Manual winding of watches. Should be a fun experience but mostly isn’t. Discuss

When i started "collecting" watches, mechanical movement was a must. I loved to see it, set the time/date and mostly, i loved winding it.
I even didn't like automatics because "if you go mechanical, buy manual movement options and wind it". I was lucky, because without much money, i bought a Russian watch. It had a nice big crown, it made very nice clicking noises when i was winding it and i was happy.

Fast forward few years, i moved up in my reach and got to German watches. Again, winding…

Manual winding of watches. Should be a fun experience but mostly isn't. Discuss