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.

[@MinuteMon]

No worries, I have mentioned it plenty of times 😜 and you just helped me there too, thanks!

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@MinuteMonOne of my favourite scenes when I first saw it I thought the JLC watch was a Jaguar watch

[@erikburzinski8248]

​@@MinuteMonhe might have it so he has less to muck up on his person when he uses his magic

[@stewiegriffin12341]

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.

[@MinuteMon]

😂

[@kosmas173]

When I first saw the movie I thought that the watches were spinning just for the looks

[@stewiegriffin12341]

@@kosmas173 Same. And they pretty much were.

[@chrisc475]

Yes! Just came here to say that!

[@sterlingarcher74]

Damn that’s a good point I didn’t think about that 😂

[@WingedDynamite]

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

[@gwb914]

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.

[@r.sakarollsafe1285]

what you meant is you buy watch for the looks and investment values in the watch.. Not to buy when you certain life goals is achieved. To each their own.. Now it makes sense certain why people buy the exact same watch with different colours

[@GuitarGuy650]

​@@r.sakarollsafe1285watches are like cars...there is very little aftermarket value gain once you take it off the lot

[@CheeseBurgerJack]

@@GuitarGuy650 You don't understand the watch market at all

[@happylittletrees8130]

@@CheeseBurgerJack lmao

[@michaelwolf1377]

No such thing as limits on collections.

[@bluigimercury]

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

[@sarvashabraham7993]

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

[@jtzimmermann8450]

Oh like a lazy susan turntable

[@percy.garou1001]

What does a watch winder doo

[@shinma989]

@@percy.garou1001It spins the weighted rotor inside the case. The spinning rotor winds the mainspring which keeps the time.

[@sylvaind.6786]

​@@shinma989 weighted rotor 🤦‍♂️

[@randyvfromtheperch]

I agree with your assessment. There has been the ongoing argument whether it is better to keep the movement excercised, or to let it rest. .

[@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.

[@goodbutterrible]

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

[@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.

[@vitsadelhole]

I just strap em to my car tires

[@J4M3ST1T3]

How close do you think most people are to a grandfather clock in this day and age? 🤔😂

[@advanceg2116]

That won’t work. It changes the way to the pendulum so it swings slower slowing down the clock. If you notice at the bottom of the pendulum there is an adjustment for the weight to change the distance of the pendulum by adding a watch below it, you will extend the distance as well as change the balance of the weight

[@Menruleall]

I just received a pendulum style watch winder from Amazon today. 15 bucks and it's the coolest thing ever.

[@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

[@nocturn9x]

I love watches. Subscribed!

[@ismarwinkelman5648]

That dial on the Zenith is so incredibly gorgeous

[@Sailuz]

Wait but that watch winder is horizontal, does it still work the same way ?

[@Othusdragonreviews]

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

[@MinuteMon]

That’s the best part 😂

[@01erikohls]

I was just going to write that 😂

[@bobafett4457]

Wait how so

[@naseeb46]

​@@bobafett4457Winders needs to be vertical or at an angle to work. When kept vertically or at an angle, the watch will rotate and the gravity will cause the winder inside to stay still causing the watch to wind. If the watch winder is kept horizontally, the watch and the winder inside will rotate together, hence it won't get winded.

[@TheIronDuke9]

It's like resting an hour glass flat on it's side. Nothing happens. The rotor in an automatic watch is only half a circle, so it's weighted and like sand in the hour glass will fall to the bottom half when vertical via gravity and when you turn the watch 180 degrees it will fall (or remain) on the bottom, effectively winding the watch. This is the way@@bobafett4457

[@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.

[@TimbangKentJasperT.]

Love your contents, man! lot of influencers have pulled me toward the Santos, but you were the one who made me pull the trigger. You also helped me end my decision paralysis lol.

[@MinuteMon]

😂 glad I could “influence” & hope you’re enjoying your Santos! - btw my store is an Authorized Dealer for Cartier as well called Carat & Co. check it out for your next piece!

[@TimbangKentJasperT.]

@@MinuteMon will definitely do! Hope you continue to make great informative vids!

[@Poseidon-2029]

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

[@KennethWebb8822]

The problem with them is time runs slower for my calendar watch, hence I stopped using them

[@timmayer8041]

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

[@RohanShethMoments]

Love your content 🔥

[@davidheath3196]

My grandfather had a watch that when it was shaken it would wind up the spring. It was like that so your daily movement kept it working but he had to put it on a stand at night to shake it while he wasn't using it to keep the spring wound up

[@jackaw1197]

You just described automatic (mechanical) watches, which are like half of the (mechanical) watches available on the market.

[@davidheath3196]

@@jackaw1197 except this was like from the 60's-70's

[@mazupicuaplaysgames]

My 2 dollar Casio just chilling behind the fridge....

[@s.w.4409]

Your 2 dollar Casio runs more precise, is more durable and has more functions than any rolex or any other luxury watch will ever have...

[@sylvaind.6786]

​@@s.w.4409but it has no value nor appeal

[@riothero313]

I have watches with 80+ hour power reserves. It's hard to justify one for those. I actually like winding and setting my watches each time I wear one. That interaction is another reason to have a mechanical watch. I have that brown time sonar in video and modded it with a lumed kanji date wheel and red ar coated sapphire crystal.

[@DemonSliime]

I had a winding watch. I wound it once in a blue moon. Once every 5 ish months. Was a solid 22k piaget. My cousin ended up stealing it out of my safe with my entire coin collection. Used a mapp gas torch to melt and sell it

[@jaad9848]

A manual winding watch doesnt need a watch winder.

[@darkmqtter]

I’d get one for my watch just cuz it looks nice

[@VictoriaStobbie]

It’s funny that I didn’t notice in the movie Doctor Strange that the watch winders winding horizontally 😅

[@thespacedpirate]

Ive got an old Chevy watch that i should probably get serviced because it came with someones high spec camaro, corvette, nova or silverado in the 70s. Its a neat little peice, not a super expensive one but i like it.

[@Rellek]

Not a fan of the orange wings but otherwise is looks insane! Really wish the winner could be international

[@michele_]

I wish I had a perpetual calendar... Maybe a langematik

[@agentoy6065]

That watch winder in the movie is also used to show strange wastefull and metrial way of mind, also it does catch the eye

[@1337-Nathaniel]

That watch drawer was not about 'needing' watch winders. In fact, it was the opposite. Strange was a very wealthy and arrogant guy. He just had that drawer full off expensive stuff just because he could.

[@vitorprado]

Of course I need a watch winder... because I need a JLC perpetual calendar 😂

[@donbishow5497]

I should check my Timex owners manual. I never got it serviced.

[@lykste]

Wow you really answered allot of questions here 😂😂

[@skseungkim]

Right! Like "Do you need a watch winder? Maybe" 🤷‍♂️ 😂😂

[@RockyBhaiSaab]

I wanted to buy it just because it looks cool

[@_Pwhare]

Every watchmaker I've ever dealt with has agreed watch winders were made for watchmakers to make more money. Having a watch winder is the equivalent of turning on your car and never turning it off. What we recommend is if the watch hasn't been worn for an extended period of time, wind it 40-50 times once every two weeks and let the chronograph (if it has one) run for about 5 minutes. This keeps the watch alive but not constantly running.

[@13thTemplar718]

You dont USE a watch for diving, it might have features that allow it to still finction while diving but the watch doesn't enable you to go diving.

[@vitsadelhole]

No one said it does? What the hell are you even arguing against?

[@ats-3693]

Although the problem with Dr Strange's watch winding drawer is all the watches are rotating horizontally so they aren't actually being wound up at all, they're just turning around doing nothing 😂

[@soundmindtv2911]

The difference between a watch that needs service from just sitting for years and a watch that needs service after running non-stop on a winder for years is wear. The one sitting needs the dried-out lubricant cleaned out and replaced with fresh lubricants, while the one that's been running non-stop the whole time is more likely to need some parts replaced due to wear.

[@videopolice432]

I didn't know those were watch winders (I didn't know those even existed). At the time, I just thought those were just a fancy display.

[@ChristianJosephStabler]

Can it also just be a stylistic choice like personally, I think it just looks really cool

[@sharibyaku]

Lord only knows what I would have done without this information

[@Karrallah]

I thought they were just extravagant watch holders

[@cole5411]

Counterpoint: it looks cool

[@Minecraft-ue7ux]

I want one of those to display my watches

[@wolfen8622]

I’m in the business and only our watchmaker is using one when he is testing/repairing watches. They look fancy but theres no need for them. Also I don’t know about any shops that would keep their products spinning 😂

[@LiamAnthony_]

Didnt even know those were watch winders. I thought they were just fancy watch display holders

[@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.

[@sultanqasim7639]

In conclusion, just wear a quartz watch.

[@nathanielcowan3971]

It's more about the display factor of the watch winder. I'm sure someone else comes in to clean them and someone else services them at a cost that barely registers with his income.

[@richardbroman]

Hos does horizontally positioned winders work? Are they really at a very slight angel or what?

[@mickalinjezerx7104]

Had a pineapple moon. It can only be set on a full moon. If I remember right just after midnight. It took me over 3 months to set it. Then the battery went out. I bought it pawn shop. It was about $75, found out worth over 300, originally over a thousand. A new battery for it cost 30.

[@AJ-bi6ns]

Given the accuracy of even the best movements, I never found much purpose in keeping them wound

[@thegorn]

You shouldn't manual wind Sellita SW200-1 and other Sellita automatics, and it's not great manual winding ETA movements either. The gears aren't robust as they assume the user will be powering the watch via the automatic rotor. Obviously manual-wind movements don't have this issue as they are made for it.

[@sylvaind.6786]

BS

[@lucasq.rodrigues]

i know basically nothing about watches besides the fact that they tell time. so i thought that the spinning thing was just for style and to show how rich the guy is

[@ancientwarrior2374]

what are name of those 4 Seiko watches ?

[@sylvaind.6786]

Diver 200 Variations of SKX007

[@pyeclam]

I've always heard people say the caveat of how magnetism from the winder can damage it. People always constantly warn against "cheap" watch winders because somehow it'll screw up your watch, so I just never got one.

[@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. 😂

[@unlucky_karp8286]

Goes to show how little I know about watches I just thought it was an over the top display

[@improgeneration8185]

Don't you have to have your watches (say the ones you only wear once in à while) not only regularly winded (like once every 2 weeks) but also regularly moving, in order to keep the oil and moving parts fluid ?

[@A.Kumar412]

Does datejust required winders if left for a year.

[@marloni22]

No watch needs a watchwinder, you can just wind them by the crown

[@Anon-qp3kt]

Winders are just a cool aesthetic.

[@vincentvillanueva3234]

I don’t like many big brands names . But even I will get a Rolex one day, it’s a goal for most men

[@NicleT]

Shouldn't watch winders' rotation be on de side instead? I mean, how can a watch be winded if it rotates face up?

[@James-yv3xj]

It's so they are always ready. Dr strange is prepared

[@swish1onu]

Hand winding will wear on the winding gear that enables the "clicking" sound and feel... i pefer to have it sitting in a winder

[@channell11]

It's a convenience thing. They're available pretty cheaply these days, and it's nice to be able just to grab a watch and go.

[@bobrocker6582]

It is but do you also let your car run in your garage because it’s more convenient?

[@Montgomerygolfgator]

I know doing this to a smartwatch is a ticket to bloaty battery town, I can't imagine delicate geared watches would fair much better. Especially if you plan on heirlooming your watches.

[@johnb3587]

I think they just put it there cause it looked cool

[@Megozelenka]

You never NEED those, they are just more convinient

[@FuryousD]

I honestly didn't know u had to wind them, I though u just set them and that was it until the battery went flat.

[@polong99]

I just wind it manually when i want to use one.

[@KevinC2793]

I think that scene was just meant to highlight the excess of Dr. Strange's life.

[@s.w.4409]

They still f up, because watch winders don't work like that if the watch dials are facing upward...

[@KevinC2793]

@@s.w.4409 they wanted to show off the fancy watches, to highlight the excess of Strange's life, not make a documentary anyhow watch winders work.

[@s.w.4409]

@@KevinC2793 They still could have done google research for 5 minutes. But what can you expect from marvel/Disney nowadays...

[@ajayjaisawal3115]

Which watch you were wearing in video

[@JohnnyTyrant]

It doesn’t matter if its a wall clock or a dump truck, the worst thing for any machine is to just sit. If its a part thats meant to move it should be moved at least once a month MINIMUM. Be it backhoe or belt sander, pocket watch or cherry picker, use em or you’ll lose em.

[@rosomak8244]

Not really. A watch will wear out when running. Lubrication is there to prolong this process. However you can't service a watch infinitely. Parts just wear out.

[@DroseraNara]

This is one of those videos that convinces me people don't need money to work. I'm convinced that if you took away all money, people would still be occupying whatever niche space in human knowledge calls to their hearts and they'd be filling in the gaps because they want to.

[@yeahhayhay]

A watch that has been serviced in the last two, three decades you can leave without winding. The new oils don‘t really gunk up anymore.

[@efenty6235]

counterpoint it looks hard asf

[@jakavozlic718]

I have a quartz watch that I use it every day do I need some special treatment for it?

[@sylvaind.6786]

Lol

[@Deedoo_r]

I thought the spinny things were jsyt because they look cool and fancy???

[@TuftedCS]

his watches aren't even being wound in the movie as the dials (and rotors) are laying horizontally xD

[@mobly07]

This man is speaking facts

[@danielkung4860]

I've seen many watch collections and I have to say they where not winding!

[@Glass_Of_Bromine]

My grandpa just buys a new watch instead of doing any maintenance but in his defense the watches he uses are only like 800-1000 so they aint like super expensive

[@amarhashim5093]

that is the reason why I should only own 1 automatic watch rather than two. Two make me headache. 😂

[@mikekazz5353]

So how does it work?

[@amyx231]

I want 3 pieces: fancy watch, Apple Watch, cheap (fancy-looking) watch. The apple baby won’t leave my right hand, the other wrist has space though 😅

[@mohammedzayed8521]

What was that Zenit model ?

[@Jay_Bee1]

What you said about not wearing your watch is not true, when you don't wear it the lubricant on the jules dries up and stays lubricated much longer when it is running. If you don't wear a watch for 5 years (given 10 year service intervals) it will require a service as opposed to if you would have worn it

[@Tores444]

I thaught it was just a vain display of his watches. Like oooh look at all of them on those neat spinning things.

[@truthtable888]

Can you put them horizontally just like how the movie was taken, does it work that way???

[@pknepps]

Watch winders work with gravity as the winding mechanism moves with your wrist so that it is always pointed down. Thus you need to wind the watch in a diagonal or vertical position

[@Emetris]

Weve all seen that scene? I havent, i i still wont

[@johnraba9322]

No, you need a watch winder. Manually winding water resistant warches degrades their water resistence at the crown.

[@sylvaind.6786]

Wrong

[@meroinheroin]

Yeah, I'ma keep using my Casio

[@luxologylux4076]

My pagani design watch keeps going to the wrong date and time every single day, I’ve tried winding it but it never works. Any suggestions?

[@Montgomerygolfgator]

There's a speed adjustment inside the watch, a watch technician should be able to clean and oil everything (which can also affect timing) as well as use a special tool to calibrate the timing.

[@shelstone66]

What’s crazy I didn’t get why his watches were moving until I got into watches

[@MohhmadAaman]

The perfect balance i think is to wind a watch once a week if you dont wear it.

[@Striker-tq4vf]

That a Rolex Daytona I see?

[@Smoshylife]

Automatic watches lose time regardless so it makes sense to set frequently

[@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

[@MinuteMon]

“And therefore you don’t need a watch winder, you need a Time Stone” 😆

[@wyattsomething9780]

A wach winder looks cool tho.