Those who own an automatic watch don’t need reminding of what a fabulous piece of engineering it is, or how great they look and feel on your wrist.
The joy of not having to replace the battery in your watch! The one downside – and this is especially true if you own a few automatic watches (because just one is never enough 🙂 – is that they do wind down and stop if you’re not wearing them. This is where a watch winder comes in.
A watch winder is a machine that will hold your automatic watch and rotate intermittently, to imitate the action of your wrist, and therefore will keep your watch moving and running, whilst you are not wearing it.
If you are not quite at the stage of knowing what a watch winder is, and how they work, please read our article ‘What is a Watch Winder and Why Do You Need One?’ here.
But, if you are ready to purchase a watch winder, which are the best watch winders to get in 2023?
In this article we’ll look at the best single, double, and multi-watch winders available at the moment.
As a heads up, Barrington, Wolf and Enigwatch watch winders are, hands-down the best and most robust, and also have great customer reviews. In our opinion Barrington’s and Enigwatch are just ahead of Wolf – we’ll explain why later.
Enigwatch, who started by making safes, pride themselves on keeping your watch secure and safe as well as offering superb watch winding boxes.
Considering the engineering that goes into these boxes, the cost is very reasonable indeed. A watch winder works to keep your watch protected and secure in its cuff, perfectly wound (without overwinding), displayed beautifully, with a motor which is not loud and intrusive. Some watch winders have LED lights and finger-print locks.
There are cheaper options than those we’ve just mentioned, that also make a good choice, all of which we’ll look into below.