What is a watch winder, and do I need one?

Collectors who have more than one automatic watch may have "difficulty" keeping any one watch going continuously.This leads to increased inconvenience if calendars and moonphases must be reset.A solution has been invented - the automatic watch winder.Do you really think that you really need one?Maybe you have the top grade watches,such as Rolex replica,Porsche Design replica,Richard Mille replica,Zenith replica,Hublot replica and Ferrari replica watches,you will think to buy one.
The idea is quite simple:strap the automatic watch to a motor, which then moves the watch enough to keep it wound when not worn on the wrist.That way, one can choose to wear any watch at any time, and not have to reset the time or calendars.Then you can choose to wear any one of your watch collection,such as Breitling replica,U-Boat replica,Bell&Ross replica,Patek Philippe replica and Omega replicas. In theory, this device should be simple and cheap.
In practice, it's not as easy as it sounds.First, while an automatic watch has an overwind protection mechanism to avoid damage to the movement, if the overwind mechanism is constantly used for hours at a time (i.e. though constant turning, rather than the unpredictable movement of the human wrist), the lubrication of the mechanism is worn out faster. This means that watch winders must be designed to only make so many turns per day, and to let the watch sit. Furthermore, since automatic winding mechanisms vary from watch model to model, the winder must be designed to have an adjustable number and direction of turns per day. Finally, mechanical watches are considered luxury items, which means watch winders are doubly so - due to the small number of people who would actually want one.
All of this means that manufacturers for the consumer market must not only make their winders mechanically foolproof to avoid damaging watches, but they often construct the winder comparably to a jewelry box.The upshot of all this is that most consumer watch winders with programmable winding are expensive - often costing several hundred or thousand dollars.
While cheaper professional models exist, these often do not come with programmable settings, as the maker assumes that they would be used in a watchmaker's shop.
Last word - winders are not a necessity, they are a convenience. You should decide whether they are worth it based on whether you feel inconvenienced resetting your automatics occasionally, and whether they are worth it to you as a luxury item.