subject: Why People Buy Automatic Watch Winders [print this page] A lot of people often heard the word watch winder but they do not exactly know what it is. Typically, an automatic watch winder is a device that can make your clock and wrist watch work automatically so that you can have the correct time. It works in a circular motion and uses a controlled pattern. This may sound complicated but to put it in a simpler way, a watch winder is actually a spring that is wound up tightly on the watch or clock. When it is opened slowly it will display the time of the day. Mechanical clocks and watches have winders that should be wound manually. This can either be done once a week or once a day and this will greatly depend on the size of the spring.
After knowing what watch winders are, the next thing that you have to find out is how they will work. These are actually springs that are connected to the small bits of machinery in your watch and works in coordination so that you can have the correct time. A clock or a wrist watch is usually composed of tiny pieces of machinery, tooth cogs, drive shafts and spring. The most appropriate way of placing the spring is to put them in a parallel position and not in a vertical position. The spring is connected to the drive shafts which are connected to the hour and minute hands that we can see on the face of the wrist watch. The drive shafts will control the action of the spring when it unwinds and moves the hands of the wrist watch. Aside from the drive shafts, there are also small toothed cogs which are connected to the face of the watch. This will help in controlling the action of the winder and at the same time it can avoid any wear and tear to the mechanism whenever there is too little or too much winding that is done.
Winders are also known as controlling devices. There are several tiny toothed cogs which are connected to the face of the watch. All you have to do is to pull them manually in order to change the time without moving the spring of the winder. After setting the time, you can push back the cogs so that the spring can be connected again. If you do not want to do it manually then you can always opt for an automatic watch winder. High quality winders can be found in watches distributors.
