If you have a watch with extremely heavyweight gold or platinum case, be careful to note that over the course of many hours of even gentle rotation — which is at an incline — the watch case can slip off to the side of the pillow. I had a $26,000 watch do exactly that overnight ... I was awakened by the squealing of the watch case grinding against the plexiglass cover. Fortunately, I had anticipated something like this could happen, and had put a clear vinyl sleeve around the watch case and face before installing it in the Triple Tree winder. The sleeve protected the mirror-polish gold case from getting badly scratched. I’ve added a silicone band around the perimeter of the rotating carousel to provide extra friction and holding power on the band, to hold the watch in place. So far, it seems to be preventing any slipping of the watch. Other than that alarm and potential, heart-attack inducing heart-burn, the black piano lacquer and internal, peach colored flocking is gorgeous, and the motor is extremely quiet and smooth, and with lots (4) options for CC, CCW, and bi-directional rotations with up-time and down-time cycles. Of course, if I had torn up the finish on my watch, I wouldn’t be such a happy customer — but with proper precautions, my watch was saved. I’m posting this so that others with extremely heavyweight watch bodies can know and address the risks.
If you have a watch with extremely heavyweight gold or platinum case, be careful to note that over the course of many hours of even gentle rotation — which is at an incline — the watch case can slip off to the side of the pillow. I had a $26,000 watch do exactly that overnight ... I was awakened by the squealing of the watch case grinding against the plexiglass cover. Fortunately, I had anticipated something like this could happen, and had put a clear vinyl sleeve around the watch case and face before installing it in the Triple Tree winder. The sleeve protected the mirror-polish gold case from getting badly scratched. I’ve added a silicone band around the perimeter of the rotating carousel to provide extra friction and holding power on the band, to hold the watch in place. So far, it seems to be preventing any slipping of the watch. Other than that alarm and potential, heart-attack inducing heart-burn, the black piano lacquer and internal, peach colored flocking is gorgeous, and the motor is extremely quiet and smooth, and with lots (4) options for CC, CCW, and bi-directional rotations with up-time and down-time cycles. Of course, if I had torn up the finish on my watch, I wouldn’t be such a happy customer — but with proper precautions, my watch was saved. I’m posting this so that others with extremely heavyweight watch bodies can know and address the risks.