What are the maintenance knowledge of mechanical watches?

What is a mechanical watch, the internal movement parts of the watch are composed of mechanical parts, and it is a spring-wound balance watch powered by a clockwork. Generally, mechanical watches are divided into two categories, one is a common mechanical watch (manually wound mechanical watch) and a fully automatic mechanical watch and a semi-automatic mechanical watch. Regardless of the kind of mechanical watch, daily maintenance is very important. Good maintenance helps the watch's trial life.

Maintenance knowledge of mechanical watches

    1. Always wipe off the dirt and perspiration on the case with a soft cloth or silk.

    2. The manual winding mechanical watch must have a fixed time on the spring, preferably at a time. It is necessary to turn the crown to rotate the crown, and do not put it too tight. Too tight, the clockwork is easily stuck by the oil in the barrel. When the spring is relaxed, it is easily broken due to excessive elasticity.

    3. The watch should not be shaken vigorously. When playing or hitting a hand, it is best to take it off.

    4. The watch is also afraid of flooding. Therefore, it is best to take off your watch when washing clothes, washing your hands, or doing other work in contact with water. If there is fog or water on the watch glass of the watch, it should be repaired in time, wipe off the fog water point, and dry the movement. However, if there is only some fog, it will disappear on its own after the weather has dried.

    5. Please do not touch the watch with magnetic objects such as radios and TV sets to avoid affecting accuracy.

    6. Please do not let the watch close to solvent, mercury, cosmetic spray, detergent, adhesive or paint, camphor, otherwise the case, strap, etc. will be discolored, deteriorated or damaged. Camphor is a highly volatile substance that easily solidifies the oil and loses its lubricating effect, thus damaging the accuracy of the timepiece.

    7. Do not let the watch cool and heat up. The temperature change will increase the time error of the watch. The spring inside the mechanical watch is easy to break due to the rapid change of temperature. The rubber ring will accelerate the aging, so the waterproof performance of the watch will also be affected. .

 8. Do not open the cover at will, so as not to let the dust fall in; do not arbitrarily dial, if it is broken, you should promptly send it to the watch shop for repair.

    9. When the mechanical watch is not in use, it is best to wind it once a month to prevent the oil in the watch from solidifying.

    10. Waterproof, shockproof and anti-magnetic watches can only prevent it. When using it, it must avoid contact with water and magnetic field and strong vibration to avoid damage to the movement and affect the service life.

    11. The surface glass of the watch is not high in hardness. Avoid rubbing against sharp and sharp materials to avoid corrosion by high pressure and high heat and chemical reagents to avoid rubbing or damage. If there is a slight trace, apply the toothpaste on the flannel and rub it back and forth on the watch glass to clean the trace. Remember not to rub with alcohol, in case the glass and alcohol are chemically broken. Hard metal and sapphire glass mirrors are resistant to wear and scratches, but should not be bumped, stressed, dropped, etc.

    12. Special reminder that any watch should not be worn in warm water or bathroom, even if your watch is waterproof, because the seal of the watch is rubber, it is easy to age due to temperature, and the water vapor molecules around it are relatively small, it is easy to penetrate. The case causes damage to the internal machinery.

    13. If there is fog or condensation on the glass of the watch, please pull out the crown and let the glass face down for one day. Then push the crown to the original position to discharge the problem. (This problem occurs, no On behalf of the watch, the waterproof performance is poor, it may be that the watch is unconsciously brought out of the original position during use.

    14. Watches that need to be stored for a long time should be collected after cleaning and refueling. They should also be 1-2 times a month to keep the watch in good running condition.