1, Use it as a secondary time zone indicator;
2, Before you do an activity, you can set it at that minute, it helps tell how much time has elapsed.
3, It’s basically a time-elapsed or time-remaining indicator. If you have 30 mins of air in your tanks, you set the 0 indicator to whereever the minute hand is, and i can tell how many minutes of air i have left without calculating.
If you are going to store your quartz watch for a long time, you’d better take out the battery from it.
As you know, almost every quartz watch uses silver oxide battery, this battery will discharge automatically even the watch is not working, the size of self-discharge rate is related with the temperature, the higher the temperature, the greater the self-discharge rate.
Some silver oxide batteries have leakage problems and their surfaces are easy to be covered by alkali. The alkaline electrolyte inside the silver oxide battery is highly corrosive, once leak out, it will cause great harm to your watch. First, the alkaline electrolyte will corrode and make the reed contact rust (Picture 1). Second, serious leakage will rust movement splint and even damage the dial.
So, taking out the battery before storing your quartz watch is advised, you can take it to a jeweler and have the battery taken out. Finally, to keep accurate time, it is important to choose a top quality brand battery and replace it regularly.
To let watch fans get a comprehensive understanding of Vacheron Constantin’s long history of watchmaking, following i will introduce 10 exquisite antique watches from Vacheron Constantin.
The watch is embeded with precious gemstones, on the golden dial, there are twelve Roman numerals, a secret key for winding.
Golden and Platinum enamel case, the back is decorated with diamond flower pattern, there are twelve Arabic numbers on the dial.
Most patterns on the watch are hand carved, 18K gold. Patterns on the silver dial are engraved by machines. “Small Seconds” counter is positioned at 6 o’clock.
JMV 1755 was designed by Jean-Marc Vacheron in 1755. White enamel dial, twelve Roman numerals as hour markers, Arabic numbers on the external ring as minute markers.
Art Deco pocket watch, 18K gold and white gold. Numeral hour window is displayed at 12 o’clock and triangle agate minute hand.
It is a milestone of Vacheron Constantin’s birth, meanwhile, it is the most precious collectibles of Vacheron Constantin.
It is made of 18K gold, silver dial fitted with golden hands, 24 hours circle on the external ring.
It is made of 18K gold, green and blue translucent enamel is engraved with geometric patterns. There are machine-engraved patterns on the silver dial.
For leather watch band, after long use, it is prone to crack and even be broken on the bended place. As you know, there are many horizontal stripes on alligator leather band, if one stripe is coincident with the bending, your alligator strap will be broken in the near future, but it is very expensive to replace the alligator leather band.
So, in your daily life, you must maintain your leather strap carefully. To extend the life of a leather band, you can replace it with a butterfly clasp.
A butterfly clasp has the following advantages:
1, Avoid your leather band being bended by the greatest extent.
2, It is comfortable for wearing and be able to connect watch and band into a ring, so very convenient to wear and take off.
3, Butterfly clasp can hold and control your watch better, when wearing, your watch will not turn left and right, it is very suitable for those watches that have thick case and large diameter.
Ceramic is an advanced and modern material, which is valued by watchmakers for its light weight, smooth touch, scratch resistance, stable physical properties, acid and alkali resistance, corrosiveness resistance. Besides, it will not harm your skin, because many people are allergic to Nickel exsisted in the case and bracelet of stainless steel watches.
There are many ceramic watches differ in varous colours, like black, silver grey, golden, blue and white. Black is the most common, which is also called “Black Ceramic“.
In my opinion, ceramic watch also has some disadvantages:
1, Edges and corners are not clear.
2, Easily broken, worrying about being fallen and colliding with hard objects.
3, Gap between the links is too large, dirt will enter into easily.
Talking about after-sale service, cracked ceramic watch band and case is common occurrence. Many customers pledge in all sincerity that their watches were not fallen to the ground, but soon after replacing the cracked links, the new band broke again.
So, when wearing an overall ceramic watch, be careful.