**Do not commit the mistake of choosing a watch winder purely by its looks or just because its very cheap
One important mistake to avoid when shopping for a watch winder is to select one purely based on how it looks or just because it's cheap. Winder that rotates does not necessarily mean it fulfills the criteria of winding your watches.
These inexpensive-look-good-on-the-outside watch winder will probably have very cheap components that will break down easily, generates heat and magnetism that will cause damage to your valuable automatic watches! With cheap-jack components that are ill-fitting and doomed to an early failure, you're indirectly exposing your watches to the risk of damages that is going to cost you the earth, and all because of some negligible savings.
Perhaps an easier way to think about it is by considering how much you have spent on your watches. If you consider yourself as a watch enthusiast, your fine timepieces would have easily cost between a couple to tens of thousand dollars or more. And your total investment would probably reach into the Five or Six digits by now.
Would you really be comfortable relying on a budget watch winder with dubious parts and shoddy construction? The best analyst will agree that a smart way to mange your assets is to protect your investments in the best way possible, and making a smart choice in getting a reputable-quality watch winder is a good way to assure that.
Of course, protecting your investments doesn't equate to burning a hole in your wallet. Navale offers local consumers high quality watch winders at an unbeatable price on par with our dealer's pricing.
Always buy from a reputable company.
Reason is simple. You have a piece of mind when it comes to warranty issues and after sales support. I have gathered feedbacks from some of my customers who made similar remarks," I made a mistake by buying cheap winders from some unknown seller. My watches get magnetized after sometime and now I cannot find the seller to repair it....."
These customers had previously purchased some brand-less watch winders from some unknown individual seller who offered a few years of "personal" warranty but ended up having problems over its warranty support.
Think about it, why would you risk buying from Individual sellers who obviously have very little or no commitment in providing after sales support for a long period. Since most of them are part-time re-sellers of low cost watch winders mainly from China, As such, as soon as these individual sellers are out of business, they become either uncontactable or tell you they ran out of repair parts even before your promised warranty period is due.
Why buy Watch Winder from NavaleTM
1) Reputable
NavaleTM is an established brand since 2007 and has been trademarked in Singapore by our company, Counting Time. We have exclusive rights to sell this brand of watch winder in Singapore and access to their parts and mechanism.
With a team of highly qualified engineers / technicians in Taiwan & Japan, our products are constantly improving in terms of their design and winding technology.
2) Design
External magnetic field of some cheap winders can magnetize the watch.. NavaleTM watch winders are built in such a way that it eliminates external magnetic field at the point where the watch is attached.
Using high grade wood and multicoated finishing, the contemporary design of our winders will blend well with any room décor.
3) Advance Winding Technology
All Navale Watch Winders are equipped with wind/rest cycle function and winds between 650 to 900 TPD. Japanese designed Motor that does not generate heat or magnetic field when winding your watches.
What is TPD and is it very important?
TPD means Turns Per Day. Basically, turns per day is the absolute minimum turns necessary to wind a watch from being completely unwound to being fully wound. However, watches set in a watch winder should not be constantly wound, which is also the reason why the rest period plays an important factor when scouting for an ideal watch winder. Intermediate rest cycle prevents over stressing the watch movement which doesn't always need to be wound 100% all the time. It is always advisable to use the least numbers of turns to wind up a watch if possible so that over-stressing or excessive wear and tear to the watch movement mechanism could be eliminated.
Setting Turns Per Day between 650-900 TPD
I have encountered many buyers asking me the same question: Is it necessary to set the TPD for my Rolex / Panerai / Breitling and other Swiss brand watches?
My answer will be a YES. Although you need not set it to the exact turns, + - 50 winds is reasonably healthy for your watches as well. If you Google the web, you may find most of the prestigious brands of Swiss Automatic Watches requires only between 650-900 TPD to wind up the watch and keep it running well.
Well, there are a lot of other watch winders in the market now that are built with Chinese technology which can compete in the price structure and appearance but none can compete in the reliability and dependability arena. These Chinese "wannabees" are a long way from a mature product. It may look good but if you study closely to its rest/cycle period and winds per minute, you'll come to realize that these china-made winders can wind up to 2200 to 3000 turns per day!
Since winders are meant to be switched on for 24/7, excessive winding from these china winders may mean over-stressing to your expensive watch mechanism and in the long run, causes premature and unnecessary wear and tear to the watch mechanism.
Today's automatic watches are almost all manufactured with a mechanism that would dis-engage the winding mechanism once the mainspring is fully wind up. Thus, over-winding should not be a concern. But "over-stressing" should be considered when choosing a winder to wind up your watch. Over-stressing means causing undue stress on your watch's internal mainsprings, and exert unnecessary torque pressure on the moving mechanism of your watch. All these would lead to loss of accuracy of your watches, causing the internal lubrication of the watch movement worn out much faster, and would very likely shorten the useable life of your watches.
What is the TPD and Directional settings for my various Automatic Watches?
Different brands / function of automatic watches may require different settings to wind it effectively. Hence, we are pleased to assist Navale Watch Winder owners on the suggested TPD/Directional settings meant for their unique Swiss / German / Japan made watches.
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