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Re: Watch lovers?

Post by C7Steve » Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:20 am

Can anyone recommend a watch winder?


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Post by rossybee » Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:41 am

C7Steve wrote:Can anyone recommend a watch winder?


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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Tutelary- ... B001LENINK

Inexpensive and effective. Only downside is it doesn't have a built in timer.

I get round that by fitting it to a clockwork light timer you use when away on holiday :cheers
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Re: Watch lovers?

Post by C7Steve » Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:54 am

rossybee wrote:
C7Steve wrote:Can anyone recommend a watch winder?


Steve.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Tutelary- ... B001LENINK

Inexpensive and effective. Only downside is it doesn't have a built in timer.

I get round that by fitting it to a clockwork light timer you use when away on holiday :cheers
Why would you need a timer, does the watch winder not just 'turn/move' intermittently to keep the watch at the correct time?


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Post by hendeg » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:10 am

Aren't you supposed to give us a 'Boag shot' of the new watch before you ask about winders?

I have a Wolf (https://www.wolf1834.co.uk/item/456002/ ... ers-cover/) that's excellent but not cheap. I didn't buy it, although I probably did pay for it. Has a timer and rotates in both directions. It sits next to my bed and it's really quiet.
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Post by C7Steve » Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:23 am

hendeg wrote:Aren't you supposed to give us a 'Boag shot' of the new watch before you ask about winders?

I have a Wolf (https://www.wolf1834.co.uk/item/456002/ ... ers-cover/) that's excellent but not cheap. I didn't buy it, although I probably did pay for it. Has a timer and rotates in both directions. It sits next to my bed and it's really quiet.
Ha-ha, that's not my style Gary.

Can I pop round one night to have a look at your winder please? Also how about exchanging the books that we spoke about previously.

I will give you a shout when I get home and maybe you might have your car back by then.


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Re: Watch lovers?

Post by hendeg » Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:53 am

C7Steve wrote:Can I pop round one night to have a look at your winder please?
There's an offer I can't refuse.
C7Steve wrote:Also how about exchanging the books that we spoke about previously.
Just for clarification - these are cycling books.
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Re: Watch lovers?

Post by C7Steve » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:03 pm

hendeg wrote:
C7Steve wrote:Can I pop round one night to have a look at your winder please?
There's an offer I can't refuse.
You're never going to believe me, but I had typed in this before I noticed my mistake; Can I pop round and look at your wonder please? :damnfunny
C7Steve wrote:Also how about exchanging the books that we spoke about previously.
Just for clarification - these are cycling books.
Is 'cycling' the new code word now Gary? :lol:


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Post by rossybee » Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:58 pm

C7Steve wrote:
rossybee wrote:
C7Steve wrote:Can anyone recommend a watch winder?


Steve.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Tutelary- ... B001LENINK

Inexpensive and effective. Only downside is it doesn't have a built in timer.

I get round that by fitting it to a clockwork light timer you use when away on holiday :cheers
Why would you need a timer, does the watch winder not just 'turn/move' intermittently to keep the watch at the correct time?


Steve.
This one being relatively cheap rotates the whole time it's switched on, and I use it when away offshore/abroad so weeks at a time, and a watch should only be wound a few hours each day.

It operates silently, but the clockwork timer doesn't :damnfunny which isn't an issue for me as I have it set up in the office at home, and only when I'm not there so doesn't affect me :blackeye
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Re: Watch lovers?

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Re: Watch lovers?

Post by douglasgdmw » Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:06 pm

Having a look through the Classic Car Auction and dropped down to the watch section.

Think this looks really cool but then I do not know watches :wink:
http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/196 ... -spaceview

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Re: Watch lovers?

Post by BiggestNizzy » Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:26 pm

douglasgdmw wrote:Having a look through the Classic Car Auction and dropped down to the watch section.

Think this looks really cool but then I do not know watches :wink:
http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/196 ... -spaceview

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I have a soft spot for these, you have to be careful as they were designed for a 1.3v battery. If you stick a 1.5v battery in it and the tuning fork is close to bottom limit in thickness it will run fast. First transistor watch too. It nearly became the moon watch.
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Re: Watch lovers?

Post by martins » Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:26 pm

On the Watch Winder (or is it wonder) front.....I need a winder but needs to be able to hold minimum 3 watches....any recommendations... I bought a 2 watch winder off fleabay a couple of years ago but it packed in after 6 months and of course the seller was no longer around.......

FYI I do not want to pay the price of a half decent watch on a winder.....

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