Do I Really NEED a Watch Winder? 🤔

Is a Watch Winder necessary for your Rolex, Breitling, Tag Heuer, OMEGA, Cartier and other watches? Have you wondered what's the benefits of a Watch Winder or which watch winder you need? Watch this video to give you a brief overview on watch winders like Doctor Strange's watch winder in his drawer.

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[dspserpico]

This was a missed opportunity to mention that Carat & Co. is an authorized dealer for JLC.

[stewiegriffin]

It’s funny he has all his winders in a drawer with the dials facing skyward, because they wouldn’t really get wound like that.

[WingedDynamite]

As a guy with a $15 Casio, I see this as a win!

[gwb]

This is why collectors should set a maximum amount of pieces they have. For me personally, that number of pieces is 7. Fully functioning and bought by myself and not including sentimental pieces that don’t serve any function other than mementos.

[OperationNonsense]

No one needs a watch winder, especially not the one from doctor strange’s drawer. Since they were all lying flat turning sideways; without gravity those idiotic winders are utterly useless. 😂

[bluigimercury]

I always thought that scene was a cool way of foreshadowing him winding back time with the time stone.

[aleaf_f]

yea I never even knew those things had a function
I thought it was just aesthetically pleasing

[sarvashabraham]

Damn i just thought they were Just to make it look more luxurious didnt know they had a specific person

[BastiAlexH]

i have alot of mechanical watches and the cheaper ones ill service myself but expensive brands (2-15 grands) get serviced regularly by an authorized shop even if i havent worn it a watch winder helps the watch to stay precise on an omega seiko rolex etc the precision is a main part of the reason to have one

[paulobarbosa]

I just bought a watch winder last week after having a automatic watch for 2 years. In the beginning, I really thought I didnt need one, but having to set the time, day and date after 2 or 3 days of not wearing it, to wear it for a day, its boring. Makes me want to wear it lesser and lesser along the week. So I bought it to keep me interested to wear my automatic time piece.

[idonotexist_]

And great point regarding watches that sit for long periods of time (or say, a piece you're keeping in a safe/safety deposit box or something for an extended period of time).
NEVER just let them sit without actually taking them out and winding them so they're functioning for a BIT at least, which will definitely save you money in the end and an almost guaranteed headache when it needs to be seriously serviced.

[timmayer]

So I was today years old when I found out this was even a thing, I thought that was just a fancy display, like a turn table for a car

[ismarwinkelman]

That dial on the Zenith is so incredibly gorgeous

[AceIsADisgrace]

I love how this had nothing to do with doctor strange, but he knew that’s where all the normal people may have seen these before

[FelanLP]

You forgot to mention that a watch winder only work on watch which usually wind themself by wearing them. Instead of a knob you have to turn, they have an off valance weight which turn the "winding knob" when you wiggle them. That's why watch winders are at an angle, because this weight needs gravity (obviously). In the movie though, it's just another rule of cool I assume.

[porscheoscar]

just tie the watch to a strong dental floss and let swing like a pendulum to the nearest grand father clock. just trust me this works.

[Salad_]

i live on a sailboat, so my automatic watch is pretty much perpetually winded by the movement of the waves.

[Makingnewnamesisdumb]

As difficult as it would be to make it work, that style of watch winder drawer would be really cool. As long as there's very low friction on the rotor, and there wouldn't be much friction in the high end watches someone like this character would be storing in there, you probably wouldn't need that much of a pitch to keep the rotor hanging down.

[Poseidon-]

Oh that's why those were spinning?!?!? I thought that was just because he had a lot of money and it looked cool. I never would have guessed those had a practical function

[Othusdragonreviews]

fun fact: the watch winders are set face up, which makes them useless.