Choosing the right TPD Setting for Your Watch Winder
It is important to have the correct TPD (Turns Per Day) setting on your watch winder box to ensure your timepiece is being maintained to optimum performance.
Any reputable automatic watch manufacturer will offer clear advice on the recommended TPD for each of their models. You should find this information in the manual or instructions that come with the watch.
This figure can vary from watch to watch, but 500 daily turns is normally the minimum amount and 1,000 turns is the maximum.
Setting the correct number of turns will keep your watch wound to the correct level - for example, a setting of around 650 turns per day will keep a Rolex watch running smoothly.
An automatic watch can't be overwound, unlike a hand-wound watch, but excessive winding will not be good for the highly sensitive internal mechanisms of these precision timepieces. Therefore it is prudent to try to keep to the lower limit of turns per day required to ensure a watch is running efficiently.
When choosing a watch winder it's a good idea to go for one which allows you to programme periods of rest between winding sessions. These regular rest periods are important to enable some spring energy to be used up while the watch is continuing to operate before the next winding session begins. This has the beneficial effect of reducing the risk of stress on the internal mechanism of the watch.
Here is a list of some of the major watch manufacturers and the recommended TPD figure for their brand of watch.
Audemars Piguet - 650
Auguste Reymond - 650
Baume & Mercier - 650 to 800
Bertolucci - 650
Blancplain - 650
Breguet - 500
Breitling - 650 to 800
Cartier - 650
Chase Durer - 650 to 800
Chopard - 650
Chonoswiss - 650 to 800
Corum - 650
Daniel Mink - 650
Dubey & Schaldenbrand - 650 to 800
Ebel - 650
ETA -650 - 800
Fortis - 650 to 800
Frederic Piquet - 800
Frederique Constant - 600
Hanhart - 650 to 800
Hublot - 650
IWC - 650 to 800
Jaeger Lecoutre - 650 to 900
Jean Marcel - 650 - 800
Maurice Lacroix - 650 to 800
Officine Panerai - 650 to 800
Omega - 650 to 800
Oris - 650 - 800
Patek Philipe - 650 to 800
Paul Picot - 650 to 800
Perrelet - 650
Piaget - 800
RGM - 650 to 800
Rolex - 650
Sothis - 650 to 800
Tag Heuer - 650 to 800
Tutima - 650 - 800
Ulysse Nardin - 650 to 800
Universal Geneve to 800
Waldan International to 500
Wenger - 800
Zenith - 650