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Luxury Watches 101    An independent guide to luxury and designer watches

Watch Maintenance

Watch maintenance is roughly the same as car maintenance: your watch will last much longer and you may be able to avoid costly repairs through careful, regular maintenance. Also like an automobile, your watch should be taken in for regular service to have an expert look at it. The following is a very brief guide to basic watch maintenance.

All Watches

All watches should be cleaned and serviced every two years to ensure that they are trouble-free. Even quartz watches should be cleaned as any small particle can result in damage. At time of this regular maintenance, batteries and seals should also be replaced.

Rust is the enemy of all watches:

When you change the date, you should not change it within three hours of midnight. At this time, the watch's regular date change is being carried out internally and should not be interfered with.

Diving Watches also need regular servicing despite their rigorous water resistance.

Leather bands should be protected from perfumes and water, especially saltwater.

Automatic Watches

These are not entirely self-maintaining. It's a good idea to wind your watch at least once every week or two. This helps to keep the oil fluid and the wheels moving.

If you do not wear your watch every day, be certain to wind it at least twice a week.

Mechanical Watches

It's good practice to wind your mechanical watch at the same time every day. This is very good for the mechanism. Watch aficionados know to wind their watch first thing in the morning as part of their own timekeeping and that of the watch.

Be aware that participation in sports such as golf or baseball, or any repetitive hand movements (as with some occupations) are very hard on the mechanism. These can permanently damage the watch's movement. Just remove your watch.