Archive for February, 2010

Five Useful Tips for Maintaining Your Watch

February 25th, 2010

1, Sweat can corrode the watch case, full stainless steel case is made of Ni-Cr alloy, it has a better corrosion resistance than the semi-steel case, whose main component is copper. So, to avoid your watch being eroded by sweat, you must wipe the sweat with soft cloth regularly.

2, Do not always open the case back, otherwise, dust will enter into the movement and affect its normal operation.

3, Do not put your watch and camphor balls in a wardrobe at the same time, or the watch oil will go bad.

4, Never put your watch on the radio or television to prevent it from being magnetized.

5, If you want to store your watch for a long term, you’d better wind it at least once a month to keep good performance.

Wearing Luminous Watch While Sleeping is Harmful

February 24th, 2010

Wearing a luminous watch while you are sleeping can give a bad effect to your body.

As you know, a luminous watch’s hands and markers on the dial are filled with luminescent material, which is a mixture of Radium and ZnS. Radium rays can make ZnS crystals glow, when sleeping, if you are wearing a luminous watch, your body will suffer from Radium radiation for 8 to 9 hours.

So, before going to bed, you’d better take it off and put it on the table.

Don’t Throw Away Your Watch’s Packaging Box

February 24th, 2010

When you receive the watch you ordered and remove the outside packaging materials, remember, do not throw away the protective watch box.

These boxes are hard, so they can give the most secure protection for your watch when not wearing. To avoid your watch being broke or being collided, it’s essential for you keeping these packaging boxes.

Besides, when you do not wear your watch, you should put it into the box, this can greatly reduce the chance of your watch getting damaged.

Watch Winding Instructions

February 24th, 2010

Winding your watch in a correct way is very important, here are some instructions on how to wind it.

1, Whether your watch is self winding or manual winding, to keep good time, you’d better let your watch in a fully-wound state.

2, Automatic watch’s winder is stainless steel, actually, it is made of  a complex material, Ni, which is also called “NIVAFLEX” by Swiss. It is not like the Carbon winder used fifty years ago, so there is no need to worry about  its strength while come cross excessive winding force.

3, Normally, winding your watch 30 rounds each time is enough.

4, Most self winding watches can also be wound by hands, if your watch is self winding, for the first time to wear or wearing it again after stopped, you must wind it manually first.

5, For manual winding watch, you’d better wind it in the morning every day.

Cartier Libre Pearl Ladies Watch

February 24th, 2010

Cartier, full of femininity – this is not an ad for Cartier, but the word i used to say when i recommended Cartier watches to those women around 30.

Yes, at 30 years old, women begin to show their intellectual charm. As a member of the world’s four major jewelers, Cartier knows women better and is able to create a watch that meets 30-year-old women’s needs. They are curious, refined, exotic, may be jewelery, but are also watches.

Inspired by the latest haute couture, the limited-edition Perles de Cartier women’s watch(picture above) is made of 18-karat, rhodium-plated, white gold with round diamonds and two, freshwater pearls.