Dear Robin, Thank you so much for this eye opening video. I was planning to buy a very expensive safe from Wolf 1834. I had sent them an email about nine days back and till date, I have not receive any reply from them. Your broken watch winder is made in China, instead, it should have been made in Germany or UK. I have decided not to buy a safe from them. Thank you once again, Kapil Agarwal
Thanks. I suspected cheap quality, but not to this level. I just grabbed a Prime Days sale on the ORYX Vision 6 watch winder. Even at regular price, it is less than one tenth the cost of the Wolf Roadster that it knocks off. Hopefully at least four of the motors will last out to five years.
Wow the internals look like my affordable Chiyoda watch winder from Amazon. Only difference is I'm able to replace the motors on mine without ripping the whole thing apart. 5 years later (with a motor replacement) my Chiyoda is still working! 😊
I was looking for a watchwinder and JOMASHOP had a Lucien Piccard cheapo automatic with a FREE watchwinder listed at $99. The watchwinder works, it's quiet and it has several functions built in. Plus the watch is an auto with hand winding. It's ugly AF but I plan on using it to learn watch repair anyways. Thanks for the vid! If I spend money on another winder, I'll make sure it;s at least made of particle board! :)
thanks for the reply. I think $50 watch winder from Amazon does the job. Honestly, I am super disappointed how bad quality the inside this watch winder had.
@@americanexpress888 You were disappointed... I was actually shocked! What a piece of crap! Wolf has a lot of "ballz" charging what they do for what are essentially folded paper boxes and plastic cups. Thanks for posting this and "pulling back the curtain" to reveal the truth!
I would love someone else to take their wolf apart (assuming it's not working) to verify this video, how can a company like this exist??? I seen some on amazon called "wolf design"?
Yeah that's true. You can reduce your chance of getting fake items if you look for items that ship and sold by amazon. This watch winder wasn't a counterfeit.
I’ve been down the cheap route, 1 year in and it packed up.. Not only that but it also made a racket when operating... I’m not saying the wolf Heritage is worth anywhere near 300 plus bucks but it is at least quiet, that and they do tend to last quite a few years for most consumers.. I’m lucky, I’m in the U.K. and get 2 years anyway with no need to pay for postage.. Outside this time, I need only demonstrate it failed through bad design or materials, which is around £20-30 from an engineer.. If they don’t honour to repair the unit or replace it, it’s a magistrate’s court.. I’ll will guarantee you, they wouldn’t dare turn up..
All watch winders are cheaply made accept the very expensive ones. I suspect many on Amazon are assembled in China using Japanese motors. By advice of spend as little as possible and treat it as a disposal item when it stops.