Watch Care Tips

• Like any finely crafted mechanism, your watch requires periodic maintenance to ensure optimum performance. Maintenance includes disassembly, cleaning, replacement of parts as needed, reassembly and lubrication of the movement. A maintenance interval of 3 to 5 years is recommended.

• Keep your timepiece away from magnetic objects such as cellphones, laptops, and computer speakers. The exposure of a timepiece to strong magnetic fields will affect its time-keeping, and may cause it to become inaccurate or stop. A mechanical timepiece may require demagnetization before it will operate again.

• Dust & water can enter a watch if the case, crystal or crown is not intact. A small particle is enough to stop the movement. Have your watch repaired promptly if the crystal becomes loose, chipped or cracked, or if there is damage to the case or crown.

• All scratches and knocks will eventually damage plating. Once damaged, day to day wear, perspiration and perfume will erode the plating. It is advisable to use a clean dry cloth to clean your watch before you keep it.

• Do not drop your watch or bang it against a hard surface.

• For mechanical watches, the day-date mechanism is activated between the hours of 11 pm and 3 am, adjusting the time during these hours can jam the mechanism. So avoid this timing when possible.