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22 of 22 humans found the following review helpful.
Excellent features, good value
By R. Casey
Having never purchased a watch winder and having just paid Rolex Service Center in Dallas a bunch of cash for a finish rebuild on my Daytona, I wanted a watch winder.
This Steinhausen, a TM588, had little selective information available on the web, but I took a gamble. The gamble remunerated off.
There are 3 switches on the back which contol 4 modes. The little instruction book is clear and the winding modes cover 1. light weight, 2. medium weight, 3. Steinhausen brand automatics (or others calling for a reversing of movement), and 4. heavier watches (also with reversing action). Mode setting is very simple!
As to esthetics, the winder is accurately discribed in the sales lit on the web. It is perfectly silent when running, and the leather covered pillow which holds the watch is well made and has metal or plastic springs on the inside to securely hold the watch, not a simple foam rubber cushion.
The pillow will handle a assortment of wrist sizes, and is held securely inside the winder.
Highly recommended!!
8 of 8 persons found the following review helpful.
Heavy
By John B. Goode
The basi thing I'd say with regards to this watch winder is that it's solid. It's made of wood and big, and solid.
I thought $90 was rather a lot to compensate for a watch winder, but after I got this I found out that "expensive" watch winders run $300 and more. Call me cheap, but for $300, I'd just rather tape my watch to my leg and have that wind the watch while I'm in the house. $100 is the most I'd pay, so right off the bat, I'd say this is an economical solution for keeping your watch wound.
However, having owned another watch winder that croaked within a year, I reserve my full sentiment until I've had this for 12 months, then I'd be competent to tell you if it's worth the cash or not.
The other review said it was noisy. I'd say it's not excessively so. The thing is, it only runs 33 seconds out of 12-18 minutes, so it's not a big deal. Besides, the heavy wood construction of this winder absorbs most of the noise. Why are you putting this next to your bed anyway? Put it in your closet or the bathroom where mine is and you ought to sleep OK.
So far, I commend this for the price and because it seems solid. Certainly the winder is more programmable than the other cheap one I have.
2 of 2 humans found the following review helpful.
Watch Winder
By Clarence Tenney
This winder works well for my St. Moritz watch. It is simple and unproblemati to use.
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