As far as watch complications go, a lot of them are reminders of earlier times. They were seen as novelties at the time, but they’ve since become obsolete. Some of them are even entirely pointless (I’m looking at you, moon …
Now that you have that watch you’re crazy about, you want to make sure that it stays in the best possible condition. So, it’s essential to clean your watch now and then. Grime and dirt build up over time. First …
Once you’ve wound your watch you need to set the time and possibly the date. You don’t have to be a genius but there are some things that you need to keep in mind, especially when setting the date. Never …
Your mechanical watch only runs when the mainspring is wound. Normally, a hand-wound watch has a 40 to 48-hour power reserve. That means that your manual winding watch relies on you to regularly wind it by turning the crown. For …
Have you ever had a watch movement with a broken screw? Or an original signed crown (case parts are often harder to find than movement parts) with a piece of a broken winding stem inside? Sure, you could use a drill …
The most significant advantage of acrylic crystals is that you can easily polish away scratches to make the crystal look like new again. But if the crystal is cracked or chipped, there’s no other solution than to fit a new …
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