Clean and maintain your watch carefully, our advice
How to clean and care for your watch to keep it sparkling? To preserve your watch For many years, it needs to be cleaned and cared for carefully! Charlie Paris reveals its tips so you can keep your timepiece in good condition for as long as possible. Caring for your automatic watch Cleaning a watch, whether battery-operated or not, isn't always easy because watches have delicate mechanisms. It's therefore necessary to take care of them with simple steps. How do you clean the crystal?
Maintaining your automatic or quartz watch: the first steps:
- Your watch must be worn: An automatic or quartz watch shouldn't remain in a drawer for years. Watches, especially automatic ones, are made to be worn. Maintaining your automatic watch involves wearing it at least three times a year to prevent damage to the mechanism.
- Avoid impacts: Your watch is a piece of jewelry. Even though the sapphire crystal of your watch is designed to prevent irreversible damage to your dial, it's best to avoid any kind of shock that could harm your watch's mechanism.
- Take care of your watch: On a daily basis, it is best to adapt your
Strap depending on your activities. TheStrap Steel, nylon, or rubber are more suitable when you're playing sports.Strap Leather watches can be worn at other times. Do not wear your watch in the shower, even if it is waterproof, as all watches are sensitive to temperature changes and condensation can cause fogging under the dial. In addition to potentially damaging the dial, you could also damage the movement, especially if it's an automatic watch. If your watch is waterproof, you can swim with it, but it's essential to rinse it afterward.
How to care for your watch?
- Maintain the water resistance of your watch: Depending on the model you own, you will need to check the water resistance of your watch. If you own a waterproof watch,
Concordia Make sure to screw the crown on tightly before each swim, otherwise you risk damaging the mechanism.
- For a quartz watch: Maintaining your watch involves changing the battery: as soon as it is empty, it must be changed, otherwise the mechanism may be damaged.
- For an automatic watch, maintain the movement: An automatic watch requires servicing by a watchmaker approximately every five years (for more information, please consult our FAQ). Over time, friction between the parts will eventually foul the movement and impair its performance. Cleaning the mechanism is a meticulous process and must be carried out by a professional watchmaker.
- Visiting your watchmaker from time to time: You can visit your watchmaker every three years for a check of your watch's mechanism and water resistance. Otherwise, don't hesitate to visit your watchmaker if you experience any problems with your watch: condensation on the dial, loss of accuracy, or the need to change the battery.
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