Dje
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I would get a winder...
Hi,
If you have to wind everyday or every second day just to wear it once a week, you'd better get a winder IMO.
If not I would let it stop.
I don't think there's a real risk to wind it everyday but by doing so you multiply the risks. The crown is never the strongest part of the watch and the advantage of an automatic watch is that you don't have to use the crown too often.
Plus I would add: what is the interest of owning an automatic watch if you have to wind it everyday? 
Cheers
Dje
This message has been edited by Dje on 2008-03-17 13:48:35
another winding question
I just bought a 5107J, which has a screw-down crown. I wear it no more than once or twice a week, and I'm trying to decide whether to wind it every day that I don't wear it, or whether I should instead let it wind down and reset it whenever I wear it next...
a related question on winding
Does anyone know why it is best to manually wind an automatic watch that has stopped before allowing the auto-winding mechanism to take over? Why not gently move the watch to get it moving again? All the manuals that I have come across indicate that a sto...
Certainly hard to answer with certainty ...
Hi, I'd want to ask you how often you wear it? If that's twice a week you could put it on a winder. If that's more often you should not need to wind it manually. If that's once every second week I would wind it only when I wear it. Cheers Dje
I wear it about once a week or so
My preference would be to keep it wound, if only to avoid the minor hassle of resetting the date each time I put it on, but I don't want to subject the screw-down threads to unnecessary wear. So my basic question is whether there's a potential risk/cost t...
