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A Little What is It?
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I'm surprised the Rolex guys weren't all over this.
Alk8944
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Silly me, I have been using my right thumb and forefinger to wind and set my wind-up wristwatches for over 60 years. Who would ever thunk there was a tool to do this!
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Because they are always late showing up for the party....
To me it looks like a measuring device with something sitting on it.
That sounds like it could be painful.
If it came in a cheap aluminum model and had a split tip
we all would have know it as a wood carving handle for small blades
that I think most of us has, when much younger.
Just that "Gold" plating and workmanship, should have helped , solve the problem.
I am sure that most Pro Golfers that won a Major, would spot it off, quickly !!
we all would have know it as a wood carving handle for small blades
that I think most of us has, when much younger.
Just that "Gold" plating and workmanship, should have helped , solve the problem.
I am sure that most Pro Golfers that won a Major, would spot it off, quickly !!
"Rolex" what's that?
Wish I could afford one, mabe some day!
Wish I could afford one, mabe some day!
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Please explain. I still have no clue why it is needed. All I know about watches is Rolex is overrated and Mickey looks naughty at 6:30.
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Please explain. I still have no clue why it is needed. All I know about watches is Rolex is overrated and Mickey looks naughty at 6:30.
Is the widget necessary? No, just handy. It is does prevent over winding of a watch. Kinda like is an Uplula necessary to load handgun magazines?, Nope. but sure is handy.
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Please explain. I still have no clue why it is needed. All I know about watches is Rolex is overrated and Mickey looks naughty at 6:30.
Is the widget necessary? No, just handy. It is does prevent over winding of a watch. Kinda like is an Uplula necessary to load handgun magazines?, Nope. but sure is handy.
What I was asking is how and why is it used. For all I know, it could be required for some type of watch, like the old pocket watches you needed a key to wind. Is it just a tool to make it easier to wind ANY watch??
Hair Trigger
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Silly me, I have been using my right thumb and forefinger to wind and set my wind-up wristwatches for over 60 years. Who would ever thunk there was a tool to do this!
Yeah, you use the same two fingers to use the tool as you use without the tool.
deadin
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Mainly for watch repairmen and watch collectors.
(ever tried winding 15 or 20 watches with your fingers at one sitting?)
(ever tried winding 15 or 20 watches with your fingers at one sitting?)
I plug my watch into a USB thing to keep it ticking. Plus it's great for communicating with people and taking pictures and countless other things.
StrawHat
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That would be one of these,
Inserted thusly,
And turned to wind the mechanism.
On some watches, like this one, it was also used to set the time.
I have two key wind, key set pocket watches. One is my everyday around the house and the other is my everyday work watch. They are both considered 30 hour watches so each morning they get wound.
Yes, I have more modern watches, one made in 1917 or 1918 that is railroad grade and another one in a gilt case that I wear to social events.
Kevin
I could have used one of those when I still had my Omega Speedmaster...
...Ben
Just spitballin here but I'm guessing the black end is like a little rubber cup-shaped tip that you push onto the crown? And it stops you from over-winding by "slipping" when the watch is fully wound?
