Tips For Automatic Mechanical Watch Repair

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Automatic mechanical watch repair method for determining the clutch wheel length. When the file system of mechanical watches, the child can take the upper end of the round insert a square of copper, the copper auxiliary positioned vertically resting on the springboard. More skilled repair of the table who can take the ball directly to the sub-head four claw gap as the positioning of reference.

Congratulations, you just bought your new automatic watch. With the watch, your received a case, a catalog, documentation, and warranty, but!, Where is the information on how to properly maintain your watch?.
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With the watch, the watch brand has given you a case, depending on the brand that can even be leather or good wood, a small catalog to learn how to change the time, a clothfor cleaning, documentation and given you a guarantee , but friend!, where is the information on how to properly maintain your watch?. It does not come and the worst is that many of us do not think this detail, until the clock stops working.

Automatic watches, unlike what you think most people are very precise machine. A good machine will tend to go forward or backward 5 seconds per day, equivalent to 2.5 minutes per month,  99.9998% accuracy.

But we must care for and maintainyour clock by following a few guidelines.

The mechanism is a mechanical machine. The key element there is no wear on parts is oil. All oils have a shelf life, after this life, lose their function and can damage the watch mechanism. Therefore we recommend you take the watch to the watchmaker for every 4 or 5 years for a complete revision if it is a normal clock or every 3 or 4 years in the big complication, tourbillons, perpetual calendars and yearly calendars and minute repeater. If you will not be the cure worse than the disease, forget these tips to take the watch to review when it fails.

On the other hand, to keep those oils in good condition, all the watches brands recommend that the clock is always running. If you think you’ll be a long time without using your watch, we recommend you buy a watch winders our automatic rotor. Today you have different models and prices. You can find them for a watch from 60 € up to more than 10 clocks around the 600 €. There are different categories and brands, but most do their function.

These winders provide us with two things, first the proper maintenance of machinery and second that the clock is always on time and date and avoid handling.
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When setting the time or date without knowing it can damage the system watch gear we recommend:

1. – If the watch is stopped, manual winding. All automatic watches have the charging system manual, simply we get the crown to the first position and go back about 20 times, with this watch will be charged.

2. – The mechanism that triggers the automatic date change in mechanical watches is complicated and usually requires about 6 hours to do it. Set the date manually while the automatic date change is under way can cause damage to the watch. If we are to change the date, never make this change between 9 pm and 3 am and it is time that all watch used to start or end date change. If you do not want to damage the automatic date change, we recommend modifying the time previously leaving in an hour between 3 am and 9 pm, and then we can change the date in the fast pass.

3. – Place the crown on position change of hours and set the needles of the hours and minutes. NEVER go back in a counter-clockwise, if you pass time, go back 24 hours.

4. – IMPORTANT do not forget to replace the crown in its closed position, screw on some models or pressure on others to avoid dampness

The automatic loading mechanism is made by the rotor, to perform this function properly, we recommend wearing the watch as close as possible to the wrist. Also, by bringing the watch  set to the wrist, will prevent the metal bracelet take slack.
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Many users sleep with the watch. At night is the time of day that we give more punches the watch as we are unconscious, we recommend that you take off the clock at night and you will keep it in its case. At the time of take away the watch, try to do it on the bed or carpet, because if you fall you will not damage.
Water is the enemy of our watches, we must try to be clear about the limitations of our watch and care at all times to keep away from moisture.

When not adjusting the time or the calendar, the crown must be in its closed position, as close to the watch case.

NEVER handle the watch or chrono pushers operate underwater.
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All watches WR bear the water, but water often possesses corrosive elements such as chlorine or salt, so it is advisable to rinse the watch with tap water after being used in swimming pools or the sea.

In submersible watches efectuéis we recommend that an annual inspection of all seals your watch, in order to preserve their original sealing properties.

If the water has entered the watch, open the crown and put the watch in a position to try to make out the water inside the open crown. Come to your service as soon as possible.

Do not forget that your watch is WR ANQUE, if the belt is leather, on immersion in water, it will pick up moisture, smell bad and change color, plus it will degrade very quickly, so it is advisable not to immerse strap watches skin
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