Hand-wound watches, or in other words, wind-up watches, are a classic choice for fans of vintage style and classic elegance. With a mechanism directly inherited from the days of the earliest watches (although much modernized, for example, in terms of accuracy), manual-winding watches are the closest thing to vintage watches, dating back to an era of ubiquitous elegance and taste.
Nowadays, a manual-winding watch is bought only by lovers of old times and people whose goal is to achieve the highest level of elegance. But not only - they are also chosen by those who want to learn to be systematic and to take care of their own objects, because this is what manual-winding watches can teach you - you need to keep an eye on their work practically every day and also carry out regular maintenance at the watchmaker. However, in return we get a watch that is unique, precise and incredibly beautiful. The principle of their operation is simple - the rotation of the watch crown causes the winding of the watch's drive spring, which then, slowly unwinding, drives the mechanism. This is the most basic system of powering a watch, later developed by the automatic mechanism.
At Zegarownia store, we make the selection of a watch for our offer only after a long selection and analysis of customer reviews. Thanks to this, among other things, among the companies we offer is the Atlantic brand, manufacturer of the famous Worldmaster series, which contains precisely the manual-winding mechanism in some of the watches. However, the mechanism is not their only characteristic feature - the Worldmaster Mechanical line also features a fluted dial and pre-war stylized indexes in the form of numerals, which, combined with an elegant silver envelope and leather strap, provides an unusual vintage look.
Another distinctive brand is Shturmansky, a Russian brand promoting its products with the fact that one of them was owned by Yuri Gagarin himself. Among their watches, too, are those with a manual-winding mechanism, characterized not only by the now legendary Russian durability of their products, but also by their distinctive appearance, evoking nostalgia for the days of the 1960s.