[Revolution]

I can't believe I did this, but I picked up a "Lior special super-duper SWI" dual head watch winder this past weekend from tv land. Seemed like a good deal and I had a $50 coupon so I got it for around $80. I've heard that winders are not necessary, but I have a couple of watches such as my Sapphire Ghost and S1 auto that are a real pain to wind.

I thought, what the heck, I'll try it out. Should be here in a week or so I will report back on how I like it. I'm still a little hesitant about buying a winder, but it's eighty bucks... hopefully worth the gamble.:001_unsure:

 

[banner]

I have one of Liors single head models, and it has been flawless in performance for over a year now. It struggles a little with excessively heavy watches, but other than that.........great buy.

 

[timefinder]

I tired one once, but, I got dizzy and had to get off the ride. :001_tt2: :scared: :001_tt2: :001_tt2:

 

[boscoe]

Enjoy revo. I'd just rather have a watch (lol!)

 

[triton]

I prefer my manual winder,but I have heard the automatic ones work good too:001_smile:

 

[FreeDive]

I can't speak for that particular brand, but after posting some winding questions last month, I had reserved myself to never owning a winder since I like winding my autos anyway. Well, my wife (who will never openly admit to supporting my watch addiction in any way) surprised me with a multi winder for Valentine's Day, and I really love it. I'll never be able to wind all my autos at the same time, which is fine, but it also gives me a great opportunity to check the accuracy of my watches without having to wear or wind them all every day.

 

[boscoe]

a great opportunity to check the accuracy of my watches without having to wear or wind them all every day.

Actually, this is one of the best reasons I've ever read for owning a winder.

 

[two21b]

I started using a winder last month. I find it gives me more flexibility in changing watches on a daily basis. At the present time I have one automatic in my rotation. I would tend to favor that watch because I knew if I didn't wear it for 36 hours it would stop running. I didn't lose sleep over this, but I did wear it more often than the others, including a gift from my girlfriend. Now I just leave it in the winder for a few days and I don't have to reset it.

 

[Pete]

I have started using them recently as well.
I read somewhere that manual winding is a weak point for many automatic movements.

I believe I read this in the horology new group, but I can't be sure.

 

[dubLLtime]

I have a couple of small travel winders (singles) that I use mainly for my Seiko and Orient that I can't hand-wind. Other than that I do the others manually. Nice way to get some "quality time" with the collection.

 

[Revolution]

Well, it came this week and I have already put it to good use. For $129 ($80 with my coupon), it really is pretty nice. Both heads are individually programmable and it runs whisper quiet. The detachable top box was pretty useless for me, but I found that my wife quickly commandeered a couple of the slots for her two watches.

I really like it's convenience and since I plan to keep my collection pretty small, I could envision having winders for all of my watches some day. But I still have watches to collect, so this will be it for a while.

Couple of grainy pics included, need to clean my camera lens. The cord is for my cell phone, not the box, I was just too lazy to move it out of the picture.