the idea being that you should keep the watch moving, whereby keeping the mainspring fully wound. But the truth is that winders aren’t good for your vintage watch. Not only does the constant winding ...

A common misconception is that the winder keeps the watch mainspring fully wound, and that damage could be caused by constantly feeding energy into it. This is incorrect on a couple of counts.

The old pocket watch didn't look like much, and when Jimmy Butler wound it up, it ticked for all of 15 seconds before the mainspring self-destructed. Butler was unfazed. Most of the watches the Pl ...