Swiss watch care tips to maintain your watches

HOME CARE - WEAR

Do not wear jewelry at home and gardening, playing sports, taking a shower, soaking up the sun or during the sauna bath. Rinse water and sweat damage permanently the surface. Shocks cause deep dents and scratches which usually can not be repaired.

Gold and silver jewelry will quickly lose color and shine when you wear it while swimming. Chlorine and salt water are particularly damaging to your jewelry. Particularly delicate gems can be very affected. Extraordinary careful with is pearls offered, since the thread will get wet and can not dry properly. The result is usually the rotting of pearl inside.

online glossary of Swiss watches

WATCHES - GLOSSARY


A / h
Semi-oscillations per hour of the Unruh

Amplitude (half cycle)
Amplitude of the balance

3 ATM
Watch this label have to be resistant to perspiration, water droplets, rain, etc. and against immersion in water for 30 minutes at a depth of 1 m and may not be used in conditions where water pressure and temperatures vary considerably.

5 ATM
Watch this label have not only the requirements for 3 ATM be resistant to immersion and vigorous agitation in water (swimming).

10 ATM
Watches with this designation are considered watches and in addition to the requirements for 3 ATM 5 ATM and for temporary immersion, provided 2 hours, can be used.

Elevator shaft
Shaft to the outer end of the crown is attached. The elevator shaft connects to the movement.

Self winding
A clock with automatic winding uses the centrifugal force and gravity as an energy source. A semi-circular weight, rotor or flywheel called pulls the arm movements of the wearer of the watch spring. Because an automatic clock constantly self raising, the tension spring has one end hook instead a slip clutch. When fully wound slips to the spring, and a spanning is not possible.

Watch industry with significantly more employees

The increased demand for Swiss watches has an effect on the number of the industry: The number of employees has nearly reached record levels again.

End of September 2011 were 52'803 people in the watch-and microtechnology industry operates, that is 4255 or 8.8 percent more than a year before, as the Association of Swiss Watch Industry (CP) announced on Wednesday.

2008 was a peak of 53'300 employees have been recorded before in the wake of the financial crisis in 2009, a decline of 7.9 percent and in 2010 again was followed by a slight loss of 1.1 percent.