How To Take Care of Your Luxury Watch
Simple steps to make sure your watch stays in good shape. In order to keep your watch in good working order, certain common sense steps should be observed and followed.
Keep It Out of the Heat
Watches do not like to be exposed to hot temperatures for any length of time. This advice applies to quartz (battery powered) watches as well as mechanical watches, both manual and self-winding.
Never Leave It in Your Car
During summer months, it is not wise to leave your watch in your car or glove compartment when outside temperatures are in the 90s or higher. The heat inside your car will dry the oils in the jewels of the movement, and a service may be needed to restore proper running condition.
Limit Direct Sun
If you are sun tanning by the pool or on the beach, do not expose your watch to direct sunshine for hours. This also heats up the watch and dries the oils inside the case.
How Often To Service Your Watch
Quartz Watches
Battery poweredA battery powered watch is a low maintenance, accurate timepiece driven by the energy of the battery. It normally needs a battery change every two years, and with fewer moving parts it requires less frequent service than a mechanical watch.
However, if your battery operated watch is 10 years or older and still keeping good time, it is a good idea to have the movement disassembled, cleaned, reassembled and oiled, with all gaskets and washers replaced.
Mechanical Watches
Self-winding or manual windingA mechanical watch should be disassembled and cleaned every 5 or so years. It has many more moving parts: wheels, jewels, hairspring, pallet fork, escape wheel, first, second and third wheels, minute wheel, reversing wheels and oscillating weight, to name a few.
With all that friction inside the watch, the oils in the jewels coagulate and the wheels no longer turn as freely.
Signs Your Watch Needs Service
- Not keeping accurate time
- Slowing and losing time
- Eventually stopping
Time for a Service?
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