Rapport Cherry Duo Watch Winder |
An automatic watch winding box may sound like the most ludicrously decadent luxury you could think of, but when it comes to the storage of valuable automatic watches, watch winding boxes are an important part of keeping them in optimum condition. This is because automatic watches require regular motion to keep the spring at the heart of their mechanism charged. When left at rest, this stored energy within the spring will only last a few days, eventually requiring the watch to be rewound and reset. Being left unwound for long periods can also damage the movements of the watch, as it can cause lubricants to drain out of vital areas.
Besides the hassle of having your watch reset, there is very little point in paying for the accuracy of a Breitling or Omega watch then letting the components prematurely degrade through a lack of lubrication. This is why products such as Rapport watch winding boxes are an almost essential purchase for anyone who has an automatic watch they don't wear regularly, or for anyone who owns multiple automatic time-pieces. Rapport offer a range of automatic watch winding boxes, all of which are designed to give you peace of mind that your watch is being kept in the best possible condition while not being worn. Their boxes work via a rotating podium, or cup, which mimics the motion of a watch when being worn, thus maintaining the spring’s charge. The rotation is powered by a small DC motor to ensure smooth, quiet and safe operation, with an integrated circuit allowing control of rotation frequency, direction and even speed in some models. Rapport boxes can accommodate bracelet and strap sizes of nearly every kind, including those for Rolex watches, Omega watches and Cartier watches. As you can see from the Rapport Cherry Duo watch winder pictured, each watch winding box is itself an incredibly desirable item. The Rapport Cherry Duo can wind two automatic watches independently of each other, and features a luxurious velvet fabric interior, housed in a solid wood case with eight layers of hand applied lacquer for a high-gloss, hard wearing finish. |