The new watch accessory from Bergeon none of us can live without!

[VWatchie]

Make sure to get yours today!!!

[clockboy]

1 hour ago, VWatchie said:

Make sure to get yours today!!!

Amazing but I think I can give this one a miss for now. 

[watchweasol]

A clever tool but I think in the wrong hands it could cause problems, sheared mainsprings and the likes.   The cost will probably deter a lot of users unless you are a Bergeon junkie.

[VWatchie]

Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a quartz watch? I know there are manual winders. I even have one, but I have very rarely used it. If this had been published April 1st, I would have been 100 % convinced it was an April Fool.

Can a product like this really be profitable? Who would buy it? Perhaps it is useful for some poor sod somewhere who's job it is to set watches all day long, or perhaps it is for the ultimate watch aficionado who doesn't know what to buy next for his precious collection.

I never cease to be amazed!

 

Edited October 22, 2021 by VWatchie

[dadistic]

I just had to set the date on a watch without a quickset.

Wind, wind, wind by hand until my thumb got sore.

So I dug out the manual winder that looks like a pin vise, and that helped.

I would have been delighted to have a battery powered version, but I doubt that I'm going to spring for a Bergeon priced tool like this,  but I might see if I can modify a battery powered screwdriver to do the same job. Depends on how often I end up doing this and how painful it gets.

I'm am sure that there are vintage watch collectors that run in to this, and have enough money that whatever Bergeon charges is not an issue.

Not me, though.

 

[Plato]

30 minutes ago, dadistic said:

Bergeon priced tool like this

How much is it? 

[dadistic]

Don't know, but there is no such thing as a reasonably priced Bergeon item

 

[WatchWood]

Winding watches - isn't that what ones' Butler is for??

[Plato]

11 hours ago, dadistic said:

Don't know, but there is no such thing as a reasonably priced Bergeon item

 

Bergeon finger cots are quite reasonable if you buy in bulk! 

[KarlvonKoln]

Well, I still have all my fingers, so I think I'll use them until they don't work anymore.
That said, I think if I had a shop and sold a lot of mechanical watches, I would want the ones on display to show the right time.  Keeping them all wound could be a chore, and *might* almost make this tool worth its price.  Outside of that, some people with plenty of cash may buy it just to have one.  I prefer a more personal touch - one that can sense the increasing tension in a spring.

[watchweasol]

As mentioned by Dadistic a screwdriver with a rubber insert in the chuck could me made to do the same and at a fraction of the cost. might give the grey matter something to think about.  The manual winder is almost that anyway.