If you start to wear a watch, you need to understand the maintenance and operation knowledge

 When will it be posted? How to set it up? Where can I repair it? Please continue to read on the maintenance of this kind of watch.

Even if your watch is running normally, watch brands suggest that you send your mechanical watch for maintenance regularly. Why is this?

Like a car, a mechanical watch needs to be lubricated regularly to keep it running smoothly. Change the displacement of time, the effect of the lubricating oil will be worse, and the friction between the parts of the movement will increase, causing wear and running time. In addition, friction will generate extremely fine dust, which will also wear down watch movement components.

How often does a mechanical watch need to be maintained?

The recommendations of watch brands are different, but most of them are every three to five years.

What happens when the watch is sent for maintenance?

The movement parts are chemically cleaned and inspected, and the worn parts are replaced. After that, the movement will be reassembled, oiled and speed adjusted. Finally, if the watch is a waterproof watch, its waterproof function will also be tested.

Where should you take your watch for repair or maintenance?

If the watch is within the warranty period, the warranty may also be invalid, unless you get an official authorized service center. You can get a table from the manufacturer, which lists the officially authorized repair centers. If the warranty period expires, you can take it to an official authorized center or a professional watch repair shop.

How much does it cost for maintenance?

It depends on the brand and the state of the watch, but generally speaking, the cost of a non-complex automatic mechanical watch will be more than $100, and sometimes even greatly. However, a constant principle is that the more expensive the brand, the cost of refurbishment is fine.

Do quartz watches need regular maintenance like mechanical watches?

Quartz watch movements require almost no maintenance like mechanical movements, because they have fewer parts-only the gear train drives the hands. The electronic watch has no movement parts at all. What most quartz watches really need is to remove the accumulated dust when opening the case to change the battery. However, for some precious quartz watches or similar watch movements, their gear trains should be lubricated with oil every 8 to 10 years. For those cheap quartz watches, this is not necessary.

Do you need to wind the mechanical watch every day?

"When the watch is fully wound, the performance is always better than when the mainspring is slack. If you don't plan to wear the watch, it is better to wind it or put it in a watch winder. This will prevent the movement from carbonization and condensation. .

Does the rotation direction of the crown matter when you are setting up the watch?

On most mechanical watches, there is no effect. But for some mechanical watches, especially those with calendar function, you should only move the pointer in the clockwise direction. In the operation guide of the watch brand, the adjustment direction is included. On a quartz watch, it doesn't matter if you rotate it in any direction. However, the manufacturer pointed out that the following method of setting the watch can eliminate the gap in the minute hand (a quartz watch, unlike a mechanical watch, has a gap in the minute hand due to the lack of tension between the gear trains): clockwise rotation Minute hand, until it is adjusted to the right position a few minutes ago, and finally turn it counterclockwise to change it to the correct position.

What factors affect the accuracy of a watch?

In a mechanical watch, pay attention to the habits, such as when it is wound, how many times it is placed every day and when it is not placed, where the watch should be placed, all play a very important role in determining the way the watch always runs. A typical mechanical watch may walk 5 minutes more or less every month, but by adjusting the watch to adapt to the habits, it is possible to obtain higher accuracy than this. None of the above factors are for quartz watches. Temperature is the only variable that can affect the accuracy of timekeeping.