One of the leading brands in terms of watchwinders and watchwinder safes is Stockinger from Germany. With a focus on security, craftmanship and luxury Stockinger belongs to the best brands worldwide. Recently Stockinger launched their new website which is more modern and user friendly.

This is the result of a change of command in the company. The new owners did decide to change several things; new website and also they let go some personnel. We are curious which effects these changes will have, as Stockinger was losing ground in terms of sales. Simply said, the competition was too fierce for this German brand, which made changes inevitable. 

Hopefully we can expect some new masterpieces from Stockinger. It seems like they focus more and more on individual projects. This results in less standard models available for regular consumers. That's a pity, as we think Stockinger can be very popular when they launch a line of watchwinders for a reasonable price.

We are curious about the new steps Stockinger will take, as a result of the change of command.

Casoro Jewelry Safes introduces their new line of ultra-modern luxury safes. The Kairos Collection incorporates cutting edge security with high tech materials such as watchwinders, carbon fiber and brushed aluminum. Kairos bespoke safes are a fusion of elegance and security to protect hard earned valuables.

Carbon fiber and brushed aluminum contrast with beautiful polished handles and accents in the customer’s choice of finish. With commercial grade security and fire options, Kairos is a secure display piece with watch winders, LED downlights and soft close drawers with custom interiors.

From watch aficionados to gun enthusiasts, they hand craft every safe with optional built-in watchwinders to our customer’s needs in their Southern California facility.

Features and Pricing

100% made in the USA
Up to 3 ¼” steel and composite laminate walls for resistance to attacks and fire
protection up to 1850 °F for 2 hours with commercial and residential grade ratings
Exotic materials with custom finishes and colors
Electronic push button or biometric fingerprint lock
Customizable configurations
Orbita watch winders
Worldwide white glove delivery and installation

Starting just under $8K USD with configurations $20,000+ - 12 week lead time.

Recently Kunstwinder from the USA contacted us. Soon we received more information and photos about this interesting brand. The watchwinders do have a very specific design and look, and are certainly different than the ordinary watchwinder. The retail prices are between 4,600 and 4,800 USD. What do you get for this price? The answer is simple; a beautiful watchwinder with Swiss made motor  and very original design. Thereby it winds any automatic watch in a very special way, which always attracts the eyes of your family and friends. 

Kunstwinder is a family-owned company that strives to deliver the ultimate line of watchwinders to showcase the most treasured timepieces. The idea for the company emerged when Valentin Balter (photo), a mechanical engineer by trade, began his search for a personal watchwinder. Disappointed by the merely functional, unimaginative boxes available to house his mechanical watches, Valentin started initial designs and prototypes of his own watchwinder.

Each of the Kunstwinder watchwinders is designed in accordance with the Kunstwinder mission statement: construct a functional, high quality watchwinder, replicate a known mechanical apparatus, and create an attractive display for valuable timepieces. Put quite simply, Kunstwinder combines the beauty of precision mechanics with the whimsical charm of a collectable masterpiece. 

We all know the following problem, you have a nice looking watchwinder but your watches don't fit that great on the watch holder. The watch holder is too small or too big, or is not flexible enough. This makes the watchwinder less fun to use as you want the best for your automatic watches, and more important, that they are safe within the watchwinder.

More and more watchwinder brands do offer their watchwinders with adjustable watch holders. There are all kind of systems. Those who can be adjusted by a spring and watch holders which can be adjusted by removing/adding an extra part. There are also brands which use pillows as watch holder in their watchwinders. Is the one system better than the other? It really depends on the exact watch holder and its quality. In our experience a pillow is not that great as there is no security protection. The watch holder can fall out the watchwinder more easy than a watch holder with "click-system". 

When you buy a watchwinder, please check the exact watch holder. It makes a difference. 

The Dutch watchwinder brand Benson is one of the revelations of the last years. The brand presented the Black Series watchwinders early this year and became incredible popular. With distributors all over the world and cooperations with high end Swiss and German watch brands this relatively new brand is very successful. 

We wrote at this blog already about the Benson Black Series watchwinders and tested two different models. Our conclusion was that these watchwinders offer a lot value for money. Therefore we are curious about the new models which Benson told us about one month ago.

Today we have good news. Benson watchwinders will present several new Black Series models in november. Benson developed a new Black Series single watchwinder with built-in battery. The design is in line with the current Black Series watchwinder models. All new single watchwinders will be available in black, carbon fiber, white and macassar. The official retail price will be 299,00 euro incl. VAT. 

Also the current Black Series models for 2, 4, 6 and 8 watchwinders will be available in the new macassar style. Next to black, carbon fiber and white the new macassar colour will be attractive for those who like a more natural (wood look) exterior. 

The new Black Series single watchwinder and new macassar colour versions will be available around november of this year.