Cleaning
Your Watch
Battery
Change
Water
Resistance
Basic Servicing
Full Servicing
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Cleaning
Your Watch
We advise our customers
to clean their watch often. After ensuring the crown to be
locked tightly & water resistant, clean with a soft toothbrush
& warm water . This is because our perspiration (sweat) is an alkali which will
corrode the watch case & gasket over time, affecting the
watch's water resistance.
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Battery
Change
We
advise our customers to have their timepieces’ battery
changed every 2 years regardless of whether it is working or
not. This is
because ALL batteries will leak with time. When such leakage
happens, the acidic discharge usually seeps into the timepiece, causing
irreversible
damage to the
quartz movement and other parts of the timepiece.
It can be easily avoided by having the
battery changed periodically.
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Basic
Servicing
Question:
How do i know my watch is due for servicing?
- Watch gains
5-10 seconds a day (or based on manufacturer's specification)
- Watch stops
permanently or at intervals.
- Difficulty
winding the Watch/Hands don't move (signs of damaged parts)
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A
basic service is any operation that does not require disassembling of
the movement.
Usually,
it takes about 1-2 hours to complete.
They include
:
- Replacement
of the watch crystal / dial
- Replacement
of the bezel / bracelet
- Testing or
Adjustment of the watch
- Polishing
(minor touch-up)
- Replacement
of battery (quartz watches)
- Diagnostic
of the watch’s parts or exterior
- Water-proof
check (replacing of the gasket, if necessary)
- Cleaning the
case and bracelet
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Full
Servicing
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A full service involves
complete disassembly of the movement.
A watch will routinely require a
full service every 3 to 5 years, or
because of a malfunction.
This takes about 2 weeks, due to
the number of stages that's involved.
They include :
- Dismantling of watch movement
- Cleaning of the movement
- Replacement of damaged or worn
parts & reassembly
- Lubrication & adjustment of the movement
- Replacement of battery (for
quartz watches)
- Water-proof check (replacing of
the gasket, if necessary)
- Ultrasonic cleaning to
remove grime from the watch
case & bracelet
- Polishing of the watch case
& bracelet
- Monitoring of the watch, making
sure it's performing within the manufacturer's specifications.
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