Watch Tips.How to look after your watches.

[willy]

A lot of people on this site,have a great amount of knowledge on how to look after our watches. I hope you all will share it with us all. And if you read any good tips on
the net, please post it here. I will start off with telling you how i look after my watches.

The first thing i do when getting a watch used or new is to clean it. I do this by giving it a wash in a mild mixture of washing up liquid and water. I then rinse it with lukewarm water and leave it to dry for a few hours.

Then i polish the watch with a chrome cleaner, putting it lightly on the watch without rubbing hard. Leave it to dry for about one hour, and clean off with a soft cotton
cloth. Next i use a USA car sealant product i buy from FDM called Ultra Glozz. I use a soft cloth and without rubbing, i put a layer on the case and the glass. I leave it to dry for 1 hour, and you can clean it off with a cloth, and using a soft small paint brush to get into the places the cloth cannot.

You can do this with coated sapphire or plastic, it does not harm it at all. It will also stop your watch getting those horrible finger marks and smudges on the case and glass.

This treatment lasts for about one year, and it protects your watch just like it protects a car. And you will not get so many hairline scratches on your watch. Treat the watch bracelet in the same way. 

PS. AR coatings on the crystal tend to be a magnet for finger print marks, using a sealant does not harm the coating, and you will not get the marks on your glass.