The Easy Way To Care For Your Wristwatch – A Basic Guide Part One
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This tiny guide to looking after your wrist-watch is meant to help answer some of those questions we all have but have never troubled to really find out the answer to. There's much argument between watch buffs about certain sides of timepiece maintenance. Many folks accept the exclaiming, "don't fix it if it's's not broken."
These are some things you might need to understand to help in keeping your timepiece running for years ahead.
Different Band Types and How to Adjust Them...
You may find that the band desires adjustments when you have purchased a second hand or new watch:
There is some sort of adjustment available in the clasp in the case of a band, and this is thru a pin that's spring-loaded, locking into the clasp's holes. Usually no problem to attempt this adjustment employing a tool thin enough to press the pin from the outside and so release it. Be careful, though. These small pins can do a trapeze act and fly to the other side of the room, usually never to be found again. Always make sure that the watch is on a fabric or such like before attempting this adjustment or you can find you have incidentally scratched the side of the case or dented the crown.
Straps often have multiple holes so finding a cushty position is generally easy. If not, employ a button hold sewing tool to make a new hole.
Wait, the band's links might need to be removed.
Some bracelets use push pins and others used screws for attaching links to one another. If you do not have the tools to do this ( like watchmakers' screwdrivers or bracelet pin removal tools ) then generally it is best left to a watchmaker. In the case of screws and if you have the correct screwdriver then ensure that the bracelet is held extraordinarily strongly before attempting to unscrew the screw ; again there are consultant bracelet holders for this. Having said that , it is critical the screwdriver, except for being the proper size is also of the correct thickness - otherwise you can end up with a damaged screw slot.
Push pins, well firstly there are generally little arrows on the bottom of the links indicating which way the pin should be pushed out - obvious maybe but worth discussing; some pins are of the split type pure and simple, these are normally found on lower-mid range watches. Again, it is feasible to remove them yourself if you've got an instrument that will fit the pin hole right and if you can secure the band. It's enough to get rid of the split pin type with a light tap of the tool. Very fastidiously, the links are inserted and the pins replaced from the opposite end. If you don't feel comfortable with doing this it is better to search out a pro watchmaker.
You'll have more problems with solid-type pins because these have special collars which should be in the right place on the band. Solid pins are usually an extremely tight fit and without the expert tools I might personally recommend that you take the watch to a watchmaker for this. If you don't want to be sorry, it's better to be safe!
Winding your timepiece....
How do I wind a manual watch?
If you've a manual wind watch, then attempt to wind it at the same time each day, it's probably best wound in the morning as you'll have optimum power throughout the day, possibly therefore more consistent timekeeping. When winding a manual wind watch, do so relatively slowly and constantly ; when it is fully wound you'll feel resistance as the mainspring tightens. That is your sign that it is good! Don't try and force it any further as damage could be done both to the mainspring itself and to parts in the escapement.
Vital to remember! When winding a manual wind watch, it is extremely sensible to take the watch off! Why? It's possible that you'll put nonessential tax on the winding stem if you keep the watch on. I have seen people wind their watch by causing a finger under the crown and then winding by a forward and back ward motion of the said finger! This isn't a smart idea.
My watch is an automated, does it need winding?
Well, it does if it has stopped! Some less expensive automatics don't have a manual winding capability; in such cases you should swing the watch carefully in an arc for a minute or so to get the watch running. For those with a manual wind capability, you have to put the movement in a perfect state of wind to start with by giving the watch roughly 35 to forty gentle turns. To keep the watch wound for some time, normal arm movement is enough. If you are reasonably active, then it should be OK to leave the watch off overnight without any farther manual winding.
the Easy Way to Set Your Timepiece...
Date and time setting?
OK, well firstly a watch equipped with a date feature will usually have 3 positions for the crown: in, pulled out one click ( for date setting ) and pulled out two clicks (for time setting). Easy enough. two pointers on how to do this. First, wind the hands slowly when setting the time; doing this much too quickly will prematurely wear the elements. Comparatively slowly and delicately is fine and preferably in a clockwise direction. Unless a watch permits this particularly, don't adjust the time backwards through midnight. 2nd, avoid using the quickset or fast date advance feature between 8:00 PM and 4:00 AM as you might seriously damage the date mechanism. If the watch stops, ensure you are sell into the safe section before you set the date and that you set the time once through midnight.
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