The Easiest Ways to Keep Your Watches Looking Brand New (2024)

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The Easiest Ways to Keep Your Watches Looking Brand New? ›

Most watches can be kept looking shiny and new with a gentle cleaning. The case and metal bracelets can be washed using soapy water and a soft brush, but always be careful with water near your watch. Using a light hand and slightly damp cloth, gently wipe the face of your watch to remove dust and residue.

Spray glass cleaner on a soft cloth, and wipe down the watch face, case and bracelet to refresh the shine. If the cleaning is overdue, you can get deeper into the bracelet and its crevices by dipping the soft brush in glass cleaner and gently scrubbing the bracelet.

The room should be dust free, not too humid and the temperature should not be too high or too low. When you are not wearing your watch for a long time, please keep it in a well-ventilated place, put it in the box you received at the time of purchase or a similar one.

Liquid Skin can be applied to any watch, whether it be a Rado or Rolex. It is totally universal to all brands and safe to use on precious metals, stainless steel and titanium. Simply apply 3 coats with 30 minute intervals between each and leave to dry for 24 hours.

You might notice that a luxury watch just looks different from afar than a less expensive watch; this is usually due to the higher level of finishing presenting itself through the dials, surfaces, and beveled edges that make up a luxury watch.

Quite simply, each luxury watch is designed to last a lifetime, as the culmination of vast expertise, care and passion, by some of the most prestigious watchmakers in the world. Here at Leonard Dews, we've been supplying watches from iconic brands for over 140 years.

Don't - Use Toothpaste

You might come across recommendations to use toothpaste as a solvent for removing dirt and grime from your watch. But toothpaste is abrasive. It has a hardness of around 3 or 5 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness. In contrast, 14k gold has a hardness level of 2.5 to 3.

Pigments based on photoluminescent material (like strontium aluminate) are what are most commonly used for watch lume today. This non-radioactive material is painted onto hands, numerals and dials, then glows in the dark (in usually a green or blue hue) by absorbing light then re-emitting light.

How many watch should you own? ›

An average man needs at least three types of watches because not only does a watch tell time, but it is a valuable piece of accessories too. A man should have a dress, diving, and casual everyday watch. It is also good to have a tool watch for hobbyists, aside from the casual watch that is good for daily wear.

Even if you only own one nice watch, you shouldn't wear it every day for several reasons. First, if the watch is a piece that you love, giving the watch a break will make it last longer. Second, one watch is rarely suited to the variety of outfits that a man will wear in a given week.

The key to maintaining your watch is preservation — and that means sheltering each watch in its own box, stored in a dry place away from direct sunlight, detergents, cosmetics or perfumes and even magnetic fields, a spokesman for Swatch said.

Using a 70 percent isopropyl alcohol wipe, 75 percent ethyl alcohol wipe, or Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, you may gently wipe the exterior surfaces of your Apple Watch and your Solo Loop, Sport Band, Nike Sport Band, Ocean Band, or metal band. Don't use on fabric or leather bands.

It is not recommended to clean a watch with Windex or any other household cleaner that contains harsh chemicals.

To preserve battery life, the display dims when your wrist is down, or by a quick gesture of covering the display with your hand. Raise your wrist or tap on the screen to bring everything back to full brightness and make the watch screen active so that you can interact with your watch.

If your watch face keeps changing, it could be because you have accidentally enabled the “Wake Screen on Wrist Raise” feature, which causes the watch face to change whenever you raise your wrist.

Paste-based toothpaste acts as a mild abrasive that levels out the scratch, removing it or making it less noticeable. It's important, however, to proceed with caution: Use the wrong technique, and you could dull the finish or create more scratches, worsening the problem.

- Rubbing toothpaste on the scratch with a soft cloth is the easiest way to regularly clean it. - Get rid of deep scratches from your stainless steel watch rub a nail polish block. This helps in removing scratches and dents effectively. Using a jeweller's cloth you can get rid of fine scratches.

Use a toothpaste: A non-abrasive toothpaste can also be used to buff out scratches on mineral crystal. Apply a small amount of toothpaste to a soft cloth and rub it into the scratches in a circular motion. Rinse the crystal with water and wipe it clean.

Why are watches worn on left hand? ›

As a rule of thumb, most people wear a watch on their non-dominant hands. On the left hand for a right-handed person and right hand for lefties. The reason is simple, people don't want to mess up between the watch they wear and the things they do.

Symmetry, materials and color are the holy trinity of beautiful watch design. We can certainly add typography to that list, and we haven't explored what makes a movement beautiful (a large factor now that most automatic watches use transparent casebacks).

1. Graff Diamonds Hallucination – $55 million. The Graff Diamonds Hallucination is the most expensive watch in the world, with a price tag of $55 million. This watch is adorned with over 110 carats of rare and colorful diamonds, including pink, blue, green, yellow, and orange diamonds.

Longevity: A quartz watch can last the user for 20 – 30 years, as the electronic components of the watch will eventually wear out. A well-maintained mechanical watch will outlive the original purchaser. High-end mechanical watches can be heirloom pieces, passed down from generation to generation.

To buy a Rolex Daytona, the waitlist is often suggested to be 5 or 10 years long. The harsh reality is that unless you have a large spending history with your Authorised Rolex dealer you're unlikely to ever be offered a Rolex Daytona.

Most Rolex watches would last a lifetime and can even be passed down generations if they have been cared for properly. A Rolex can function for 15 years or more if they have not been serviced and is in good condition. Rolex recommends ten years between services; however, you could service them every five years.

Because we walk, run, reach, and complete the vast majority of our movements with our palms facing down or inwards, wearing your watch inside your wrist significantly reduces the chance of damage to the watch face. In doing this, any impact or collision to your wrist would be absorbed by the strap.

Non-Waterproof Watch

We do not recommend trying to clean a watch that's not waterproof on your own. Take it to a reputable jeweler or watchmaker and have it cleaned. It will most likely be free of charge.

So, if you want to enhance your style and boost your confidence, an elegant wristwatch is a great accessory to make a statement. Wearing a nice-looking timepiece also makes you feel professional.

How do you prevent magnetism on a watch? ›

Magnetic fields. Avoid leaving your watch close to equipment that can produce strong magnetic fields such as speakers, refrigerators, mobile phones, or magnets on bags or boxes, etc as these may affect the performance of your watch.

You do not need to stop your mechanical watch when not in use. For a large majority of mechanical watches out there, the power reserve ranges anywhere from 40 hours to 100 hours. So by stopping your watch you would hope to save 1-2 days in the power reserve. It's not exactly worth it.