People who collect automatic mechanical watches have more watches on their hands, and idle watches stop running because they have no power. Later, they invented the manual mechanical watch rocker
Friends who play with mechanical watches must understand one worry: if you have too many watches in your hands, it is impossible to change them every day. Those idle automatic mechanical watches will stop in a few days because they lack power. When you want to wear it again, not only do you have to adjust the time, but even the date and moon phase of the complex function models have to be recalibrated. Not to mention the trouble, frequent adjustments also worry about damaging the movement. In fact, this problem was solved by some people through invention as early as the last century, and the birth of this “watch protection artifact”-the watch winder has to start with an enthusiastic watch fan.
Speaking of the invention of the automatic watch rocker, the time goes back to
Some people may think, did the watch rocker appear together with the automatic watch? Not really. As early as the 1920s, when automatic mechanical watches were first introduced, British watchmaker John Harwood made a similar demonstration device, but at that time it was mainly used by jewelry stores to demonstrate the working principle of automatic movements. It is not a real “winding tool”. It was not until * that Italian Sandro Colaretti built the world’s first true automatic watch rocker. This guy himself is a veteran watch fan. He has a large number of watches with complex functions. Because he couldn’t wear them, many watches had problems with inaccurate timing and stuck gears. He was so distressed that he decided to do it himself and thought about making something that would make the watch “move on its own”.
The development of watch rocker today is not only a daily maintenance equipment for mechanical watches, but also a product display
Sandro’s invention can be said to have completely changed the way mechanical watches are maintained. The watch winder he designed can accurately simulate the rhythm of the hand’s swing, allowing the idle watch to continue to be wound on the chain, which not only maintains accurate travel, but also avoids the problems of drying up of lubricating oil and wearing of parts due to long-term standstill of the movement. What’s even better is that this thing is not only practical, but also very exquisitely made, allowing the watch to be displayed elegantly. Since then, the watch rocker has changed from a “personal solution” to a must-have equipment for the bezel. Later, it has slowly added functions such as mute, anti-magnetic, and multi-speed speed regulation, changing from a utility to a light luxury accessory that takes into account taste. No wonder more and more watch friends now use it as a light luxury gift packaging.
