More and more new brands in the field of watchwinders are launched. That's good news! One of these brands is Barrington. The brand is based in the UK but produces its watchwinders in China. We took a closer look at Barrington and reckognized the design and style. We have seen it before at another brand. Did Barrington just copy the style and put their own name on it? We asked them, but didn’t get a reply.

Then we remembered which brand launched this type of watchwinders before Barrington did. We contacted them and asked for their reaction. Soon we received e-mails with the confirmation that Benson Watchwinders already developed this series in 2010. We received photos from samples, drawings, materials and of their factory visits. The first Barrington watchwinders are a direct copy of the Smart-Tech series from the Dutch brand Benson Watchwinders.

But why? As a new brand it’s important to be original and give your products an own style. But things are getting more strange…why does Barrington sell their watchwinders for prices which are almost twice the price of the Benson Watchwinders?

It seems Barrington learned that a copy of an already existing watchwinder doesn’t make it successful. They launched a new series in carbon style which is a little bit different than their first series. The technique is still the same.

We are always very keen on new watchwinder brands. As they can influence the market with their new ideas, technology and style….But please be original…don’t copy, we are not in China;)
Let’s hope Barrington keeps innovating and doesn’t copy from other brands again. As we are sure the consumer won’t accept it.

First, we would like to thank you for reading and supporting our Watchwinder blog. We appreciate your questions, remarks and hints. We also would like to thank the watchwinder brands, you helped us with information and photo material to write our articles. 

2016 will be a very interesting year with new releases of beautiful watchwinder series, Baselworld in Switzerland and new watchwinder brands which will introduce their new products. We are looking forward to it. 

We hope 2016 will be a great year for everybody! We wish you all the best and hope to welcome you again on our Watchwinder blog! 

With the Stocktronic patented electronic locking system and an integrated emergency alarm this new Stockinger Phoenix 70V watchwinder safe is state of the art. Produced in Germany under the best conditions by skilled craftsmen this new product from the Stockinger company is a piece of art. 

This version is in beige-gold exteriour, but Stockinger can produce customized according the preferences of the client. Very important is that this Stockinger Phoenix 70V safe is extremely well built to keep valuable watches safe. The watchwinder safe has a VDS security grade III. The weight is an impressive 860kg. The volume 353 liters. 

The body and door of the watchwinder safe are in high-gloss beige lacquer. The handle of the door , the facing and fittings are all made of gold! Of course it's important that the built-in watchwinders are of great quality, made by Beluwo. The LED light inside makes sure you have a perfect view at all rotating automatic watches. 

Are you already considering to buy one? First check your bank account...the retail price is 175.000 euro (net. ex works). We are sure the happy few with a passion for watches will consider this new Stockinger Phoenix 70V watchwinder safe as best friend for their watch collection. 

In september we wrote about the new Black Series of Benson Watchwinders. With the Smart-Tech series this Dutch brand already has a very successful line of watchwinders. The Black Series will be positioned above the Smart-Tech series as its more luxury and offers more functionalities. 

This week we received new photo material of the Black Series watchwinders. We have to admit that we like the modern look and functionalities that are presented. Funny was that after our article about these watchwinders we received e-mails from people all over the world asking when the Black Series will be available. We didn't know then, but we do know now; january 2016. 

Thereby we already may inform you about the specs of this new series. All Benson Black Series watchwinders can rotate clockwise, counter-clockwise and alternate. The TPD (turns per day) are adjustable and suitable for all automatic watches. Next to these basic functions the watchwinder also offers a "power wind" modus to wind an automatic watch in a short time. Also very nice to mention is the USB function, which enables you to power an other device as your smart-watch, mobile phone or tablet. 

All functions can be set by a modern touchscreen display, which you also can use to turn on/off the inside LED light. The watch holders are suitable for big and small watches, as they can be adjusted to the exact wrist size. Personally I like to extra storage compartment where you can store extra watches, to have all together at one place. 

Benson Watchwinders already promised us a Black Series watchwinder for a review. We are looking forward to see if the watchwinder can meet our expectations, which are quite high based on the information and photos we received:) 

Last week RDI watchwinders contacted us. We must be honest; we never heard from this watchwinder brand. But we are never to old to learn and asked RDI for an introduction and background info about this relatively unknown brand. The owner of RDI is Charles Kaeser, who leads a company which is 15 years active in the watch business. He noticed that there were not too many high end watchwinder brands offering perfect quality and an astonishing design for the real automatic watch lovers. After developing a very expensive watchwinder (150.000 CHF) RDI decided to launch a compact series which is more attractive in terms of price (+- 2.000 CHF).

This new series is powered by 2 AA batteries which last for around 2-3 years. The designs are quite special and reflect the special position RDI watchwinders wants to obtain in the field of watchwinder brands. 

At the moment we don't see many points of sale. When we check the internet we also don't see many reviews or people writing about their experience with RDI. The collection seems to be a bit small, but we are sure RDI will expand their collections soon. 

Will RDI watchwinders be a succes? It's too early to say they will be successful or not. There is fierce competition and except the design we don't see major differences with other brands in this price class regarding functions or materials. On the other hand, the designs are certainly attractive for watch adepts. Thereby, high quality always finds its customer....