Expert Tips for Maintaining Exquisite Mechanical collectible watches

watchesMaintenance experts share their experiences

An exquisite mechanical watch can not only decorate your wrist, but also a symbol of culture. However, as time goes by, watches also need regular maintenance to keep them accurate. For some high-end or collectible watches, they need special care. Here, we invited a few masters of watch maintenance to share their experience and skills in maintenance.

Chapter 1: Principles of Clock Operation

We need to understand how mechanical watches run. Mechanical watches commonly operate in three ways: manual, automatic and quartz. Manual watches are wound by manually shaking the crown and displaying the time through the numerical scale; automatic watches store the energy of the balance wheel with the movement of the human body and do not need to be wound manually, but they also need to be regularly moved or fully wound; quartz watches are timed through the quartz resonance body, which has a higher degree of accuracy. Different mechanical watches require different operations and daily care.

Chapter 2: Common Sense Maintenance of collectible watches

1. Regular overhaul: collectible watches need a thorough overhaul every 1~3 years, disassembling and cleaning the movement, replacing the lubricant as well as regulating the tourbillon;
2. Avoid violent shocks: Mechanical watches with movements cannot withstand violent shocks, avoiding behaviors such as knocking, dropping and impacting;
3. Pay attention to the environment temperature: high and low temperatures will affect the performance of the watch, you should try to avoid putting the watch in a hot and humid environment, and don't place the watch in a place under extreme temperature;
4. Regular Winding: Manual watches need to be wound every day to ensure that the collectible watches run accurately;

Chapter 3: Maintenance FAQs

1. King of Watches: well known to watch enthusiasts, King of Watches specializes in providing various types of watch maintenance services;
2. Replacement of strap: Common strap materials include metal, leather and rubber, etc. Replacement of different straps needs to be carried out in a professional repair store;
3. Cleaning water droplets: If there are water stains on the screen after the watch has been in water, you can remove the water droplets by slight suction.

Chapter 4: Maintenance experience sharing Lesson 1: Sugar Glue Cleaning Method

The sides of the dial attract a lot of dust and sebum over the years, making it difficult to clean. Most people will choose a professional cleaner to clean them, but the masters have an easy method: sugar gel. Sugar gum can remove hard-to-clean dust and stains very well.

Lesson 2: Collect clocks strategically

collectible watch collectors should pay attention to one principle: quality over quantity. Any collectible watches without quality, technical or historical significance should not be collected. The best way to collect is to choose high-quality collectible watches and take good care of every watch in your collection.

concluding remarks

Don't let the time pass in your hands, take good care of that watch of yours! We have shared some experiences and tips from maintenance experts in this article. Familiarize yourself with the operation principle of mechanical watches and master the correct maintenance method of collectible watches, in order to make your watch durable and accompanying on your wrist.