CousinsUK mainspring winder

[Levine98]

Has anyone purchased any of the cousins branded bergeon knock offs? Just curious if they are just Chinese imports or possibly better quality Indian made alternatives.

[Waggy]

They don't have pictures of them on their site last time I looked. Are these sold by size or cal?

[Waggy]

My mistake they do have pictures, I was thinking of something else.... The set looks suspiciously like the set I got when I was first starting out, compare:

Amazon:

 

Cousins:

To be fair, the set I got is good quality with steel arbour hooks, many/most other cheap sets have brass arbour hooks which I have heard wear out quickly so I assume the Cousins also have the steel arbours. BUT they are calibre specific so there is a good chance you can't get the right combination to work in your watch and is also the reason why mine are collecting dust and I took a deep breath and got a half set of the bergeon ones that are by size not calibre..... shhhhhhhh! don't tell the wife!!! $$$$$

[Neverenoughwatches]

3 minutes ago, Waggy said:

shhhhhhhh! don't tell the wife!!! $$$$$

What you offering Waggy to keep my trap shut  ( it wont be easy so make it worth my while )

[Waggy]

How about a set of dusty calibre specific winders? ha ha

[Neverenoughwatches]

1 hour ago, Waggy said:

How about a set of dusty calibre specific winders? ha ha

Lol i have enough unused dust gathered tools already. I think the watch repairers code here applies, " I wont tell your wife if you dont tell mine " . What happens in the watchroom  stays in the watchroom, we all need to stick together on this.

[RichardHarris123]

Simple solution for tools gathering dust, give them to a good cause ie me! Hehe. 

[Levine98]

On 4/28/2023 at 3:26 AM, Waggy said:

My mistake they do have pictures, I was thinking of something else.... The set looks suspiciously like the set I got when I was first starting out, compare:

Amazon:

 

Cousins:

To be fair, the set I got is good quality with steel arbour hooks, many/most other cheap sets have brass arbour hooks which I have heard wear out quickly so I assume the Cousins also have the steel arbours. BUT they are calibre specific so there is a good chance you can't get the right combination to work in your watch and is also the reason why mine are collecting dust and I took a deep breath and got a half set of the bergeon ones that are by size not calibre..... shhhhhhhh! don't tell the wife!!! $$$$$

I think that is the route I’ll eventually go, ie proper bergeon units but only the couple of sizes I tend to need. Thanks

[kd8tzc]

I  really find it interesting that you can find caliber specific Chinese winders, but they don't make the generic one (Size 00 - 15).  I would think there would be quite a bit of demand for the generic ones, so If you know of where to find Chinese or as I like to call it, "Hobbyist class", let me know.

[Waggy]

18 hours ago, kd8tzc said:

I  really find it interesting that you can find caliber specific Chinese winders, but they don't make the generic one (Size 00 - 15).

I spent days scouring the interweb but all I could find was the caliber specific ones, so I had to eventually give up and shell out for the ridiculously priced Bergeon ones