5 Tips to Maintain Your Mechanical Watch

December 17, 2019

If you are a watch enthusiast, owning a mechanical watch is an achievement. An excellent automatic watch is more than a timekeeping tool, but also an object people want to own for a long time and for generations to come.

As you know, an expensive mechanical watch is a delicate machine consisting of many tiny parts, so it's very important to know how to care for them. With proper care, quality watches can last for years, if not, it can break in no time at all. We would like to share with you some tips to ensure your watches can work for longer time and hold its value.

• Keep It Clean

If you always wear your watch, it will get exposed to a fair amount of dirt everyday. So please clean it with a soft piece of cloth to get rid of the dust and other dirt on the watch’s dial. Just like wash hands and clothes, regular cleaning will help prevent any build-up and keep your watch looking sharp. Of course, if you want, it's also worth considering having a professional wash on an annual.

• Keep It Wound

Mechanical watches are easily to stop once you don't wear it for a long period of time, but what if you can not wear it every day or forget to wear it ? You can wind your watch manually, or buy a watch winder. Even your watch is not on your wrist, it can also keep running. A good watch winder provides the proper care and maintenance for mechanical watches, it can keep your luxury watch running and extend it's life. 

• Store It In Safe Box

As you know, a mechanical watch is always expensive, when not wearing your watch, it’s best to keep it in a safe box. You can find different watch cases on the market, but a watch winder is always a good choice, because it not only helps to safely store your valuable watches, you can also take benefit of its winding functions. A watch winder plays a bigger role today, some with excellent materials and exquisite design can compare with fine jewelry cases. Then you  can proudly put your collection on display.

• Avoid Water Damage

At first, please make sure whether your watches are water-proof. If your watch is not water-resistant, avoid water as possible as you can. Even it is water resistant, always remove it before showering. Even a small amount of moisture, just like fog can also harm your watches, so remove your watch even when washing your hands. Watches that are not water resistant must be kept away from water at all times.

• Wear It

We always worry that our watches stop, because winding manually a automatic watch is not so easy. Wearing it every day is the best way to wind it, if you only have a premium watch, it needs more time on your wrist than storing it inside a box.

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