WATCH WINDER

[Ricksmi]

Hello, I have been asked to make a 6 watch auto winder for mechanical watches with a glass top, the "box" itself with a top is not an issue I think I can safely say we all have made boxes but does anyone know where to get the mechanism that winds the watches? Has anyone made one before or have a few ideas?

 

[Berta]

I have never heard of such a thing. My thumb and forefinger is always handy.

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Do you have a picture of what you're talking about. I'm like Berta.

 

[mdbuntyn]

I don't recall seeing anyone post a project remotely close to being an auto winder since joining. I thinks there's a lot of Google and YouTube in your future.

@Berta @Bill Clemmons some watches "wind" automatically while you move. An auto winder is kind of like a spinning watch box that keeps those types of watches wound when not being worn.

 

[NC_Horn]

A Google search for ”watch winder mechanism” brings up several starting around $16 on Amazon that you could mount in a box. Want to see what you come up with as a finished product.

 

[Martin Roper]

You could either do a YouTube search for DIY watch winder or purchase an existing 6-watch winder and build a new case for it.

 

[jlwest]

So you need a winder for automatic watches. Basically some that shakes the watch on some schedule.

 

[Martin Roper]

So you need a winder for automatic watches. Basically some that shakes the watch on some schedule.

More like "spins" the watch.

 

[NC_Horn]

https://www.amazon.com/FEICHONGHO-Automatic-Watches-Support-Rotating/dp/B0BS741RG2/ref=asc_df_B0BS741RG2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=680393009943&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18049418112877195681&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9009582&hvtargid=pla-1967347975346&psc=1&mcid=5d1c0cc90c453387a7958ea718d24c46

1 or 2 watch pendulum watch winder

 

[Ricksmi]

I think I don't have much of a choice but to follow Martins advice and buy a winder for 6 watches remove the guts and build a custom case around it. I am a bit surprised you can't just find the mechanical s for a winder without buying the whole thing. But after watching a handful of YouTube and some Google I'm going to take the same approach I use when building furniture, make one for myself to workout all the design issues and possible kinks before going forward and building the client one, I only have two watches that auto wind this way so it will be a cheap build for me LOL.
I am either going to like this or this is a one and done and stick to building furniture.

 

[Berta]

Never have I ever…!

 

[JRedding]

I have a couple of them - one for 4 watches and another for 1 that I bought. If you want the name so you could purchase one and then replace the existing box with a custom let me know.

 

[Woodmolds]

More like "spins" the watch.

Most spin either direction or a combination of both depending on the brand of watch's requirements.
Also different on off times. More to them than you would surmise by just a casual glance!

 

[HMH]

I’m a “watch-guy” myself, and have had winders in the past, (specifically for a perpetual calendar/date watch I had, that was a real pain to re-set to the correct date, to keep the perpetual date function working accurately), but don’t use winders anymore myself. That said, if you do go that route, I’d recommend a decent quality mechanism, as some of the cheaper ones have a reputation of magnetizing the inner-workings of a mechanical watch over time- no bueno at all.

 

[junquecol]

Best watch winder I ever had was a ninety pound jack hammer. Didn't take but a couple minutes of use to completely wind a watch.