Winders

In today’s world we walk with our phones in our hands and sit at desks for most of the day. We don’t move enough to keep the rotor inside the watch rotating. Most mainsprings require 80% to 90% tension to be fully wound. Normal activity only winds 50% to 60%. Our watch winders are designed to wind the mainspring up to 80%. Placing your watch on a WOLF is the convenient solution and best practice for your watch’s health. WOLF owns the patent that counts turns per day, keeping your watch accurate. With over 185 years of innovation and patented technology, WOLF uncomplicates watch care.

Depending on the weight of your watch and the rotation cycles selected, batteries will last anywhere from 3-6 months.

Every timepiece has a number of turns per day required to fully wind. Knowing the TPD for your watch assures optimal performance. Our watch winding specification database will provide you with the recommended number of turns per day and the direction of turns. Placing your watch on a WOLF winder is the convenient solution and best practice for your watch’s health. WOLF owns the patent that counts turns per day, keeping your watch accurate. With over 185 years of innovation and patented technology, WOLF uncomplicates watch care.

The flashing green light lets you know the unit is functioning perfectly. A flashing red light commonly means that the batteries need replacement or the AC power source is inconsistent. Replace the batteries and/or try another wall socket. If red flashing persists contact customer service. 

Yes. All WOLF winders come with an international 110 – 240-volt adaptor that can be used anywhere in the world. Included with your winder are the plug pins for all countries, simply slide into the adaptor the appropriate pin.

No. Utilizing nylon gears, sealed gearboxes and silicon gaskets makes for a silent operation.

A 12-hour start delay accommodates a watch with a power reserve or provides a recently worn/wound watch the opportunity to release the stored energy from the mainspring. 

WOLF watch winders keep all watches wound. You’ll first need to determine the direction of your timepiece. For an accurate assessment visit our Watch Winding Specifications Database. 

A: rotates your watch clockwise, B: counterclockwise and C: Bi-directionally

It will double the turns per day that you have selected.

Yes. WOLF is the only company that has a patent to count the number of turns per day. No matter how heavy or light a watch, a WOLF winder will not stop, or stall, until it has completed turns per day (TPD). 

The cuff is the removable part in the winder that holds your watch firmly as it winds. To put your watch in the winder, remove the cuff by pinching the two outside wings inward and pull. Close your watch's strap or bracelet before placing the watch on the cuff. Compress the cuff, then slide your watch over the cuff, the watch face should cover the WOLF logo. Place the cuff inside the drum with your watch facing outward. The patented lock-in cuff ‘locks’ your timepiece into the rotator drum for a secure fit and does not put added pressure to your bracelet. 

Make sure that the compressed cuff material isn’t getting trapped between the wings and the inside of the drum wall. Squeeze the cuff to center it, then pinch the material inwards.

All WOLF winders are programed to a 24-hour cycle with 6 hours of activity and 18 hours of inactivity. This allows for perfect exercising of your watch’s mainspring. 

No. A WOLF winder rotates your watch intermittently, the pause phases allow for the mainspring to release tension.

Yes. A WOLF winder rotates your watch with pause and sleep phases so it can never overwind the watch, it will exercise the watch which is good for all time.

No. Inside the cuff is a low density cell foam.

No, you don’t want that as it will put undue pressure on the mainspring.

The mainspring inside the watch requires sufficient tension to power its various complications; the time/day/date/moon-phase etc. Tension is created by movement of the watch which in turn activates the rotor which increases mainspring tension, the source of the watches power. Many of us don’t move as much as needed to maintain this tension. We walk the streets with phones in hands, we sit at a desk all day, we drive, none of these activities move the wrist that much. Your watch may have multiple complications that need the energy stored in the mainspring to function properly. Try winding the watch manually 10-15 times before inserting into the winder. If you have a pre-programmed winder which is 900 turns per day (TPD) bi-directionally that may not be enough TPD for your particular watch. If you own a programmable winder increase the TPD and set to bi-directional.

A watch complication are functions that the watch has in addition to telling the time.

The rotor is an oscillating arm that pivots inside the watch, this movement winds the mainspring.

Yes, from our website under accessories, click this link.

The serial # is engraved on a slim metal plaque on the bottom of your winder.

Magnetic interference can make some watches run fast, requiring a demagnetizer to correct them. Strong magnetic sources like stereo speakers pose the greatest risk, but laptops and other consumer electronics can also be detrimental to a watch's accuracy with prolonged exposure.

We've measured the maximum magnetic flux density inside of our winders to be about 4 gausses at the bottom of the drum, the point nearest to the motor. This is equivalent to the same magnetism as a fluorescent lamp. There was no measurable magnetic flux at any position 10mm away from that maximum point.

A watch will become magnetized at about 60 gausses—over 60-70 times that of the maximum found in WOLF watch winders.

Watch forums discuss in-home testing of magnetic fields by placing a compass inside the watch winder. Though the needle moves due to a very slight magnetic field, the magnetic field is only 1 gauss (0.1mT). This is inconsequential since the Earth has a constant magnetic flux density of 0.25 to 0.65 gauss. Using a compass to test for magnetic fields when it itself is being affected by the magnetic field of the Earth is not a valid testing instrument.

A WOLF winder would never magnetize your timepiece! You can’t always trust the world around you, but you can always trust a WOLF. Watch this video here for more information.

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