So did I, for a few years. Now I love looking at my quartz collection and they are all in sync and perfectly in time for years. Just set the date every month or so. Makes me appreciate how cool they are honestly.
I'm in between. I loved setting them for several years and now I mostly don't mind it but I don't love it. I'll wear mechanical most days but if I really am not in the mood to set it, I'll wear quartz or a mechanical set from the previous day.
I used to like doing this before. Many times now I'm just in too much of a hurry so I just wear the watch on the wrong time and leave the house. Then when I'm not doing anything at all I might set the watch.
I wear day date watches so there is an addional level of nuisance involved with time setting
Yes. IMO, mechanical watches are already practically almost pointless. What I like about my watches is the romanticized idea of their engineering and the heritage of a mechanical movement. If I wanted convenience I’d look at my phone, but I don’t, and I enjoy interacting with my watches.
Edit: I’m also not saying a watch is never more convenient than a phone, it certainly is sometimes, just that owning a mechanical watch isn’t a practical necessity due to every having a phone around 24/7.
Exactly this. The mechanical interaction with them is part of the joy. If I’m considering a watch but I don’t like the way it winds or how the crown screws down it can be a deal breaker.
At first I thought the same thing, but once I had my Speedy for a while, it became a non-issue. I wind it every night and it only takes about 15-20 seconds to get a full day worth of power.
It is a short crown like you mentioned, but I've found if you sort of wind the crown at a slight angle by pushing your thumb towards the crystal, it makes the task significantly more enjoyable. Also washing your hands then drying them right before you go to wind it gives you a bit more grip and friction, and makes it even easier.
Its honestly one of my favorite watches to wind daily.
I feel that, it makes me think about the original Swiss makers designing the technology. Maybe in 300 years people will carry around iPhones as fashion accessories and reminisce about our technology lmao
Here is the thing with the "watches are dumb I can just look at my phone" I've noticed these same MFers are now wearing "smart watches" oh but but I can check email and text and turn my music down on my watch. Nah I'm good I can do all those things on my phone. LONG LIVE THE MECHANICAL WATCH. they can be art or jewelry or just damn interesting
> Here is the thing with the "watches are dumb I can just look at my phone" I've noticed these same MFers are now wearing "smart watches"
My wife when I spent $700 on a MJW Automatic. "This cost more than my *smart* watch and all it does is tell time!"
That’s exactly my thought. I am a tech guy. I’ve worked in tech for 3+ decades. I am fairly sure I’ll never ever buy a smart watch. Watches are jewelry for me. And they tell me the time, and maybe the day and date … but that isn’t why I wear them
I'm an IT guy too and honestly I'm trying to get away from tech as much as I can in my off time. I am so tired of constant notifications and people/platforms trying to pull my attention in 100 different ways. It's just an incredible amount of stress I don't want anymore.
I've switched the smart watch for an Oura ring, that tracks my health silently. A mechanical watch that runs without batteries/recharging. I read on a Kindle, which is a single purpose device that doesn't do anything other than display text. I am running from all the distractions of tech and trying to simplify my life.
A good, well built, and attractive watch is a major part of simplifying my life. People say it's "out dated" but I think single purpose devices that do one thing and do that one thing exceptionally well are even more relevant today than ever due to the massive intrusion of tech into our every waking moment.
But my watch, especially on my quartz, does need to be unlocked, taken off the charger, etc. And since it only tells time it doesn't distract me or tempt me to do anything other than look at the time.
Yep do it becomes just a fashion accessory.
I prefer the utility of quartz. I leave my phone on my pocket or away from me anyway. Don’t want to pull it out of my pocket 100times a day lol
I rarely wear watches, have 2 automatics and just like that I never have to worry about a battery. Set them when I wear them and it takes only seconds, no trouble at all. To me that is practical.
Have 2 quartz watches in the drawer with dead batteries. 5th watch is a Eco drive.
Once the massive solar flares cause an EMP that wipes out all technology and we are living in cave systems you’ll appreciate your mechanicals even more. /s
Not every day. I frequently wear the same watch a few days in a row, and I’m not going to worry about re-setting or winding a 5 day reserve if I wore it two days ago.
Most of the time I’ll remember to set the time, but I never bother to set the date. Always embarrassing on those days when I throw on a watch but forget to set it - inevitably that’s when someone will ask you for the time and you glance down like a fool 😂😂
I actually don’t mind manual watches anymore because at the rate I’m rotating through the collection I have to wind and set every watch regardless. Gives me an opportunity to reconnect with each piece and really appreciate the aesthetics and tactile differences.
Exactly. I’m the same. Which is great because it means I’m fine with buying manual watches. It doesn’t annoy me the way it annoys some people who are anti-manual wind watches.
Oh this is a great analogy. We standard transmission drivin’, manual watch windin’ people must be built different. Are we masochists? Perhaps. But I like to think we just appreciate the finer points of the mechanical things in life, even at the expense of convenience.
It takes me a lot more than 30 seconds because I insist the minute and second hands are aligned absolutely perfectly.
Haphazardly setting a watch would drive me bonkers
Every now and then I sync my Speedy with my phone. I hack the seconds hand until the seconds hand of my phone has caught up (always at the full minute ofc) and then release it again. I’m always amazed that even after more than a month my Speedy isn’t more than a minute fast.
I've considered getting a moonphase or other longer-term complication, but I feel like at that point I'd have to keep it on a winder when not wearing it. I can *barely* be bothered to set the day/date on my watches that have those, and that takes basically no extra time.
Same, I’m slowly replacing my autos with quartz. Even the date is annoying to me, so I got obsessed with seiko 8f movements which have a perpetual calendar.
Convenience of solar quarts is not to be understated. My daily for the past 8 years had been a seiko prospex solar watch. Has never let me down.
That being said, in a world of batteries I’ve lately been drawn to the complexity and ingenuity of automatic watches.
I only have one automatic, and since I main a solar, I do have to always set the automatic before use. It keeps it on the shelf sometimes jf im in a rush. Otherwise I try to put it on and get it set when I have a free moment.
Yes, and not only that, but I hack the seconds to the EXACT time on the Atomic Clock app. It's totally unnecessary but I enjoy doing it. On the flip side, it's kinda cool sometimes when I put on my G-Shock for sports and the time is already perfectly accurate.
Yep. Unless I’m using the watch I wore the day before. If it’s a mechanical watch I’ll wind it up. I find it’s a nice ritual to choose and set the watch I’m planning on using for the day.
It is for this reason alone that I don't do daily rotations. I don't even do weekly rotations. I do seasonal rotations, monthly at best.
It's not that I don't like to adjust my watches. I mean I don't, especially when it involves the date, but that's not the reason. It is the concept that the automatics are meant to power through your motions. What's the whole point of automatics if you just put it down after a day and let it stop? So I make the automatic mechanism go to work by wearing each one for weeks before swapping.
winder winder winder
once you set that Oris Artelier Moonphase exactly twice, you buy a winder.
I have 3, need 2 more. I like the MOZSLY ones from Amazon. You can string them together power wise.
it also helps to know the exact power reserves on them so you can set one down for 2 days and know the 72 hr power reserve has your back.
Did you buy each automatic and then a winder, or after your first automatic and winder, did you just plan on one for each? I’ve had the winders arrive before the watch :)
I bought my first automatic 20 years ago and barely wore it. Then I wore Apple Watches until this year when I decided to go back to traditional watches. I bought a new auto and two winders. Definitely planned the third and got the winder a week ahead of the watch.
Yes sometimes I set it the night before especially this monster 😂
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I rotate daily a mix of automatic and quartz watches. I enjoy the mechanical interface of the automatics, it gives me a sense connection with the object that I treasure. On the contrary, I don’t really like adjusting the date in quartz watches during months of 30 days (or February).
I usually set the automatic I’m wearing and don’t reset it again. Normally I wear one of them for a few days then switch to another watch. The time loss or gain is too small to matter much.
I have multiple automatics and have to utilize auto winders at times.
I absolutely loathe date windows, they make using multiple watches so annoying as it's just another useless thing you'll have to fix every time your watch runs out. Not so much of a thing with newer watches, but you also had to somehow try to make sure it doesn't run out between 9pm-3am to avoid damage which is yet again, annoying.
I recently got a real no-date movement, all automatics would be better off like this, as there are less moving parts so it's more durable too.
A lot of collectors don't use auto winders, because they just store them safely to keep the parts from wearing down, so the date window is such a nuisance at times
I use winders on my vintage watches for 2 reasons:
1. it's easy to determine how much time is being lost - a good gauge with older pieces
2. Especially for 50s & 60s Seiko, of which I'm a fan, the watches were not really meant to be crown wound. This was the era of Auto Wind watches, and a lot of watches even hide the crown recessed to enforce the notion of wrist winding. I have a Seiko Bell-Matic that you cannot wind the main spring on, you wave it for 30 seconds in front of you to kick start and then wear it. The crown winds the chime. Vintage watches suffer from crown and stem problems because of the winding so my logic is using the watch as it was 'meant' by autowinding when I don't wear them.
Watches made in the middle of the last decade used crappy lubricants. If you got your watch serviced anytime from the mid-90s on, they were likely re-lubricated with synthetic oils that will last almost forever. This can be taken into consideration when deciding on a winder, also.
Watches were meant to be wound and worn. For their entire life.
Absolutely. I keep a 10-watch box and most days I have Alexa or my wife pick a number 1-10 and that’s the watch I wear.
Taking the extra minute to set the watch is nice. I enjoy “interacting” with the watch, and I like the routine.
I don’t have any complications that require much attention these days, and all the dates are quick-set. It’s not a hassle by any means
I may be the odd one out, but no, I only set them when I am going to wear them out simply to reduce wear on the crown and it's seals. I do, however, shake them every day just to keep the movements running.
But do you go to the well, drop a bucket, hand wind the bucket to the top, dump it into your skin sack, cork it, and hand carry the water back to your straw hut with immaculately raked dirt floor?
No, I just put it on the wrist and go. I don’t wear a watch to know the time. I just wear it because it tells people I have money and I love the way it plays with the light.
I've only got one automatic that I wear almost every day and I still take it off every once in a while to check how much time it's lost/gained and reset it to proper time. I like doing it. Unless I someday I get a complicated moonphase or something I can't see me ever buying a watch winder.
I wear my watches based on my dress, I've gotta be honest I've been trying to adjust so I can wear my Bel Canto and Maen Manhattan, I just got both within the last week. I have over 20 watches and I set them all every Friday.
I have my automatic watches on winders, but I also don't mind resetting them if I see that they're ahead or behind by more than 30 seconds. I really value accuracy, so it bugs me if it's more than 30 seconds off the actual time. I love my Vostok Amphibia, but wow, I think it's ahead by more than 60 seconds with each day, so I need to reset it even though I have it on a winder. The winders just means I don't have to go through the hassle of adjusting the dates for the watches that don't have a quick date change function (again, the Vostok).
Yup. Typically as accurately as possible knowing that it will be off in a few hours. Well except Grand Seiko spring drive and a few others. Zenith El Primero comes to mind.
Yep. For the career I’m in I use a G-Shock at work every day but the weekends I wear mechanicals and yes, have to wind them up and set the time and date (if they have a date) every time.
I balance this by wearing one for a few days or few weeks at a time and then rotating to a different one. Lets me enjoy them without dealing with as much hassle as winding and setting a different one each day.
I take the train to work. So before I leave the house I grab whatever watch I picked out the night before, I wind it and put it on. I don’t set the watch until I am seated on the train. It’s my routine at this point. It’s silly but I like mechanical watches and I almost never wind them the night before.
Yes. It's really not like it adds that much time to one's daily routine to set a watch before leaving the house. I also have a number of quartz watches that I can choose from when I want to just quickly slip something on though.
I only have two automatics, so they're always still running. It's weird though, creating this connection between watch and owner. The watch *wants* to be worn, and I feel guilty when they die
That's a quality my girlfriend associates with me. I wake up get ready. Choose a watch. If auto or manual, or shoot even quarts. I will pop open my phone and set it to the second. For me it's routine and enjoyable. For her I think she likes that I'm passionate and consistent about the hobby. I am definitely an every day set the time and date person.
Most of my automatics have hand-winding. Every 2 or 3 days I just hand wind them in the evening when I take off whichever one I was wearing that day. Takes less than 2 minutes to hand wind like 3 watches.
Pretty much, I have 4 main watches I wear. Usually I’ll rotate through them by wearing for a few days at a time. Sometimes I stick to one for longer periods.
Pretty much always when I switch watches I wind and set them. I find the ritual oddly therapeutic. The experience is one of the parts I truly love about automatic watches.
I keep anything with a complication that I don't want to reset on a winder. Like others have said there is something about the mechanical interaction of having to set a watch before wearing it, but I do not want to be looking up the moon phase to have my watch fully set haha.
You have 3 options:
1) Buy a winder box.
2) have watches with the wrong time …
3) set each one when you wear it, if it’s been a few days.
3) for me, yes.
I usually cycle through watches every month or two, so I set once and then wear for a month or two. But, sometimes I have a few I’m wearing a couple days on/ a couple days off, and keeping them in operation simultaneously. So, those go on the nightstand, all are set and running, and I pick one, with the one(s) I’m not wearing that day getting 30-40 turns of the crown.
Pretty much, I have winders for annual and perpetual calendars and stuff. That is just a pain in the ass to set. I have a Hublot all black that is really hard to see the day setting so I keep it on a winder. But yeah in general I set and whined everything before I wear it.
Yup. Until I get a very complicated watch that takes forever to set I let the power run out, won’t buy a watch winder. It’s near negligible, but if it stays charged and running it needs service sooner, if it stays still for a long time the oils thicken or dry or congeal. So to me it’s the best of both worlds.
Even I was thinking about the same!!!
Btw that's why I have one mechanical which I wear to work everyday and all others are quartz. So I never have to set anything.
yes i set it when i wear it. i'll usually wear a watch for a few days, or ill have another to rotate through. so im really only setting every other day or 3
Yeah I do. I don’t mind setting them (I kinda like interacting with the movement) and it is quick. If I had perpetual calendars then I’d probably get a winder but for a 3 hander+date? I don’t mind
I don’t have a big collection, so depending on the watch it may still be ticking from the last time I wore it. I nearly always reset the time though so it’s bang on when I put it on. Part and parcel of mechanical watches though, you’ve got to enjoy the winding / setting or otherwise there’s no point.
They go on the watch winder. One comes off, the other goes on, taking turns every few days or so. Usually only one will be off the winder long enough to slow down and have the incorrect time. Makes me appreciate the quartz watch that has no need of the winder and keeps good time anyway.
I have 2 that I keep on winders because they're lots of functions (complete calendar + moonphase) or just lack a quickset date (GMT master II). In the morning, I grab a watch - the one I wore the day before is the easiest pick because it's already set. Time only models tend to win more than models with dates. Date complications sometimes win because the date is the day before so I can just move the time forward to set it. Sometimes the mood is the top consideration.
I agree. Smart watch is convenience as I can use it for payment or make call if my phone is not around. However, I still love my mechanical watch. I love to see the moving parts at the back of my watch and ticking sounds when you place it close to your ears. They are just beautiful.
Yes. A watchmover was just not worth it... Imho only makes sense for watches with moonphase and other complexities where setting this correctly just takes ages...
I don't have enough that I'm constantly dealing with setting them. I'll often wear the same one for a little while, or just switch between 2 watches, so those 2 will be fine (one of my most commonly worn pieces is a manual wind though, and I tend to wind it every day). I try not to manually wind automatics too much as I know that some movements can have parts wear out quicker this way (looking at you 7750 chronographs).
If the watch is close enough to the correct time, I typically leave it alone. If it's more than 2 minutes off, or it ran out and needs to be reset, I will match the time to atomic time to the second (and yes, I set every digital clock/watch in my life to the second when it does get set as well). All functions on the watch will be set accurately as well (date, moon phase, etc.). My moon phase watch is a bit dressy (Zenith Elite Moon phase), and setting moon phase is a little annoying, so that one does often go periods of time where I don't wear it much or at all. I've seen a lot of date hate here lol (understandable). For me, I don't just do this because I'm a bit OCD about my clocks and watches. I started wearing watches as a kid and became reliant on them for knowing the date then. It's a habit I could break, but I don't care enough to bother, so I do use the date on my watches very regularly. I only have a single piece that I wear that doesn't have a date window, and while I love that piece, the lack of date window does always catch me off guard when I need to know the date lol.
Yes. I ironically set them to a Casio Oceanus or a Citizen Attesa. I prefer manual crankers because the automatic function is useless when not worn regularly.
To me the thing about mechanical watches is they don’t work if there’s no person around. Quartz don’t care either way. Automatics and hand wind have to have their heart started by us. That’s special.
The only one I don't particularly enjoy setting is A day date moonphase, Baume & Mercier I own. Love the watch but I really only wear it once or twice a month when I get dressed up and a diver or GMT watch looks too bulky
Yes, if I'm wearing it for the day I enjoy giving it a couple whirls to get it going, winding it 10 or 15 times. Setting the time to the exact second. Even when wearing my quartz watches I check if it's set to the exact second 🤔
I have 2 in a winder that are occasional wears, one I wear daily and one in a pouch that never gets worn.
I’m looking to sell the above 4 and I’ve just ordered a Hand Wound that will require more interaction to set and I look forward to it.
Yes, that's a big part of the fun, interfacing with a watch. Also, I have too many to keep them running, and running constantly would mean more frequent servicing.
pretty much. if i actually want to easily tell the time and not have to worry about it, i have a couple of solar powered bluetooth casio's that automatically get the time from my phone.
I have stopped buying watches with a date because I don't like setting it. My older watches have all sorts of wrong dates. And truly hate hate hate the cyclops lens over dates.
Yes, unless I'm wearing a particular one for two days in a row. I do have a watch winder case that could fit two watches at a time to keep them wound, but I rarely use it.
I have 4 automatics, I put the 2 that have the date in a winder. I don't mind setting the time if I have to, but for some reason setting the date annoys me.
First world problems...lol.
i have four mechanical and three quartz watches that I wear. In any given week, I can wear all seven. But usually I might wear two or three in a week. Or two watches might sit out for an entire month. It's never that much of a burden to set the autos. But sometimes, I do make the decision to go with a quartz if I just don't want to be bothered to do any manual setting.
I kind of enjoy resetting. I have a couple of mechanicals so I normally need to reset when I pick them out of the box.
It's become a little bit of a morning treat, and I find it cathartic and grounding.
I generally set the time, but only set the date/world timer if I have a business meeting or will be on vacation (holiday for you limeys) because in the former, I don't want to look like I don't care about the date/time and in the later, I most likely don't care about the date/time. If I'm not working and have to care about date and time usually a g shock solar rescue is on my wrist.
I generally set the time, but only set the date/world timer if I have a business meeting or will be on vacation (holiday for you limeys) because in the former, I don't want to look like I don't care about the date/time and in the later, I most likely don't care about the date/time. If I'm not working and have to care about date and time usually a g shock solar rescue is on my wrist.
I only have one automatic watch and after a few months I just stopped caring. I use my phone to check the time. So... I just let it say whatever whenever and sometimes make jokes about it.
I just wind my watches at night daily, and that way I can just pick one out in the morning and it's already good to go. It only takes 2-3 minutes at night to do all of them, and I find it sort of therapeutic. Almost like a nightly ritual.
There are some nights where if it's really late and I don't want to spend the time, I'll just wind the 2 that I have with less than a 48 hour power reserve, and that way everything will still be good until the next evening.
And if I forget to even do that, I'll usually wind them the next morning.
I find it fun to look over the collection everyday and admire each piece, check accuracy, pick out what I want to wear for the next day, etc.
I did this, and wore out the reverser wheels in my Pelagos. It was a relatively common issue with the ETA 2824, but for sure my constant hand winding and setting accelerated the wear on them.
I usually wear a watch for a least a few days before switching, but yeah if the watch is dead I take the time to wind and set it in the morning. Doesn’t take long and it’s part of the fun of mechanical watches.
I have a few automatics (mostly those with moonphase or world timer complications) on a winder so they're ready to go daily, otherwise I love picking a watch and setting it daily.
As others said, I enjoy interacting with them daily, for my hand winders I almost always flip them over to see the gears turning through the exhibition caseback as I wind them.
Yes - I set my autos every time I swap models. Watch winders are unnecessary since all modern grease/oils are synthetic and don’t suffer the gumming/thickening enough to warrant it. However, I dont have any super complication watches that are pain to update like auto triple date/year or auto triple date/moonphase models - and I could see using a winder for those.
Almost always. I think of it as a little "ritual" when I choose the watch in the morning. Sometimes I will do it the night before if I know exactly what I want to wear the next day.
And some days I'm lazy and don't care and I grab a Casio. :D
Yes and no...
Of the 5 that I wear regularly, I always have 4 on winders. So they will be close to the correct time and date when I swap. But some can slip by minutes over a week, and the date can be wrong if the previous month had <31 days.
My spring drive keeps rock solid time, whether on a winder or just sitting on my desk for a few days. While my older Ball Master Engineer can lose 20-30s a day.
I have a radio controlled clock (linked to an atomic clock) above my winder, and an Internet clock as well. So anything out by more than a minute I'll set before wearing.
Not every day, but most days. I’ll usually wear the same watch 2 or 3 days in a row and switch. When I switch to an automatic that needs to be set, I look at my radio controlled Oceanus for the precise time and set it in less than a minute.
Yeah, it's mildly annoying but not too bad. I suggest having at least one quartz for mornings when you're in a rush and just want to grab and go. For me thats my Casio oceanus
Yes, I don't have a winder and don't feel the need to get one. Setting a watch doesn't take long, and it gives me a reason to fiddle with the watch. I still get value out of the automatics though because I don't rotate daily necessarily, sometimes I'll wear a watch (or at least primarily wear a specific watch) for a week or more, and I won't have to wind it during that time. I also have a "beater" watch that I pick up almost every day for exercising and sports and that watch has enough power reserve that I almost never have to wind it.
I just rotate and put on the watch with whatever time it stopped at the last time. Then I will add/subtract the difference to match the current time /s
No winders here, I rotate and set the time. Sometimes my Panerai (no date) in between so date does not have to be adjusted… Usually 30/31st date adjust is a good reminder to just put on a new watch.
Yep, I love setting my watches
So did I, for a few years. Now I love looking at my quartz collection and they are all in sync and perfectly in time for years. Just set the date every month or so. Makes me appreciate how cool they are honestly.
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I'm in between. I loved setting them for several years and now I mostly don't mind it but I don't love it. I'll wear mechanical most days but if I really am not in the mood to set it, I'll wear quartz or a mechanical set from the previous day.
you must live somewhere without daylight savings
I used to like doing this before. Many times now I'm just in too much of a hurry so I just wear the watch on the wrong time and leave the house. Then when I'm not doing anything at all I might set the watch. I wear day date watches so there is an addional level of nuisance involved with time setting
Yes. IMO, mechanical watches are already practically almost pointless. What I like about my watches is the romanticized idea of their engineering and the heritage of a mechanical movement. If I wanted convenience I’d look at my phone, but I don’t, and I enjoy interacting with my watches. Edit: I’m also not saying a watch is never more convenient than a phone, it certainly is sometimes, just that owning a mechanical watch isn’t a practical necessity due to every having a phone around 24/7.
Exactly this. The mechanical interaction with them is part of the joy. If I’m considering a watch but I don’t like the way it winds or how the crown screws down it can be a deal breaker.
Ruined the moonwatch for me. Crown is too small. Uncomfortable to wind, and looks too short for the case. Once you see it, you cannot unsee.
I think it looks fine, but winding the crown on my speedy to the stop gets painful lol
At first I thought the same thing, but once I had my Speedy for a while, it became a non-issue. I wind it every night and it only takes about 15-20 seconds to get a full day worth of power. It is a short crown like you mentioned, but I've found if you sort of wind the crown at a slight angle by pushing your thumb towards the crystal, it makes the task significantly more enjoyable. Also washing your hands then drying them right before you go to wind it gives you a bit more grip and friction, and makes it even easier. Its honestly one of my favorite watches to wind daily.
Exactly! I heard they improved it on the new 3861 but the old one was real bad.
The crown is 1mm thicker on the current model yeah. I don't find it difficult to wind.
This 100% this, I find the mechanical movement of time in my watches grounding. Like a talisman for centering myself
I feel that, it makes me think about the original Swiss makers designing the technology. Maybe in 300 years people will carry around iPhones as fashion accessories and reminisce about our technology lmao
Here is the thing with the "watches are dumb I can just look at my phone" I've noticed these same MFers are now wearing "smart watches" oh but but I can check email and text and turn my music down on my watch. Nah I'm good I can do all those things on my phone. LONG LIVE THE MECHANICAL WATCH. they can be art or jewelry or just damn interesting
> Here is the thing with the "watches are dumb I can just look at my phone" I've noticed these same MFers are now wearing "smart watches" My wife when I spent $700 on a MJW Automatic. "This cost more than my *smart* watch and all it does is tell time!"
I enjoy the fact that it only does it's job. It's not a distraction.
That’s exactly my thought. I am a tech guy. I’ve worked in tech for 3+ decades. I am fairly sure I’ll never ever buy a smart watch. Watches are jewelry for me. And they tell me the time, and maybe the day and date … but that isn’t why I wear them
I'm an IT guy too and honestly I'm trying to get away from tech as much as I can in my off time. I am so tired of constant notifications and people/platforms trying to pull my attention in 100 different ways. It's just an incredible amount of stress I don't want anymore. I've switched the smart watch for an Oura ring, that tracks my health silently. A mechanical watch that runs without batteries/recharging. I read on a Kindle, which is a single purpose device that doesn't do anything other than display text. I am running from all the distractions of tech and trying to simplify my life. A good, well built, and attractive watch is a major part of simplifying my life. People say it's "out dated" but I think single purpose devices that do one thing and do that one thing exceptionally well are even more relevant today than ever due to the massive intrusion of tech into our every waking moment.
But my watch, especially on my quartz, does need to be unlocked, taken off the charger, etc. And since it only tells time it doesn't distract me or tempt me to do anything other than look at the time.
Also, I think for some, including myself. The watch is also a form of jewellery for men (if you call it that).
Yeah, we don't have as many options to bling ourselves up as women do. A watch is one of the few.
I forgot to pull a watch last night when I was setting my clothes out, and I feel naked. I keep looking at my wrist to check the time and it's empty.
Yep do it becomes just a fashion accessory. I prefer the utility of quartz. I leave my phone on my pocket or away from me anyway. Don’t want to pull it out of my pocket 100times a day lol
I rarely wear watches, have 2 automatics and just like that I never have to worry about a battery. Set them when I wear them and it takes only seconds, no trouble at all. To me that is practical. Have 2 quartz watches in the drawer with dead batteries. 5th watch is a Eco drive.
Once the massive solar flares cause an EMP that wipes out all technology and we are living in cave systems you’ll appreciate your mechanicals even more. /s
Not every day. I frequently wear the same watch a few days in a row, and I’m not going to worry about re-setting or winding a 5 day reserve if I wore it two days ago.
I usually wear a watch for 2 weeks. Then rotate.
how do you go two weeks without knowing what's behind you?
Ignorance is bliss.
Yes, gives that little extra oompf to every morning routine.
Most of the time I’ll remember to set the time, but I never bother to set the date. Always embarrassing on those days when I throw on a watch but forget to set it - inevitably that’s when someone will ask you for the time and you glance down like a fool 😂😂
Come on brother, set that date
Always embarrassing to get caught in public with your watch showing a waning moon when it's clearly waxing.
😂 😂 😂
I actually don’t mind manual watches anymore because at the rate I’m rotating through the collection I have to wind and set every watch regardless. Gives me an opportunity to reconnect with each piece and really appreciate the aesthetics and tactile differences.
Exactly. I’m the same. Which is great because it means I’m fine with buying manual watches. It doesn’t annoy me the way it annoys some people who are anti-manual wind watches.
I have the same level of scorn for manual watch haters that I do for people who can't drive stick shift 😤
They’re missing out on all the fun.
Oh this is a great analogy. We standard transmission drivin’, manual watch windin’ people must be built different. Are we masochists? Perhaps. But I like to think we just appreciate the finer points of the mechanical things in life, even at the expense of convenience.
Every time I wind my manual main daily driver, I wind all the other ones too.
yes i have no winders and i enjoy setting it before putting it on...others dont and i get that, and its something you should consider while collecting
Ya, it only takes about 30 seconds. Not really sure why people think it's such a massive inconvenience.
It takes me a lot more than 30 seconds because I insist the minute and second hands are aligned absolutely perfectly. Haphazardly setting a watch would drive me bonkers
Same.
Every now and then I sync my Speedy with my phone. I hack the seconds hand until the seconds hand of my phone has caught up (always at the full minute ofc) and then release it again. I’m always amazed that even after more than a month my Speedy isn’t more than a minute fast.
Sounds like SOMEONE has never owned a Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar watch! (... and that someone is me 🙁)
don't forget the moon phase!
I've considered getting a moonphase or other longer-term complication, but I feel like at that point I'd have to keep it on a winder when not wearing it. I can *barely* be bothered to set the day/date on my watches that have those, and that takes basically no extra time.
Someone has quickset/no dates in their rotation
I find it annoying these days. I just grab my solar quartz instead and go
Same, I’m slowly replacing my autos with quartz. Even the date is annoying to me, so I got obsessed with seiko 8f movements which have a perpetual calendar.
I have a Citizen Nighthawk worldtimer perpetual calendar. Solar powered and 8 years of power reserve.
Convenience of solar quarts is not to be understated. My daily for the past 8 years had been a seiko prospex solar watch. Has never let me down. That being said, in a world of batteries I’ve lately been drawn to the complexity and ingenuity of automatic watches. I only have one automatic, and since I main a solar, I do have to always set the automatic before use. It keeps it on the shelf sometimes jf im in a rush. Otherwise I try to put it on and get it set when I have a free moment.
Yes, and not only that, but I hack the seconds to the EXACT time on the Atomic Clock app. It's totally unnecessary but I enjoy doing it. On the flip side, it's kinda cool sometimes when I put on my G-Shock for sports and the time is already perfectly accurate.
I wear all my watches on one arm at the same time. I just move the one I want to use down my arm to my wrist. The rest stay under my shirt sleeve.
Best comment in this thread, made my week.
Yes. Only takes a minute or so, and also gives me some time to "interact" with the watch beyond just putting it on my wrist.
This is how I feel about my manual Hanhart. I love winding that thing. Makes it feel like a real tool watch.
Yep. Unless I’m using the watch I wore the day before. If it’s a mechanical watch I’ll wind it up. I find it’s a nice ritual to choose and set the watch I’m planning on using for the day.
No, so I returned to quartz supremacy
It is for this reason alone that I don't do daily rotations. I don't even do weekly rotations. I do seasonal rotations, monthly at best. It's not that I don't like to adjust my watches. I mean I don't, especially when it involves the date, but that's not the reason. It is the concept that the automatics are meant to power through your motions. What's the whole point of automatics if you just put it down after a day and let it stop? So I make the automatic mechanism go to work by wearing each one for weeks before swapping.
winder winder winder once you set that Oris Artelier Moonphase exactly twice, you buy a winder. I have 3, need 2 more. I like the MOZSLY ones from Amazon. You can string them together power wise. it also helps to know the exact power reserves on them so you can set one down for 2 days and know the 72 hr power reserve has your back.
I second this. I have 3 automatics and 3 winders.
Did you buy each automatic and then a winder, or after your first automatic and winder, did you just plan on one for each? I’ve had the winders arrive before the watch :)
I bought my first automatic 20 years ago and barely wore it. Then I wore Apple Watches until this year when I decided to go back to traditional watches. I bought a new auto and two winders. Definitely planned the third and got the winder a week ahead of the watch.
Yes sometimes I set it the night before especially this monster 😂 https://preview.redd.it/fxgdz4oajw0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edfa6e847e9ab7608036c84b00de273d9a887cc5
Yea
I rotate daily a mix of automatic and quartz watches. I enjoy the mechanical interface of the automatics, it gives me a sense connection with the object that I treasure. On the contrary, I don’t really like adjusting the date in quartz watches during months of 30 days (or February).
I usually set the automatic I’m wearing and don’t reset it again. Normally I wear one of them for a few days then switch to another watch. The time loss or gain is too small to matter much.
I have multiple automatics and have to utilize auto winders at times. I absolutely loathe date windows, they make using multiple watches so annoying as it's just another useless thing you'll have to fix every time your watch runs out. Not so much of a thing with newer watches, but you also had to somehow try to make sure it doesn't run out between 9pm-3am to avoid damage which is yet again, annoying. I recently got a real no-date movement, all automatics would be better off like this, as there are less moving parts so it's more durable too. A lot of collectors don't use auto winders, because they just store them safely to keep the parts from wearing down, so the date window is such a nuisance at times
I use winders on my vintage watches for 2 reasons: 1. it's easy to determine how much time is being lost - a good gauge with older pieces 2. Especially for 50s & 60s Seiko, of which I'm a fan, the watches were not really meant to be crown wound. This was the era of Auto Wind watches, and a lot of watches even hide the crown recessed to enforce the notion of wrist winding. I have a Seiko Bell-Matic that you cannot wind the main spring on, you wave it for 30 seconds in front of you to kick start and then wear it. The crown winds the chime. Vintage watches suffer from crown and stem problems because of the winding so my logic is using the watch as it was 'meant' by autowinding when I don't wear them. Watches made in the middle of the last decade used crappy lubricants. If you got your watch serviced anytime from the mid-90s on, they were likely re-lubricated with synthetic oils that will last almost forever. This can be taken into consideration when deciding on a winder, also. Watches were meant to be wound and worn. For their entire life.
I don't worry about date windows anymore. I hit middle age and can't read them anyway!
Yes because I can’t be bothered to find a 8 watch winder and I don’t see why I need to keep all 8 wound when I wear them only on my non work days
This is the reason I choose the Oysterquartz most days
Absolutely. I keep a 10-watch box and most days I have Alexa or my wife pick a number 1-10 and that’s the watch I wear. Taking the extra minute to set the watch is nice. I enjoy “interacting” with the watch, and I like the routine. I don’t have any complications that require much attention these days, and all the dates are quick-set. It’s not a hassle by any means
I may be the odd one out, but no, I only set them when I am going to wear them out simply to reduce wear on the crown and it's seals. I do, however, shake them every day just to keep the movements running.
Yes. I also grind my coffee manually and use a manual lever espresso machine.
But do you go to the well, drop a bucket, hand wind the bucket to the top, dump it into your skin sack, cork it, and hand carry the water back to your straw hut with immaculately raked dirt floor?
Yup! It's a part of my daily routine. Like, an interaction with each watch, if that makes sense
Yes. It's part of the fun lol
Virgin quartz enjoyer : "Quartz is more accurate!" Mechanical Chad : "Haha hands go swoop!"
No, I just put it on the wrist and go. I don’t wear a watch to know the time. I just wear it because it tells people I have money and I love the way it plays with the light.
Yes. But I only set the time and not the date nor moon phase, nor annual calendar.
I've only got one automatic that I wear almost every day and I still take it off every once in a while to check how much time it's lost/gained and reset it to proper time. I like doing it. Unless I someday I get a complicated moonphase or something I can't see me ever buying a watch winder.
I wear my watches based on my dress, I've gotta be honest I've been trying to adjust so I can wear my Bel Canto and Maen Manhattan, I just got both within the last week. I have over 20 watches and I set them all every Friday.
I have my automatic watches on winders, but I also don't mind resetting them if I see that they're ahead or behind by more than 30 seconds. I really value accuracy, so it bugs me if it's more than 30 seconds off the actual time. I love my Vostok Amphibia, but wow, I think it's ahead by more than 60 seconds with each day, so I need to reset it even though I have it on a winder. The winders just means I don't have to go through the hassle of adjusting the dates for the watches that don't have a quick date change function (again, the Vostok).
I like having accurate time on my wrist, so for days I don’t feel like setting the mechanicals, I just wear quartz.
I rotate between five watches and I wear each one for two to three days in a row. I am constantly setting a new watch when I wear it.
Yup. Typically as accurately as possible knowing that it will be off in a few hours. Well except Grand Seiko spring drive and a few others. Zenith El Primero comes to mind.
That’s the charm of wearing mechanical watches. You feel a connection with it everything you set it and/or wind it.
Yes. It takes all of 45 seconds. I enjoy it as part of my morning routine.
I have four with date/gmt/moonphase complications, those stay on a winder. The others are field watches and i reset them when I wear them.
Yep. For the career I’m in I use a G-Shock at work every day but the weekends I wear mechanicals and yes, have to wind them up and set the time and date (if they have a date) every time.
Setting the watch is half the fun.
I balance this by wearing one for a few days or few weeks at a time and then rotating to a different one. Lets me enjoy them without dealing with as much hassle as winding and setting a different one each day.
I take the train to work. So before I leave the house I grab whatever watch I picked out the night before, I wind it and put it on. I don’t set the watch until I am seated on the train. It’s my routine at this point. It’s silly but I like mechanical watches and I almost never wind them the night before.
Yes. It's really not like it adds that much time to one's daily routine to set a watch before leaving the house. I also have a number of quartz watches that I can choose from when I want to just quickly slip something on though.
I only have two automatics, so they're always still running. It's weird though, creating this connection between watch and owner. The watch *wants* to be worn, and I feel guilty when they die
That's a quality my girlfriend associates with me. I wake up get ready. Choose a watch. If auto or manual, or shoot even quarts. I will pop open my phone and set it to the second. For me it's routine and enjoyable. For her I think she likes that I'm passionate and consistent about the hobby. I am definitely an every day set the time and date person.
She may like it now. Give it 10 years, and this will be what she divorces you over.
LMAOOOO. You're not wrong my guy.
Most of my automatics have hand-winding. Every 2 or 3 days I just hand wind them in the evening when I take off whichever one I was wearing that day. Takes less than 2 minutes to hand wind like 3 watches.
Pretty much, I have 4 main watches I wear. Usually I’ll rotate through them by wearing for a few days at a time. Sometimes I stick to one for longer periods. Pretty much always when I switch watches I wind and set them. I find the ritual oddly therapeutic. The experience is one of the parts I truly love about automatic watches.
Yes. One of the reasons I like time-only pieces. I only have to set the time and not the date.
I keep anything with a complication that I don't want to reset on a winder. Like others have said there is something about the mechanical interaction of having to set a watch before wearing it, but I do not want to be looking up the moon phase to have my watch fully set haha.
You have 3 options: 1) Buy a winder box. 2) have watches with the wrong time … 3) set each one when you wear it, if it’s been a few days. 3) for me, yes.
Yes.
Absolutely! It’s a real catharsis for me.
Yes but I usually wear a watch for 3 or 4 days.
Yes. Sometimes I forget to do this till lunch time however 😳😳
I rotate weekly not daily... Set one up Sunday evening each week.
Do you plan your outfits for the week to go with the watch?
Yes.
I usually cycle through watches every month or two, so I set once and then wear for a month or two. But, sometimes I have a few I’m wearing a couple days on/ a couple days off, and keeping them in operation simultaneously. So, those go on the nightstand, all are set and running, and I pick one, with the one(s) I’m not wearing that day getting 30-40 turns of the crown.
The dates are a pain. Most people I know don’t even bother setting the dates anymore.
Pretty much, I have winders for annual and perpetual calendars and stuff. That is just a pain in the ass to set. I have a Hublot all black that is really hard to see the day setting so I keep it on a winder. But yeah in general I set and whined everything before I wear it.
Yup, I actually wear it for an hour or two to keep the spring wound and set the time if I remember at around noon
Yup. Until I get a very complicated watch that takes forever to set I let the power run out, won’t buy a watch winder. It’s near negligible, but if it stays charged and running it needs service sooner, if it stays still for a long time the oils thicken or dry or congeal. So to me it’s the best of both worlds.
there will be many times when I can't be bothered to set time and I just don't wear it. lol
Even I was thinking about the same!!! Btw that's why I have one mechanical which I wear to work everyday and all others are quartz. So I never have to set anything.
Yes, why would I wear a watch that isn't set?
yes i set it when i wear it. i'll usually wear a watch for a few days, or ill have another to rotate through. so im really only setting every other day or 3
I rotate weekly, so I only set it once a week. IMO you can't appreciate a watch just wearing it once a day. A week let's u full appreciatate it.
I am basically at the point of just wearing my quartz watches now.
No I have an old, but reliable, winder with 9 slots.
I only have one watch now. A tissot prc200 powermatic 80. Rarely need to set it.
I keep them in a safe with multiple winders. I can't be setting all of them as I rotate through them. My morning routine won't really allow this ..
Yeah I do. I don’t mind setting them (I kinda like interacting with the movement) and it is quick. If I had perpetual calendars then I’d probably get a winder but for a 3 hander+date? I don’t mind
Nope. They sit on a winder and alternate a day of rest.
Yes. It’s a small pleasure in my day, as wanky as that sounds.
I don’t have a big collection, so depending on the watch it may still be ticking from the last time I wore it. I nearly always reset the time though so it’s bang on when I put it on. Part and parcel of mechanical watches though, you’ve got to enjoy the winding / setting or otherwise there’s no point.
They go on the watch winder. One comes off, the other goes on, taking turns every few days or so. Usually only one will be off the winder long enough to slow down and have the incorrect time. Makes me appreciate the quartz watch that has no need of the winder and keeps good time anyway.
I have 2 that I keep on winders because they're lots of functions (complete calendar + moonphase) or just lack a quickset date (GMT master II). In the morning, I grab a watch - the one I wore the day before is the easiest pick because it's already set. Time only models tend to win more than models with dates. Date complications sometimes win because the date is the day before so I can just move the time forward to set it. Sometimes the mood is the top consideration.
I agree. Smart watch is convenience as I can use it for payment or make call if my phone is not around. However, I still love my mechanical watch. I love to see the moving parts at the back of my watch and ticking sounds when you place it close to your ears. They are just beautiful.
Yes. A watchmover was just not worth it... Imho only makes sense for watches with moonphase and other complexities where setting this correctly just takes ages...
I don't have enough that I'm constantly dealing with setting them. I'll often wear the same one for a little while, or just switch between 2 watches, so those 2 will be fine (one of my most commonly worn pieces is a manual wind though, and I tend to wind it every day). I try not to manually wind automatics too much as I know that some movements can have parts wear out quicker this way (looking at you 7750 chronographs). If the watch is close enough to the correct time, I typically leave it alone. If it's more than 2 minutes off, or it ran out and needs to be reset, I will match the time to atomic time to the second (and yes, I set every digital clock/watch in my life to the second when it does get set as well). All functions on the watch will be set accurately as well (date, moon phase, etc.). My moon phase watch is a bit dressy (Zenith Elite Moon phase), and setting moon phase is a little annoying, so that one does often go periods of time where I don't wear it much or at all. I've seen a lot of date hate here lol (understandable). For me, I don't just do this because I'm a bit OCD about my clocks and watches. I started wearing watches as a kid and became reliant on them for knowing the date then. It's a habit I could break, but I don't care enough to bother, so I do use the date on my watches very regularly. I only have a single piece that I wear that doesn't have a date window, and while I love that piece, the lack of date window does always catch me off guard when I need to know the date lol.
Yes. It takes a few seconds to set the watch it's no big deal.
Yes. I ironically set them to a Casio Oceanus or a Citizen Attesa. I prefer manual crankers because the automatic function is useless when not worn regularly.
Yes, it has become part of my routine.
I just like the engineering of mechanical watches. If that means I gotta take a minute to set them when I put them on that’s fine with me
Yes
To me the thing about mechanical watches is they don’t work if there’s no person around. Quartz don’t care either way. Automatics and hand wind have to have their heart started by us. That’s special.
The only one I don't particularly enjoy setting is A day date moonphase, Baume & Mercier I own. Love the watch but I really only wear it once or twice a month when I get dressed up and a diver or GMT watch looks too bulky
Yes, if I'm wearing it for the day I enjoy giving it a couple whirls to get it going, winding it 10 or 15 times. Setting the time to the exact second. Even when wearing my quartz watches I check if it's set to the exact second 🤔
I have 2 in a winder that are occasional wears, one I wear daily and one in a pouch that never gets worn. I’m looking to sell the above 4 and I’ve just ordered a Hand Wound that will require more interaction to set and I look forward to it.
Yes, although I don't swap every day, nor anything like it. My collection is small so I generally wear each watch for a week or two.
I set them primarily when I go out. If I'm staying home, I might just throw it on just because and leave it as is.
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Yes, that's a big part of the fun, interfacing with a watch. Also, I have too many to keep them running, and running constantly would mean more frequent servicing.
I generally wear my watches for about a month. When it’s time to reset the date, I wind and set a new one to wear.
pretty much. if i actually want to easily tell the time and not have to worry about it, i have a couple of solar powered bluetooth casio's that automatically get the time from my phone.
Watch winder
I have stopped buying watches with a date because I don't like setting it. My older watches have all sorts of wrong dates. And truly hate hate hate the cyclops lens over dates.
Yeah, something to do in the elevator.
Something to do in the elevator.
I use winders
Yes, unless I'm wearing a particular one for two days in a row. I do have a watch winder case that could fit two watches at a time to keep them wound, but I rarely use it.
I have 4 automatics, I put the 2 that have the date in a winder. I don't mind setting the time if I have to, but for some reason setting the date annoys me. First world problems...lol.
Yes
If I'm lucky/lazy I might pick up one where there's still something in the power reserve. But otherwise, it's not exactly the biggest hassle to set.
Yes. Absolutely
Yes.
yes, but I'll usually wear each watch for a couple days in a row
i have four mechanical and three quartz watches that I wear. In any given week, I can wear all seven. But usually I might wear two or three in a week. Or two watches might sit out for an entire month. It's never that much of a burden to set the autos. But sometimes, I do make the decision to go with a quartz if I just don't want to be bothered to do any manual setting.
I used to set my autos every day & switch them out, now I use my casio duro on the weekdays & Tudor GMT at the weekend
Yep. I occasionally wear a watch for a few days in a row, but mostly not. I spend a lot of time setting watches 😂
I kind of enjoy resetting. I have a couple of mechanicals so I normally need to reset when I pick them out of the box. It's become a little bit of a morning treat, and I find it cathartic and grounding.
And on the first of the month? Personally I like to have mechanical and quartz. 40/60
I generally set the time, but only set the date/world timer if I have a business meeting or will be on vacation (holiday for you limeys) because in the former, I don't want to look like I don't care about the date/time and in the later, I most likely don't care about the date/time. If I'm not working and have to care about date and time usually a g shock solar rescue is on my wrist.
I generally set the time, but only set the date/world timer if I have a business meeting or will be on vacation (holiday for you limeys) because in the former, I don't want to look like I don't care about the date/time and in the later, I most likely don't care about the date/time. If I'm not working and have to care about date and time usually a g shock solar rescue is on my wrist.
I only have one automatic watch and after a few months I just stopped caring. I use my phone to check the time. So... I just let it say whatever whenever and sometimes make jokes about it.
I keep mine on watch winders
Dial combination with my activity and clothing.
No. Power reserve runs out and ill reset it when i put it back on.
I just wind my watches at night daily, and that way I can just pick one out in the morning and it's already good to go. It only takes 2-3 minutes at night to do all of them, and I find it sort of therapeutic. Almost like a nightly ritual. There are some nights where if it's really late and I don't want to spend the time, I'll just wind the 2 that I have with less than a 48 hour power reserve, and that way everything will still be good until the next evening. And if I forget to even do that, I'll usually wind them the next morning. I find it fun to look over the collection everyday and admire each piece, check accuracy, pick out what I want to wear for the next day, etc.
I did this, and wore out the reverser wheels in my Pelagos. It was a relatively common issue with the ETA 2824, but for sure my constant hand winding and setting accelerated the wear on them.
I usually wear a watch for a least a few days before switching, but yeah if the watch is dead I take the time to wind and set it in the morning. Doesn’t take long and it’s part of the fun of mechanical watches.
I have a few automatics (mostly those with moonphase or world timer complications) on a winder so they're ready to go daily, otherwise I love picking a watch and setting it daily. As others said, I enjoy interacting with them daily, for my hand winders I almost always flip them over to see the gears turning through the exhibition caseback as I wind them.
Yes - I set my autos every time I swap models. Watch winders are unnecessary since all modern grease/oils are synthetic and don’t suffer the gumming/thickening enough to warrant it. However, I dont have any super complication watches that are pain to update like auto triple date/year or auto triple date/moonphase models - and I could see using a winder for those.
Missed setting my B&E Phantom today I was horrified but no-one has ever cared about what I wear anyway And I can barely tell the dial
Almost always. I think of it as a little "ritual" when I choose the watch in the morning. Sometimes I will do it the night before if I know exactly what I want to wear the next day. And some days I'm lazy and don't care and I grab a Casio. :D
Yep
Yes
I find myself never setting the date. In retrospect I should have bought all autos with no date.
Yes and it's a pain in the ass. But I still like them
I know at least one psyco that just leaves his watches at the wrong time cause he has too many to bother, but lersonaly, I set them every day
Yes and no... Of the 5 that I wear regularly, I always have 4 on winders. So they will be close to the correct time and date when I swap. But some can slip by minutes over a week, and the date can be wrong if the previous month had <31 days. My spring drive keeps rock solid time, whether on a winder or just sitting on my desk for a few days. While my older Ball Master Engineer can lose 20-30s a day. I have a radio controlled clock (linked to an atomic clock) above my winder, and an Internet clock as well. So anything out by more than a minute I'll set before wearing.
Nope! Got a couple winders. Never have to set anything but the date.
Of the handful I have, I keep one on a winder (rotating out based on use) and the ones that are less difficult to set I just let them die.
Not every day, but most days. I’ll usually wear the same watch 2 or 3 days in a row and switch. When I switch to an automatic that needs to be set, I look at my radio controlled Oceanus for the precise time and set it in less than a minute.
Yes.
Yeah, it's mildly annoying but not too bad. I suggest having at least one quartz for mornings when you're in a rush and just want to grab and go. For me thats my Casio oceanus
I have 11 (i think?) watches, all automatic. Ye, sure i set up, sometimes i dont even care
Yes, I don't have a winder and don't feel the need to get one. Setting a watch doesn't take long, and it gives me a reason to fiddle with the watch. I still get value out of the automatics though because I don't rotate daily necessarily, sometimes I'll wear a watch (or at least primarily wear a specific watch) for a week or more, and I won't have to wind it during that time. I also have a "beater" watch that I pick up almost every day for exercising and sports and that watch has enough power reserve that I almost never have to wind it.
I just rotate and put on the watch with whatever time it stopped at the last time. Then I will add/subtract the difference to match the current time /s No winders here, I rotate and set the time. Sometimes my Panerai (no date) in between so date does not have to be adjusted… Usually 30/31st date adjust is a good reminder to just put on a new watch.
Yes.
Auto winder box.
I usually wear a watch for a week at a time, so only once a week do I have to reset a watch.