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[manual watches] am I the only one who doesn’t wind them? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by hotwomyn@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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I got tired of setting watches in my collection since I rarely wear the same watch two days in a row. If someone asks for time I look at my phone anyway. So I treat my vintage watches as bracelets. If someone points to the watch showing the wrong time ( which has never happened) I'll say it’s set to a different time zone. Am I the only one who does this? I also want to protect the skin on my fingers, some watches require force to wind them daily.

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[–] JamesB41@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I always set the time. But there’s one watch I have where the date can only be changed by going all the way through the time each day. So if it’s the 22nd and the date on the watch says 25, you’re looking at 50+ dial rotations to get it right. Needless to say, the date is very often wrong on that one.

[–] Blirup@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I wear those watches once each month, each time on the day after the date displayed on them, so as to only have to rotate the hands a maximum of 24hours. Then I usually wear them for a couple of days in a row. Got one watch where the date wheel is broken and permanently set at 28. Always wear that one on the 28th of each month.

[–] 80H-d@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

On very many such watches, you can go forward to around 2-3a, then move the time backward through midnight to around 8-9p, then forward again, and it will change the date again. Saves a hell of a lot of time.