Along with the growth of China's luxury consumer market, over the years, the world's top watch brands have entered China, Chinese consumers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, from simply owns a watch, to enjoy it unique taste and stories until Investment and Collection, which bears the brand value. Watches, small size, high value, convenient to carry, store, can become heirlooms from generation to generation. If you want to spend a lot of money derived from the senior watch worth collecting, from choosing a really suitable for their watch, to patience and meticulous care and maintenance, is worth every watch lovers continue to accumulate knowledge and practice. Collection watches while in the purchase, may wish to hold a watch always enthusiastic admiration learn some watch purchase and maintenance of the road, allow themselves to be watch closest and most people know it, investment and consumption also matter value for money.
Reason to buy
So watch reflects the taste
Watch people so fascinated that it combines a miniature craft and art aesthetics in one. In a small radius, the hundreds of precision parts in harmony with the quiet run. Same with jewelry is worn by people in social situations often watches reflect their status, identity and wealth status. So choose a suitable watch to put it down, never get tired.
Buy a watch for their own course, can not ignore its material, and watch them there are more than ten material subdivided kinds, mainly divided into two categories: precious metals and other metals. Refers mainly gold and silver precious metal material, this table generally high, with high ornamental and preservation of its main features. While other metals is the most mainstream of steel, lower cost of this material in corrosion resistance and wear resistance is also quite good, is a watch manufacturer in the mainstream media. Finally, two years more and more flourishing ceramics, this material weight, hardness is ten times that of stainless steel, but also has heat, never worn and never fade the advantage that claims to be the best overall performance materials.
With in-depth knowledge on the watch, most watch fans will choose different functions of the watch. Current power reserve display, two time zones and has a diving watch features comparison by consumers attention. The table has a power reserve display, you can always watch clockwork powered remainder observe the situation, and two time zones is very suitable for business people in the world running, diving table so that people who exercise regularly swim save a lot of trouble. Others, such as moon phase, three questions on the practical use of this usefulness is very ornamental function can be selected according to the demand.
In the shape of the watch since it is indispensable decoration, then inevitably shape is also important that the overall style of the watch is to determine the shape of the key is not an exaggeration. Watch the mainstream, there are three basic shapes: round classic, elegant square, retro barrel-type, which is the most wild safest round shape, no matter what type of people are suitable for wearing, but this also means that relatively Volkswagen, for the pursuit of individual people can consider the latter. Square is a very necessary temperament to control the shape of the shape of the wrist is not very suitable for big Chinese people wear it more elegant and more can highlight the beauty of oriental restrained. Finally, the barrel-type, the shape of the table is very retro, but also relatively rare, similar style with a square table, for the pursuit of personality to wear.
Self-testing
When the watch family doctor
Both for watch lovers or experienced collectors, looking to a love of the watch is not an easy task; thereafter, it will accompany the daily work and life. So cherish watch and always check whether it is in the best operating condition, you can make it even for long service, and faithfully accompanies him. Every year, we may do regular physical examination in order to understand the physical condition themselves. In fact, the watch and the human body, as there are many visible warning sign to remind us of the need for timely medical treatment. From the following aspects may be the basis for the watch at home on the physical, though it is prevention is better than cure cliché, but it can save a lot of unnecessary trouble and burden.
After confirming the watch is not water or subjected to any external collision conditions, with respect to four major areas, try to love the table when the family doctor:
1 Power:
First to go from the most obvious when viewing conditions, such as the watch is running normally. For manual winding or self-winding watch, you can make sure that day has been winding.
If you need a watch battery, you can view the last point in time to replace the battery. On average, about 23 years of quartz watches need to replace the battery.
If the almanac or calendar watch, you can try to observe whether the total stop at a certain point in time. If that is the case, it may be caused by insufficient power, because they allow the pointer moves to a new day needs more power support.
2 The precise:
In general, the mechanical watch accuracy of travel time per 24 hours may have a 15/15 second margin for error.
When the detection accuracy of the watch to go, you should also view the last set time were used as reference values. Sometimes when the watch to go too fast, it may be from the beginning of a deviation of the reference time, and then causing a greater cumulative error. (Such as the first day of the set has been almost three seconds, two months after the error accumulated to 3 minutes).
3 Appearance / Sound:
If the watch is unusual sound, it may be you send signals (for example: When winding, the sudden appearance of a click sound), to remind you to make medical treatment.
4 Habits:
See if a regular habit of winding the watch for love. In general, self-winding watch if idle 23, can be bent, and then see if walking normally.
Regular maintenance
So watch rebirth
As a non-stop operation and extremely complex metal products, watch the life of the wearer their maintenance is closely related, so the normal life we must watch carefully for care. First, watch the long-term storage, do not put wet places to prevent movement, dial rust or discoloration. Secondly, we must stay away from TV, radio, etc. to prevent the magnetization, mothballs or mothball, there might be just the movement of the oil produced chemical changes can not be stored together with the watch. In addition, although most of the watches are waterproof, but prolonged wet certainly not. The watch is water proof and not hot water, the watch Aprons after frequent expansion and contraction, the waterproofing function will be greatly weakened.
In addition to daily life with care and carefully maintained, the watch must also conduct regular professional maintenance to maintain its superior performance and long-term stability. Chinese consumers tend to be a problem only watch repaired, rarely take the initiative to maintain. But watch, especially mechanical watches are sophisticated instruments must be regularly for professional maintenance, in order to ensure effective operation of the various functions. To the movement and maintenance, for example, many people will find after a few years there will be wearing the watch deviation, which is dust and dirt from the sheet deterioration caused by oil, and regular maintenance can keep watch movement good functioning condition, well care of the watch is the best way to protect the value of investments. General recommendations watch maintenance once every two years, every five years a comprehensive maintenance time, and be sure to choose the brand officially authorized Customer Service Center.
Senior watch maintenance items mainly include the replacement of waterproofing components, detection performance and movement when power walking, cleaning and conservation movement appearance. Comprehensive care in the watch, the movement of professional technicians will all apart, step by step to replace the maximum pressure and the tension of the parts, such as the mainspring, and then carefully inspect all parts for wear parts replacement. When reassembling and add lubricant until the technician will patiently for parts cleaning. Dial will install a new pointer. Case will be completely demolished and replaced several times ultrasonic cleaning waterproof gaskets badly worn parts. In general, the comprehensive maintenance a watch takes about 3 weeks time, even if the local maintenance also needs two weeks.
