Some activities could be damaging to your watch, especially to mechanical watches. Activities like golf or tennis are very intensive for a watch since your hand is making very rapid, hard swings. Always take off your watch before doing these intensive and rigorous activities.

Leather bands will wear off faster when it comes in contact with water. Make sure that you protect your leather band from contact with any liquids like (salt) water, moist and perfumes. Even sweat will wear off leather bands, if you have a lot of perspiration, you might consider wearing a steal bracelet or rubber band.

Make sure you rinse your watch with fresh water after you have exposed it to salt water.

Quick changes in temperature could damage water resistance, and steam could enter.

When using the crown on your wrist, it will put a lot of pressure on the stem of the watch and you might break it. To avoid this risk it is better to take of your watch off your wrist when you want to adjust things with the crown.

Changing your date between 2000 and 0300 might damage your watch, because many movements have the dates change gradually between 2100 and 0400. It is better not to interfere with the watch own date changing mechanism.

For mechanical watches it is good to wind it up every day at the same time. Winding your watch every day is good start. Even if you have an automatic watch it is a good idea to wind the watch once a week to keep the oils from dying up. If you are not wearing your automatic watch every day, make sure to wind it every few days to stop the oil from drying up.

From time to time have your watch serviced it, will keep your watch in shape for the next generation. Please contact us for more information.