I originally had a five star review on here. I cannot find an update button like it says, so Im submitting a new review. I have a Seiko SKX007 dive watch. This device, although very nice, and quiet, and beautiful, was just not keeping my watch from dying when on for 12 to 24 hours. I tried every setting and it kept not keeping it charged. I have contacted the company, but so far have not heard back (about 4 business days). Then I read an article ( I dont think they let me put a link here, so the title of the article was Watches and Winders: Its Nor Only About Turns Per Day, by Walt Arnstein). The article mentioned that watch winders work differently depending on the angle of the watch. This might make a difference depending on the watch. That is, if the watch face in the winder is more perpendicular to the horizontal surface on which the winder sits, gravity exerts more force on the pendulum inside that winds the mainspring (which is actually closer to the kind of motion it gets when being worn). This winder has a 40 degree tilt naturally. So, as this article recommended, I tried tilting it forward so that the watch face was more vertical. The bottom of the back of the watch box is at 1.5 inches (the bottom foot of the watch box is 1.25 inches) off the table, tilting the box forward. I tried this from the watch being completely depleted, and it got the watch going, and kept it going, for the past 48 hours. On setting one - counter clockwise. Though the watch can work either way. So I think this is the solution, although it is a bit awkward to have to tilt it, it is better than having my watch run down on the thing that is meant to keep it wound.
Since it is an alteration I would not expect to have to make for a product of this type, I have deducted two stars from my original review. I hope they print this because there was no update button. I hope this helps anyone experiencing a similar problem.
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I originally had a five star review on here. I cannot find an update button like it says, so Im submitting a new review. I have a Seiko SKX007 dive watch. This device, although very nice, and quiet, and beautiful, was just not keeping my watch from dying when on for 12 to 24 hours. I tried every setting and it kept not keeping it charged. I have contacted the company, but so far have not heard back (about 4 business days). Then I read an article ( I dont think they let me put a link here, so the title of the article was Watches and Winders: Its Nor Only About Turns Per Day, by Walt Arnstein). The article mentioned that watch winders work differently depending on the angle of the watch. This might make a difference depending on the watch. That is, if the watch face in the winder is more perpendicular to the horizontal surface on which the winder sits, gravity exerts more force on the pendulum inside that winds the mainspring (which is actually closer to the kind of motion it gets when being worn). This winder has a 40 degree tilt naturally. So, as this article recommended, I tried tilting it forward so that the watch face was more vertical. The bottom of the back of the watch box is at 1.5 inches (the bottom foot of the watch box is 1.25 inches) off the table, tilting the box forward. I tried this from the watch being completely depleted, and it got the watch going, and kept it going, for the past 48 hours. On setting one - counter clockwise. Though the watch can work either way. So I think this is the solution, although it is a bit awkward to have to tilt it, it is better than having my watch run down on the thing that is meant to keep it wound. Since it is an alteration I would not expect to have to make for a product of this type, I have deducted two stars from my original review. I hope they print this because there was no update button. I hope this helps anyone experiencing a similar problem.