How to maintain mechanical watches with different movements?

2022-11-26

Mechanical watches are very popular, especially men's mechanical watches, which are loved by many men, mainly because the structure of mechanical watches is full of artistic atmosphere. When talking about the advantages of mechanical watches, you can often hear that mechanical watches have heritage value and can be worn for decades. Automatic mechanical watches store energy through movement, thereby powering the movement gears, and can keep going without batteries.

The mechanical watch brand endows the mechanical watch with a unique high-level sense, which inevitably makes people excited. But in fact, because the mechanical watch has a lot of transmission gears, it will inevitably wear out after long-term use, so the failure of the mechanical watch may also occur.

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1. Complication movement

This is often the case with watches. The more functions a mechanical watch has, the easier it is to break. Many complex functions of mechanical watches, such as month display, moon phase, perpetual calendar, tourbillon, etc., do not have much practical value. They mainly play the role of showing off skills, making the dial richer and more advanced.

The maintenance cost of this kind of watch in the later period is very high. A watch with complex functions does not have an exact maintenance time, so it often leads to strikes due to various small problems. More often than not, watches with complex functions break down before you even think about maintenance. And every time it is repaired, this type of high-end watch will be maintained by the way. The main function of this type of watch is not to wear it. Many people put it in a beautiful watch box and take it out for appreciation. Occasionally attend some important occasions to wear for a few hours. People who are not strong enough can't afford it.

2. Chronograph movement

Chronograph watches are mainly divided into those with day and calendar functions and those with only chronograph functions. Usually, it has the function of day and calendar, and most of them use ETA7750 movement. Most of the watches that only have a timing function are self-produced movements.

In terms of stability, chronograph models without a day-calendar function will be more durable. Chronograph models with day and calendar functions are more likely to get stuck on the calendar. Similar to watches with complications, these watches are usually more expensive to maintain. Because the movement is more complex, the difficulty of disassembly will increase. Many institutions that specialize in watch maintenance will tell you that it is best to maintain them once every two years, mainly because the profits of maintenance are still very rich. If you wear it every day or wind it up regularly to make the watch move normally, the more scientific maintenance time is often 3-5 years.

men's mechanical watches

3. Three-needle basic movement

There are no bells and whistles, only the basic hour, minute, and second hands are relatively conventional three-hand models. Some of them have a day calendar function, some only have a calendar function and some have no calendar. This type of watch is a relatively stable and durable watch in mechanical watches.

Rolex Submariner, Datejust, Patek Philippe's grenade, and Nautilus series, and various Swiss brands using ETA movements: IWC, Cartier, Breitling, etc., all fall into this category. Many people will brag too much about how durable the Rolex movement is. In fact, the movements of all models of the three-hand watch are very stable. Omega's movement does not lose to Rolex at all. This is mainly due to the movement of the three-needle structure, which is relatively mature in technology and has a small number of gears. They are usually maintained every 5 years or so.

The most powerful is the three-needle movement of ETA. If you have to maintain it, it should be maintained once every 5-8 years. The premise is that there is no artificial bumping. And there are many watch friends who wear watches using ETA movements, some of which have not been maintained for more than ten years, and are still in good condition. Key maintenance costs are among the cheapest.

The above is an introduction to the maintenance of men’s mechanical watches. Giant Watch is a watch manufacturer that can customize watches to meet your various needs. Welcome to contact us.