Guide

Hand-wound watches

16 references

A hand-wound (manual) watch has no rotor. You wind the mainspring by turning the crown, typically once a day, and the watch stops when the spring runs down.

Leaving out the rotor lets a movement be thinner, and makers often show it off through a display caseback. Some owners enjoy the daily winding; others find it a chore, so it is worth deciding which camp you are in.

This page lists every reference in our catalogue whose movement type is sourced as manual.

The list

Listed by brand, then reference number. The order is alphabetical, not a ranking.
191.032 Current

A. Lange & Söhne · Lange 1

Lange 1

Diameter
38.5 mm
Movement
Manual
219.026 Current

A. Lange & Söhne · Saxonia

Saxonia Thin

Diameter
37 mm
Movement
Manual
Bicompax 002 Current

Baltic · Bicompax

Bicompax 002

Diameter
38 mm
Movement
Manual
101 Current

Nomos Glashütte · Tangente

Tangente 35

Diameter
35 mm
Movement
Manual
164 Current

Nomos Glashütte · Tangente

Tangente 38

Diameter
37.5 mm
Movement
Manual
701 Current

Nomos Glashütte · Club

Club Campus

Diameter
36 mm
Movement
Manual
PAM00111 Discontinued

Panerai · Luminor

Luminor Marina

Diameter
44 mm
Movement
Manual
PAM00992 Current

Panerai · Radiomir

Radiomir

Diameter
45 mm
Movement
Manual
5196G Current

Patek Philippe · Calatrava

Calatrava

Diameter
unknown
Movement
Manual

How we picked

Included: references whose movement type carries a recorded source and reads "manual". A watch without a sourced movement type is left out, even if it is hand-wound in reality.

Watchfari holds no prices, reviews or test results, so nothing here is ranked by quality or value. Many values come from a hand-curated seed that has not yet been checked against a primary source; each reference page shows where every value came from.

Questions

How many hand-wound watches does Watchfari list?
16 references from 11 brands meet this guide's criteria in the current catalogue. Most represented: Nomos Glashütte (3), A. Lange & Söhne (2), and Omega (2).
What case sizes do these hand-wound watches come in?
Among the 14 references with a sourced case diameter, sizes run from 34 mm to 45 mm, with a median of 38 mm. 2 references have no sourced diameter yet.
Are these hand-wound watches still in production?
14 are listed as current and 2 as discontinued, going by sourced status values. Check with the brand before relying on availability.