omega-Matic, Seiko Kinetic, and the like. These hybrid automatic / quartz using the same weight / rotor principal to generate electricity to run a quartz movement.