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Re: Watch Winder???
In Response To: Re: Watch Winder??? ()

: I guess I'll try turning the watch 40-50 full
: revolutions just as a experiment to get a
: feel for this. Do all automatic watches have
: the overwind protection mechanism though?

All newer production models do. Some very old automatics do not, but anything in Omega's current catalog does.

: Thanks for the feedback on the Sharper Image
: winders, I received the Deluxe leather
: version as a gift although I would prefer
: the Piano black version with a ac adapter
: which doesn't
: exist. Atleast it's good to hear the
: Steinhausens are good, do you have the dual
: watch model? I thought a lot of winders
: would be noisy including the Steinhausen
: since that was what Sharper Image claimed
: about other watchwinders.

I have three single watch winders from Steinhausen. After my bad luck with the Sharper Image ones, I decided I would not invest in dual winders, since once it breaks you are left not being able to wind TWO watches. With single winders, even if one breaks, I still have two that work. Also, my Steinhausens are extremely quiet. I had an old piece of junk I bought on ebay that was so noisy it would keep me up at night. It broke within a couple months, too.

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