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Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
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Author:  atebit [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:14 am ]
Post subject:  Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
First post here (well, except for a WTB).

I've had my 3 week old Superocean 42 in a new Brookstone winder for just about a week. Up until 2 days ago, it was keeping good time in the winder. I was planning on starting to wear it again tomorrow, and happened to glace at it this afternoon to see that it was still running, but had lost over 5 hours!

I have the winder set to 650 TPD, bi-directional. I'll admit to not winding it before I put it on the winder, but after wearing it for two weeks straight prior to ending up on the winder I figured it was probably pretty well wound at that point. Should I wind it before I put it in the winder (which defeats the purpose a little bit, but if that's what's required, then...)
Author:  Roffensian [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
Are you sure that it is getting 650 per day?

My guess would be that the winder isn't delivering enough tpd, try setting it higher and see what happens.
Author:  atebit [ Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
I'm going to start wearing it again today, so next time it goes in the winder I'll give that a shot.
Author:  Watch nut [ Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
I bought a brookstone single watch winder, ended up trashing it becuz it was garbage and was loud and didn't keep watch going, but it also was $20 at the brookstone outlet. Originally it was market $100
Author:  Roffensian [ Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:55 am ]
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Watch nut wrote:
Originally it was market $100


Which is Brookstone's strategy. Build garbage winders that are virtually identical to the cheap and nasty eBay ones, but price them higher because then people will think that they must be better. If they don't sell, discount the crap out of them to where they should be priced anyway and then people will think that they are getting an incredible bargain.

In the world of winders very few companies are reputable, Brookstone is one of the worst.
Author:  Watch nut [ Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:13 am ]
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I agree with you Roff, never again
Author:  sellingblackbird [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
What do you think about something like this? Too cheap?
http://www.amazon.com/Versa-Automatic-D ... tch+winder
Author:  Roffensian [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:54 am ]
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sellingblackbird wrote:
What do you think about something like this? Too cheap?
http://www.amazon.com/Versa-Automatic-D ... tch+winder


Depends what you want. It will have a Chinese motor with plastic gears. If $50 is a reasonable price for you to pay to wind 2 watches for the roughly 3 months that it will likely last then go for it, and you might get lucky and have one that lasts longer before it fails (or gets so noisy that you can't stand it any more). On the other hand it may not work properly out of the box.

There is a reason why decent winders are many times more expensive than $50.
Author:  sellingblackbird [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
Gotcha. What would be your opinion on a good, reasonably priced winder brand or model?


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Author:  Roffensian [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
Wolf is recommended in many threads here. Personally I stick to the higher end brands now having had way too many lower priced ones fail prematurely.
Author:  Driver8 [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:38 pm ]
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sellingblackbird wrote:
Gotcha. What would be your opinion on a good, reasonably priced winder brand or model?

"Reasonably priced" is obviously very subjective, but I personally rate Orbita very highly. (And I've also done the whole, buy-em-cheap-and-chuck-em-when-they-fail throwaway models in the past myself).
Author:  Roffensian [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
Driver8 wrote:
sellingblackbird wrote:
.... but I personally rate Orbita very highly.


+1
Author:  sellingblackbird [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brookstone winder not keeping new Superocean 42 wound
Thanks for the reply. I will check out orbita.
Sounds like winders are a definite "you get what you pay for" item.


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Author:  Driver8 [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:44 pm ]
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sellingblackbird wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I will check out orbita.
Sounds like winders are a definite "you get what you pay for" item.

Exactly true, although IMO ALL winders are massively overpriced for what they are : it's just that you need to pay a reasonable amount to get something that is genuinely good.
Author:  mfserge [ Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:42 pm ]
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Roffensian wrote:
In the world of winders very few companies are reputable, Brookstone is one of the worst.


That's total BS, I have had 3 Brookstone quad winders for the past 4 years and they are outstanding. Whisper quiet, inexpensive, and not one single issue.
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