Make sure your watch is keeping perfect time and in top condition by avoiding these common mistakes
1. EXPOSING WATCHES TO STRONG MAGNETS
This one especially applies to vintage watches – magnets are a watches worst nightmare. When a watch gets magnetised, its balance spring and other small, fast-moving parts in a watch escapement start sticking together. This will cause the watch to start running fast, slow, or stop altogether.
2. CHANGING THE DATE AT THE WRONG TIME
If your watch has a date function then you should know about the 'Date change danger zone'. Changing the date on your watch during this time can cause damage to the moment and misalignment of the date window.
The danger zone of watch setting is usually between the hours of 9 PM and 3 AM. During this time the gears are in motion to switch the date, so if you try to force it manually you could snap teeth or pins in the gears.
3. NOT STORING WATCHES CORRECTLY
Incorrectly storing a watch can take a toll on it over time. This could be in extreme temperatures, high humidity, or direct sunlight. This could cause watch dials to fade, lubricants in the movement to dry out, or moisture to get into the watch – all of which could be expensive to fix.
4. OVER WINDING YOUR WATCH
Here's another one for vintage watch wearers – don't overwind your watch. Older watches and manual wind watches will let you know when they're fully wound – you should start to feel resistance. When you feel a little resistance then you should stop winding the movement.
You'll be happy to know that you can't over-wind most modern automatic watches, as the winding mechanism will simply decouple from the mainspring when it is fully wound.
5. WINDING OR SETTING A WATCH WITHOUT TAKING IT OFF
We've all been there – especially if you're in a rush – it's easy and convenient to either wind or set the time on your watch while it's on your wrist. It's important to know, however, that this may be doing the movement harm, as the angle that the crown is at could be putting stress on the movement.
6. WEARING A WATCH WHILE USING A MACBOOK
This tip is for people who like to keep their watches looking box fresh and in pristine condition. The aluminium MacBooks will scratch up your watch's bracelet and clasp in a matter of seconds.
To prevent this simply develop an RSI-inducing elevated wrist typing style, or, just remove your watch altogether.
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