Keeping Tabs on your Watch

You finally got the watch you always wanted. Maybe it's gold with all kinds of extras and just makes you feel fuzzy inside or is just plain cool. Now you have to worry about taking care of it. Well don't get all bothered about it Junior, we're going to give you some tips so your ticker keeps on ticking.

Your watch is like a small child. Okay, not really, but there are some things you will have to do if you want to keep your timepiece running the way it should be running. If you fail to do that your watch becomes nothing more than a time bomb. Okay, maybe it doesn't but it is just a matter of time (no pun intended) before you watch breaks or becomes a piece of junk.

Water is your watches worse enemy, beside maybe heat. Hot water is even worse. Even if you have one of those cool watches that are water resistant up to 30 meters or something remember they are water resistant, meaning they will resist water, not water proof. Once water gets inside your watch you are looking at possible rust and rust is bad for obvious reasons. Drying out your cool watch in the microwave is a bad bad idea.

Remove your watch if you feel like you are going to be engaging in activities where you watch might become wet, such as a steam bath, scuba diving in the Alps or whatever crazy water thing you have planned. If your watch becomes exposed to salt water, rinse it and let dry.

Here's an odd tip, but it really does make sense; do not change the date on your watch within three hours of midnight. This has nothing to do with Gremlins who you are not supposed to feed after midnight, but with the gears inside the watch. The watch at this point is gearing up (get it?) to change the date internally during this time and you changing the date yourself interferes with this. Any other time is a fine time to change the date.

Wind your automatic watch by hand once or twice a week. This keeps the oils moving in the right direction. It is also important because it will keep the gears nice and slick. Non-slick flooring is great, non-slick gears will put you behind schedule.

For those of you with mechanical watches, wind your watch at the same time every day. This isn't just so you don't forget either. These types of watches general run on tension. Providing the same amount of tension on a daily basis will keep you from over winding and wearing out the internal mechanism. Most serious watch winder do so in the morning.

Regular maintenance is import. So like your annual physical and periodic dental trips, schedule some time for your watch to be examined by a professional. They will check your watch for rust and clean the gears. Usually every two years is a great idea in regards to getting a check up for your watch. Got it? Happy time keeping!

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