Do you wind your Oris?

[dngrCharlie]

When I purchased my Oris Diver Date the salesmen told me it was actually an "automatic mechanical" and that I should wind it every day even though it winds itself.

Do any of you wind your watches? Is it bad/dangerous to wind your watch?

[Budman2k]

I keep some of my watches on winders and for the rest, I wind them about once a month. As far as winding your automatic, if you wear it regularly(daily) you shouldn't have to wind it as the salesman told you.

Budman

[Steve]

My watches are kept on winders; I've never wound them...

[Gearhead99]

I don't wind it if I'm wearing it daily. If I let it run down, I'll wind it when I set it, then let the automatic take over.

[ENGPHOTO]

Is it bad/dangerous to wind your watch?

No it is not bad, you can not overwind a modern automatic watch

Depending on your watch and if it has a screw down crown you do need to be careful when your done winding and not to cross thread the crown when screwing it back onto the case

I wear a different watch almost everyday, never use my winder anymore. I pick the days watch change the strap if needed to match, wind it fully then set the time to my atomic clock. All done in a few min, and its the time i get to interact and enjoy my watch everyday.

[sappie66]

I understand that modern automatics have overwind protection, but that, being a mechanical thing (moving parts), constant overwinding would tax the protection system. Isn't this a major reason that cheap watchwinders are a bad thing -- because they don't give your watch a break and keep a watch in an overwound state?

[ENGPHOTO]

I understand that modern automatics have overwind protection, but that, being a mechanical thing (moving parts), constant overwinding would tax the protection system. Isn't this a major reason that cheap watchwinders are a bad thing -- because they don't give your watch a break and keep a watch in an overwound state?

It would put no more strain on your watch than if you were wearing it.
One thing would just be the screwdown crown and a chance to mess up the threads the more you operated it.

With modern oils and lubes in your watch now i don't feel you need a winder at all unless you have a watch with complications that is hard to set everyday. In the past before synthetic oils if your watch set for long periods the oil would migrate from the jewel and cause wear if the gear train was not kept moving ...... hence the need for winders All a winder does now (to a non complicated watch) IMHO is to put wear on the parts. If you wear one watch daily you don't need one anyway as the power reserve will keep the watch wound overnight ..... if you wear more than one watch in your rotation it only takes a minute or two to wind it up set it each day ....... and if it is a few days between watches your watch might run down but that's ok, its not causing undue wear on the parts while stopped.

[van64]

If your threaded case tube is of a good quality, you need never worry about unscrewing your crown on a regular basis. They are made of stainless steel and designed to be used often. That said, my dad's Tudor is a 35 year old mechanical watch with a screw down crown that needs to be hand wound every day and he has never had a problem with the threading.

[sappie66]

It would put no more strain on your watch than if you were wearing it.

That would be true if just wearing your watch would keep it at a completely wound state where you would be straining the overwind protection system with each movement -- which I highly doubt. I think only if you took your watch off a crazy-ass winder then went to the driving range and a whole bunch of balls, then maybe.

[ENGPHOTO]

If your threaded case tube is of a good quality, you need never worry about unscrewing your crown on a regular basis.

In a perfect world, true.

I just read a thread where a guy had his Rolex datejust back to the service center twice for a messed up case tube.

It can happen, i just said be careful