Lid magnet is firm
It shuts with real authority, which I like, but it takes a deliberate pull to open and my wife finds it stiff.
EclipseDual Automatic Watch Winder — 2 Watches, Gloss Ebony Wood, LED
£120
Or 3 × £40 interest-free with
- One watch now, two when the collection grows
- Clockwise, anti-clockwise or both, as yours prefers
- Room for the next automatic before you buy it
- Deep even gloss where cheap lacquer shows ripples
Arrives between 17 and 24 September
Two-year warrantyParts and labour
30-day returnsGift-boxed as standard
Free deliveryAnywhere in the UK
Owners, on camera
| Capacity | One to two automatic watches |
|---|---|
| Rotation | Clockwise, anti-clockwise and alternating |
| Materials | Wooden construction with a gloss ebony finish, blue LED lighting |
| Power | Mains adaptor |
| Noise | Quiet motor, designed for bedroom and study use |
| In the box | Mains adaptor, Watch cushions, Instruction manual, Warranty card |
The Eclipse is a wooden automatic watch winder with capacity for one to two watches. It uses regular powered rotation and includes blue LED lighting.
Product details
- Capacity: one to two automatic watches
- Clockwise, anti-clockwise and alternating rotation
- Quiet motor
- Blue LED lighting
- Compact wooden construction with a gloss ebony finish
- Available in Black and Lacquered Wood finishes
Wipe the exterior with a dry, soft cloth. No solvents and no leather feed — both do more harm than good on a coated finish. For the interior, lift the cushions out and use a soft brush rather than compressed air, which drives dust deeper into the lining. Nothing inside needs lubricating.
Two years on parts and labour from the day it arrives. Motor faults are replaced, not repaired at your cost. Cushions and adaptors are sold separately, so a worn part does not retire the whole unit.
30-day returns, gift-boxed as standard. Mon–Fri, 9–5, a person answers. Your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 are unaffected.
Eclipse Dual Automatic Watch Winder
£120
Where it shows
Where it lives
It ends up on the chest of drawers, not back in the box it arrived in.
4.7
What owners say
Wood is darker than the photos
The finish itself is excellent, deep and even, no argument there. It is noticeably darker in person than on the listing, closer to true black than the brown-black I was expecting, and next to lighter furniture it reads as a black box. I have got used to it.
The light stays in the study
Mine lives on a desk where the blue is rather the point of it in the evening. In a bedroom I would shut the lid, which turns it off anyway.
Bought for one, ready for two
I have a single automatic today and I know exactly which one I am buying next. Replacing a winder eighteen months later is a waste and this avoids it.
Fingerprints on the gloss
It is a beautiful finish and it does show every touch. A cloth lives in the drawer next to it now. Worth knowing if that sort of thing bothers you.
I leave the lid up
Which I did not expect to. The blue light on the ebony actually looks rather good in a dim room and it has become a bit of a fixture.
Alternating has suited both
One is a Seiko, one a Longines, and the alternating cycle has kept them both within a couple of seconds. I stopped fiddling with it after the first week.
Good looking object
Gets commented on, which no winder I have owned before ever did.
Quietly impressive
Nine months and it has not developed the rattle my last one had at three.
The gloss is properly done
Deep and even, no orange peel in the lacquer when you look along it. That is where cheap gloss gives itself away.
Takes a wide watch, just
My 44mm on a bracelet fits the position but there is very little room either side. Anything wider and I think it would be a problem.
Second position was the reason
Bought it with one watch and a plan. The plan happened in April and the second position was waiting.
Ebony looks the part
Photographs make it look like black plastic. It is not, and the difference is obvious the moment the box is open.
Three modes, all useful
Clockwise, anti-clockwise and alternating. I run the alternating one and the watch has kept excellent time on it.
No complaints
Runs, quiet, looks good.
Two watches on one plug
I was running two singles and two adaptors. One lead now, and the surface looks considerably tidier for it.
Fair questions
What actually stops people.
Fair. So here is the test, and it takes five seconds: look at where your watches will sit tonight. A drawer, a dish, the edge of a sink. If that is the answer, this replaces it. If they already live somewhere you chose on purpose, you probably don't need us — and we would rather say so now than take the order.
Thirty days to send it back either way.
You have already spent a good deal more than this on one of the watches. This is the least expensive thing you will ever buy that touches them every single day.
A single polish to lift drawer scratches costs more than the smallest case on this site. The maths only looks silly until something gets marked.
Possibly, right up until it is on the chest of drawers. What settles it is never the argument — it is the object. Something that reads as furniture rather than a gadget, holding things you already owned, in a room you both live in.
It stops being a purchase and starts being where the watches go.
The forums will tell you a stopped watch isn't damaged, and they are right. But that argument is about winders — nobody has ever been told off for keeping six watches from resting against each other.
The part that genuinely wears is the crown: the screw and the gasket you handle every time you reset it. Less handling, less wear. That is the whole case, and it doesn't need defending.
Buy one size up from where you are today. It costs a little more now and saves buying the whole thing again in eighteen months — which is the single most common regret people write to us about.
Every capacity is stated plainly on the page. Count what you own, then add the two you already know you want.
Thirty days to change your mind, extended over Christmas. Two years on parts and labour from the day it lands.
Monday to Friday, nine to five, a person answers — and they will tell you honestly when something is not the right fit, including when the answer is no.
Anything else — call. A person answers.
