A Watch Winder is a device used to wind an Automatic Watch, also known as a Self Winding Watch. The most famous/commonly know Automatic Watch is the Rolex brand. However many companies make and have made automatics for years! How do you tell if a watch is an automatic watch or not? For one it will not have a place for a battery, since mechanical watches use mechanical springs to store energy for watch movement, not battery power. An automatic watch is a mechanical watch with an added feature, called a rotor, which converts the movement of your wrist into stored energy for keeping the time. If a watch is an automatic it will usually say so on the watch itself.
The watch will usually have the words "Automatic" written on the face of the watch (99% of the time). These watches are mechanical watches, that is they do not use or need batteries. Automatics are sort of like hybrid automobiles in that they "store energy" to be used later, the energy stored is the Kinetic energy generated by the movement of your wrist during the day. Each time your wrist moves a small rotar inside the watch rotates slightly and winds the main spring. Rolex came up with this idea in 1941 and true watch lovers went wild for the Automatic Watch! The problem is after you buy 2 Automatic Watches you have a problem. What to do? Get a Watch Winder at WatchCases.com.
Do I need a Watch Winder? (Answer #1) Probably not, unless you own more than one automatic self winding watch or you never wear your automatic watch. Why is that? Well, you see: Automatic watches are designed to store energy in their mainspring for at least 24 hours, (a mechanical battery)though most automatic watch models will last much longer than that. So if you wear your automatic watch all day and simply take it off at night, you do not need a winder. All Mechanical Watches can be would with their stem. Automatic Watches can be wound with their winding stem so even if you have a couple of Automatics as long as you are willing to wind them each day you do not need a Watch Winder.
Do I need a Watch Winder? (Answer #2) Definitely!
If you have multiple watches and or leave your watch off for extended periods of time a watch winder will be one of the greatest gifts you never knew you needed! The joy of picking up one of your favorite watches and being able to slip it on and rush out the door without winding and setting and cursing can not be measured! (Warning to gift givers, this is a gift that "grows in appreciation". At first people say, "I don't need that thing". It is only after trying a winder and putting a watch on about 3 or 5 times you suddenly hear. "Man, that winder you got me was the greatest gift ever!) Note: it is normal that a watch on a winder may loose a few minutes of time, but total resetting will be a misery of the past!
Your winders are so expensive compared to some I have seen, why is that? We will only sell products with good track records on reliability and performance. If we could sell winders for less we would. The internet is by its very nature extremely competetive, price gouging simply does not happen. If we are not selling a product it is because it is to Cheap or to Expensive. The Highest End Luxury Goods do not sell well online. The Cheaper stuff sells well! We do not mind selling inexpensive products that work. Cheap Inferior winder products are being sold by entry level companies and by major catalogue merchants. Read How To Choose an Automatic Watch Winder for more information on this. But basically remember winders are mechanical devices and price directly relates to quality, even with the items we sell! There are 3 places a watch winder manufacturing company can save (or spend) money on the winder.
1.The reliability. 2. The Works 3. The Looks. We will not compromise on #1 and #2. Every company we sell has high marks on Reliability and Working, some are cheaper because they skimp on the "Looks". For example our entry level winder the Eilux Watch Winders are made with super winder engines, but often their boxes are covered in simple plastic shells and do not look so hot. Do not be fooled, they put their money into the inside of the winder! Other Companies Like Orbita Watch Winders sells winders compromising on nothing! They make the highest quality most reliable and best working most programable winder in the market bar none! Now they also cost more money!
I can not begin to tell you how many customers I have talked to who after buying from me admit that they did not buy from me first round. They made a mistake and thought they were saving money and "purchased a really cheap winder" from some other company then when it broke and was not repairable then they purchased a second really cheap winder from a well known company "gadget magazine" they call them, thinking the magazine has a solid name and should sell a better product....only to discover the same problem with these cheap winder products-they do not work long term! Stop the madness of throwing away hundreds of dollars needlessly. Buy a quality product from a reputable authorized dealer. Buy from WatchCases.com!
2.) With the advent of the "Do Not Call Directory" customer contact information, especially affluent customer information is worth much more than the product being sold. We do not sell contact information we make money selling our products period! We do not even have a newsletter (in part because I personally hate spam & telemarketers). Though technically speaking once you have established a business relationship with someone by buying something from them they are allowed to contact you. Email is not Spam and telephone calls at dinner time are not "telemarketing calls". Hence the below cost selling that is going on?
"There is no free lunch." We sell Top Quality Products at fair prices. We strive to be competitive and at the same time offer a level of service which we feel our customers deserve. The few extra dollars matter when something goes wrong! Murhphy's Law is alive and well!
Where to buy a watch winder?
Only one place, here at www.WatchCases.com! Ok, you do not have to buy here to get a good product. I have some very good competition. Competitors who spent considerable money on solid web businesses with strong internet security features and hosted and built by reputable companies. Look for seals of quality, like Yahoo!, or "Hacker Safe" or other such assurances, these assurances cost money and are important.
Why buy from WatchCases.com?
We are the only store committed to selling all of the best brands of watch cases and watch winders, not just one or 2 brands! We are authorized dealers for all the products we sell. Not only that, but most of our suppliers bend over backwards to give us extra service because of our reputation in this niche. Finally, if something goes wrong we will work to fix it. We think our service warrants a premium price, however we strive to be competitive with legitimate retailers. Plus we hope you found the advice section helpful.
We have seen every brand and we carry the best quality, best value winders available in the world today!
We stand behind our products and our suppliers stand behind us. We sell at competitive prices yet not at "soon to be out of business" prices. We make money selling watch cases and watch winders not selling customer information. We do not make our money selling your information, email, telephone number or address. We treat our customers right and they tell their friends, please become one of our customers today and then please tell your friends!
Thank you for reading my rambling, I hope it helps you decide on the correct winder, and I hope you buy from us as our thank you for taking the time to educate you. We want you to buy the product which is best for you, not just the one that makes us the most money. Should you find someone online selling these products, or any products at prices "too good to pass up"/"too good to be true" read this
Internet Fraud Article first. (Note: Article will open in a new browser window.) We have spent a considerable amount of time, effort and money designing an online store that is secure and trustworthy. We realized along the way that we would not be able to compete with "low ball pricing" no service websites, and we decided our customer was not likely to purchase from such a site. We offer excellent products at fair prices. However we are not the cheapest place to buy and we make no apology for that. We promise you our best service and we thank you for shopping with us. Now save your time and order a winder from us today!
We will exchange any imperfect item for the same item, we can not make refunds on damaged or defective items but we will gladly replace like item for like item.
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I have based my business and pricing practices on a trivial moment in my life which stuck with me. I had just graduated from college and I was shopping for my first real world suit. I was in the dressing room in the Young Men's Shop in Indiana Pennsylvania, and looking at the price tag of an Italian suit, thinking it was way over priced. I looked up and read a yellowing tag taped in the dressing room, it read.
"There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey."John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) Economist...I bought the suit. Since then I have maintained that simple guiding philosophy and it has served me well. I strive to deliver value, not simply low prices.
"The price is what you pay; the value is what you receive." Author Unknown.
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