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On another forum we were debating the usage of them and I finally realized that if you keep a watch on a winder constantly (other than when being worn), only three possibilities exist.
1. The watch is not wound enough and eventually stops. This makes the winder useless. And of course, no one has a winder that works like this. But logically speaking, it is a possibility.
2. The watch is kept perfectly, exactly wound, and no more. This would mean that it was able to wind the exact amount of rotations needed for the delay between windings. And I mean EXACT. Yeah, I laughed as I typed that. Any deviation at all over time leeds to options #1 or #3. I don't think any of us believe that one.
3. The watch is fully wound, and constantly being overwound. If the watch isn't getting behind (option #1), or maintained at full wind but no more (option #2), the only alternative is that it is always being overwound. This is the reality of the situation when using a winder. The only time it might not be overwound is when you are wearing it or it is off the winder.
I consider winders to always be causing option #3 and that just doesn't sound good to me. That's a lot of unnecessary wear so I stopped using a winder. At the time I wanted the benefits of a winder, I just wasn't willing to pay the potential price as I saw it.
As a side note, I have also come to realize that for me, wanting so many watches wound was an indication that I really just hadn't found the perfect watch for me. Since I obtained my <gratuitous_plug>Boschett Cave Dweller</gratuitous_plug>, I just don't feel the need to have 4 watches wound. So now I don't even need the benefits of a winder.