Hi,
Need suggestion from experts.
I have few Rolex, 2 AP and One Patek in my collection. Usually i wear them rotationally as i have one watch winder with 4 slots.
Usually when we go out of city for longer duration, say 5-10 days, i keep the watches in safety deposit box.
We were discussing this yesterday with one of my friend he he suggested that there is no requirement of using watch winder as new watches work perfectly without winder. I was bit confused as i know from various sources that its wise to use winder to protect watches. But my friend might have good knowledge of modern watches as their family owns high end watch dealership here.
Any comment guyz?
If you are wearing your watches semi-regularly anyway, I would have no worries about just letting them run down and storing them appropriately.
It used to be a worry that if you left a watch sat for too long the oils would slowly shift and congeal/evaporate, and having the watch running would help prevent this, but with modern lubricants it isn’t really a huge issue - certainly I wouldn’t have any worries letting a watch sit for a few months at a time.
The main benefit of a winder nowadays is to keep a watch running out of convenience - it means you can grab a watch knowing it will still be running and you won’t have to set it first. If anything using a winder continually will actually put more wear on a watches movement given it is kept working, rather than being allowed to stop.