'Stem-winder' definitions:

Definition of 'stem-winder'

(from WordNet)
noun
A watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem

Definition of 'Stem-winder'

From: GCIDE
  • Stem-winder \Stem"-wind`er\, n.
  • 1. A stem-winding watch. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: (Fig.) Anything of superior quality, as was attributed to the stem-winding watch; -- esp. used to describe a stirring speech, as in the phrase "a stem-winder of a speech" or "delivered a stem-winder". [PJC]