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Since posting my original question I've been setting, winding & wearing and have found that I actually enjoy the daily routine
I have a perpetual calendar eco-drive that hasn't lost a millisecond in 4 years that I use as my 'master' and I set my watch-of-the-day to that one.
Skip, is it important to wind them once a week or so? Is it bad for them to remain motionless for prolonged periods of time?
Actually you can go rather long periods not winding the watch. Climate can play some in this, tempature and humidity. The lubrication just needs some activity now and then to keep from "gunking up" as my dad use to say. He has a couple watches if unworn he may only wind 2 or 3 times a year that he has had for decades. Can't even recall what he has now. But never had a issue.
I just like to do mine often for the pleasure of it more than anything I guess. Most of my hand crankers I wind monthly unless worn. But most autos I'll just pic up give a good shake to spin that rotor a few times and done.