Watch Care

Always clean off dirt, dust or perspiration, and wipe dry as soon as possible if a timepiece becomes wet. Regular cleaning of resin straps to remove skin salts or chlorine from swimming pools will extend its life and soft feel. Some watch models are water resistant to varying degrees while others are not.

Locman replica watches If your watch is not water resistant (see back of the case or dial to determine this) protect or remove your watch when washing your hands, working or playing around water or walking in the rain. Regular hot showers cause the gaskets to distort, dry out grease and prematurely age. Moisture ingress into your watches circuit boards is impossible to remove 100% so can cause electrical shorts in the future, even if a service has been carried out.

As for the term "water resistant", please bear in mind that the degree of "resistancy" relates to pressure, measured in a static condition, at a given depth under water. But remember, the faster an object is moved in or against water, the greater the pressure. For that reason a watch that may be water resistant to 30 metres (approx 100ft) may leak if exposed to water coming forcefully from a tap, or worn whilst vigorously swimming, or jumping into water or diving, as the increased pressure may exceed the designed static resistancy. N.B. modern power showers can run up to 3 bar pressure. This is equal to 30 metres depth!

Also be aware that water resistancy is not a permanent condition. For example, the gaskets that are around the stem, caseback or glass will deteriorate with time and should be inspected changed periodically. It is good practise to clean and grease the battery hatch or caseback gaskets whenever the battery is changed. Many outlets do not do this when changing the watch's battery, which allows moisture or dirt to enter the module stopping or damaging the watch.

We recommend that your watch should in any event receive periodic service and new seals and gaskets (every 2-3 years for mechanical watches, or 3-4 years for quartz watches) to ensure long life and good time keeping.

Accuracy
Quartz watches are accurate to +/- 15 seconds a month, within a temperature range 5-35 degrees C. Please note that quartz time products are effected by strong magnetic or electrical fields, ie. TVs, speakers, etc.

Manufacturers of basic mechanical / automatic watches state they are accurate to -15/+25 seconds a day, when new, but we can with careful regulation attain a better rate by adjusting to the individual wearer's use.

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