The life of the watch is closely connected with wearer’s proper use and maintenance. Modern people always tend to buy top luxury watches from world-famous brands. So the careful maintenance of these expensive and precious watches becomes so important. There are many facts to shorten life of a good watch, such as objective external environment, incorrect usage of watches and so on. High-end Designer Watches should be done relevant maintenance every two to three years, testing watch’s performance and power consumption of movement. Regular maintenance will effectively extend the life of watch.
The Water Resistance of Watches
Watch’s water resistant property is decided by the water-proof rubber ring of surface, case back and pushers. All water sealed watches are engraved with “WATER RESISTANT” or “WATER PROOF” words on the back. Wearer should prevent watches without “water resistant” sign from watered. The 30 m (3ATM) water resistant watches can be used for daily washing or worn in a rainy day, And the 50 meters waterproof watches are suitable for swimming and general housework when wearing them. And the 100 meters water-proof watches can be used for swimming, diving and other underwater work.
Aging of water resistant rubber ring will affect the waterproof property of watch. Therefore, you favorite watch must be maintained regularly. Wearer should replace waterproof components for quartz watches after replacing battery to ensure good waterproof performance. All watches can not be worn on wrist when you bathing, sauna or in the environment with drastic temperature changes. The expansion and contraction of water-proof apron affected by temperature will bring water into your watch.
The Shock-proof and Antimagnetic Features of Watches
At the national standard, antimagnetic and shockproof performance is indicated by the “residual effect”. “Residual effect” is the difference of pre-test instantaneous difference and after-test instantaneous difference.
Shock-proof: When the watch accidentally drops on horizontal hardwood surface from a height of 1 meter, the residual effect of quartz watch is less than 2 seconds, and mechanical watch’s is no more than 60 seconds.
Antimagnetic: When watch is occasionally placed in 4800A / m magnetic field, the residual effect of quartz watch is no more than 1.5 seconds, mechanical male watch (area of movement more than 314 square mm) is less than 30 seconds, mechanical lady watch has less than 45 seconds residual effect.
How to dry your watered watches?
If your loved watch is accidentally watered, please don’t be rattled. You just need to put your watch and silicone granule together in a sealed container. Several hours later, the water will go. This is a simple and economic way. It hasn’t any damage to watch life and accuracy.