Five tips for make your watch last a lifetime
Buying and wearing premium watches is a very pleasant and enjoyable experience. In order to ensure that the watch can be kept in good condition, the following five key skills related to the correct maintenance of the watch are sorted out. As long as these points can be achieved as far as possible, it will not be an extravagant hope to make the love watch bought at a high price into a lifelong watch.
Chain the watch correctly
People who have just started mechanical watches may be particularly cautious about their watches, so they are easy to fall into a state of mind that they are afraid of damaging their watches. However, they don't have to worry too much when they go up the chain, because this is a necessary action to supply the power of the watch. Usually, when they go up the chain manually, Rotate the crown about 30 ~ 35 times (it depends on the winding of the watch) it can reach the full chain state. If it is an automatic mechanical watch, after the watch is chained at the beginning, if you have the habit of wearing the watch every day, the power supplemented by the mechanical automatic Tuo can save you from the trouble of chaining every day. As for the hand chaining mechanism, it is probably necessary to develop habits and rules to help the watch chain time, so as to Watch free, wear it and stop. It should be noted that when we manually chain the watch, if we feel that the crown has been turned a little tight, it means that it has been put on the chain. At this time, we should not just turn a few more turns, because this may cause damage to the structure of watch parts (because modern watches are designed with a pair of clockwork, and then turn back after the chain is full).
Properly clean the watch
If you don't want to often go to the watch repair shop for cleaning, you can easily clean your watch at home. We can use a clean and soft microfiber cloth to gently wipe the appearance of the watch. Note that we should wipe it gently, not hard, because if we wipe it too hard, it may cause the dust on the watch case to rub with the watch case, resulting in small scratches. If the waterproof performance of the watch exceeds 100 meters, Usually you can dip some warm water on the cloth or it does not contain any chemicals (some chemicals will produce chemical reaction on the metal of the watch case) wipe the watch further with the cleaner, and then wash the watch under clean water under the condition of ensuring that the crown and handle are screwed in, so that the cleaner can be thoroughly washed. After washing, wipe the watch with a soft cloth and let it dry for a while before continuing to wear. If the waterproof performance of your watch is less than 50m, it is recommended to use it again Try to avoid touching water. When cleaning, wipe the watch with a wet cloth at most.
Put your watch in place
When you get home after a busy day and take down your watch, you can put the watch in the watch box or travel watch box, especially the latter is a good partner to save your watch when you go out. As for some people who want to ask whether to buy a watch winder, once the watch is not worn, put it on to keep it in a continuous chain state. Usually, the watch winder case is an additional accessory. Some are good, but if not, it has little impact, because although it can avoid the trouble of re adjusting the time and chain of the watch.
Avoid scratches caused by carelessness
Wearing a watch will inevitably leave some small scratches on the appearance, which is inevitable. Unless your watch is placed in a box or cabinet, as long as you wear your hand, there will be opportunities to form scratches with the movement of your hand. Even if we can't completely avoid scratches while wearing the watch, we can at least avoid the situations that are easy to scratch the watch in life. For example, when opening the door or wearing the seat belt, try not to rub the watch with the surrounding objects. In addition, when wearing the jacket, we can also pay attention to whether there are some buttons or zippers on the cuffs, Because they can be the murderer of watch scratches. As mentioned earlier, don't wipe hard when cleaning the watch. If you pay more attention to these details in life, the chance of watch scratches can be greatly reduced. It's always good to let the watch scratch at least a few times on the premise that it's impossible not to scratch the watch.
Maintain your watch regularly
Mechanical watches need professional maintenance after they have been used for a long time. They need to check the water resistance, wash and oil the mechanism. Many people will ask how often they should be maintained. In fact, there is no standard answer to this question, because everyone's use situation is different, and the brand and mechanism design are also different. But generally speaking, it is generally recommended to maintain the mechanical watch every 4-5 years. If there are obvious errors in the accuracy of your watch, you don't have to stick to the law of 4-5 years. Just take your watch for inspection as soon as possible. Usually, a professional watch repairman will wash the oil, remove the dirt, and then reassemble the watch after it is disassembled. The watch owner can even consider whether to re polish the watch at this time, but polishing is equivalent to wasting the metal of the watch appearance, so the number of times should not be too much. Watch maintenance depends on the brand, style, material, movement and function. Before sending for repair, you might as well go online to find out the maintenance cost, so as to avoid doubts or disputes when you hear the quotation.
The above are the five key habits and skills that can keep the watch with you for a long time. It seems that there is no mystery or depth, but they are some basic but important things.
