DUKWIN Watch Winder for 6/8 Automatic Watches, Lockable Automatic Winders with Extra 6/4 Watch Storages, 4 Rotation Modes, Flexible Watch Pillows, Quiet Mabuchi Motor and Blue Backlight

Nice product but missing key and instructions

I've picked up a handful of automatic watches over the years and the constant faff of resetting the date and time every time I fancied wearing one that had wound down was doing my head in. My little collection had outgrown the drawer it lived in too, so I got this DUKWIN winder that holds six, and it's sorted both problems in one go. The winding does exactly what it should. My two automatics that used to stop after a couple of days now sit on it and stay wound and running, so I can just grab one and put it on without resetting anything. There are four rotation modes, so you can set the direction and the number of turns per day to suit each watch, which matters because different movements like different settings. Mine have been keeping perfect time since I dialled them in. The flexible pillows are a nice touch. They're soft and springy enough to hold both my slim dress watch and my chunky diver snugly without stretching the straps, and the extra storage spaces underneath are handy for the watches I'm not currently winding, plus a spare strap or two. It genuinely tidies the whole collection into one smart box. It's quiet, which I wasn't sure about. It sits on the chest of drawers in the bedroom and I honestly can't hear the motor at all, even at night, so there's no gentle whirring keeping me awake. And the lockable glass lid gives me peace of mind, both for keeping dust off and for a bit of security. The whole thing looks properly premium too, a nice piano-black finish that wouldn't look out of place in a jeweller's window. A couple of fair caveats in the interest of balance. It runs off a mains adaptor rather than batteries, so it needs to live near a plug socket, which limited where I could put it. And the instructions for setting the rotation modes are a bit brief, so I had to look up the recommended turns-per-day for my particular movements online rather than it being spelled out. Smashing wee bit of kit that's taken the hassle out of owning automatics. Highly recommended for anyone with two or more self-winding watches who's fed up resetting them and wants them stored, wound and locked away in one smart box.

The winder looks good but the noise level makes it a real problem in a bedroom. It has started to growl and clunks even without a watch loaded on the revolving pads. I suspect it won't last long. Lots of storage for watches and t backlight looks great.

Well made watch box and very quite winding motor. The only reason it's not 5 star is that it wants to topple forward with the door open if you're not careful.

Lasted 6 months then one rotor broke. Company customer services had been very good and replaced the part with instructions to repair, months later the other rotor has broken. As yet no response from the company. Disappointing !

On the upside, it looks really great. Very classy, the lighting is good, and it's a robust piece of kit. (Tip for people saying that the cushions fall out of the housings, turn them sideways - rather than thin edge into the slot - and they'll fit snugly). On the downside, a couple of the rotors (left hand, if that makes any difference) have become noisy, and the watches on them aren't getting wound correctly - which is the whole point of them, so fundamentally flawed. If you put it side up - so the watches are being displayed vertically (rather than laying it down like a drawer) - it is very unsteady and prone to falling face flat. That could just be a use case for me, but it's something that I would have thought the designers should have considered.

Really nice. Did come without key and only realised when opened at Christmas. Contacted the supplier and they were really good. Replaced key within a couple of days. Very happy husband

First impressions is key missing and no instructions and warranty information, not great start