What You Should Know About Watch Repair

October 13th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Watches have become an important part of your lives, without which we cannot function normally in today’s world. Being on time for work, sending the kids to school on time, meeting deadlines, and never missing an appointment are all time orientated. Therefore, a watch is a necessity in every household.It has happened to most of us that our favorite watch stopped working, just like that. Or, you dropped the watch and the case came open, and the first thing that comes to mind is to rush the watch to a watch repair store where you can get it working again. However, before you do, stop for a minute and consider the following points which may prove useful.

Things to Consider About Your Watch

The brand of your watch is very important, because if it is an expensive brand you should not take it to a regular watch repair store. Only take it to an authorized dealer of the brand. The reason for this action is that most designer brands will carry their own parts, and if you let anyone open the watch rather than an authorized dealer, your guarantee may be revoked and the work may not be done as desired in the end.

If you have a watch that has precious gems incorporated in its dial or body you must take the watch to a jeweler watch repair store in order to ensure that the gems will not be damages in the process. If your watch is in the guarantee period, do not take it to a general watch repair store but only the store that you brought it from. If it is tampered with by anyone else other than the authorized dealer you will loose the guarantee for it.

Inexpensive watches ($20 or less) are usually built so they cannot be repaired. These watches are mostly for a one-time use, and then you need to throw them and purchase another. Therefore, if you do take it to a watch repair store, don’t indulge in paying a fortune to bring it back to life, but if it costs more than its original price, you might as well get yourself a new watch.

Maintain Your Watch

In order not to need any watch repairs in the future, take a minute and take care of your watch. For example if it is not waterproof, don’t have a shower with it. Try not to drop it, and don’t sleep with your watch. Last but not least, try and take your watch for service every couple of years and if it is an expensive brand, every year.

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A Jewelry Watch For Many Occasions

August 27th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Watches have become so much more than a simple device to tell time, as they go with us pretty much everywhere we go and sometimes run many of our lives as well. Majority of us own at a minimum a couple of watches first to the fact that they are affordable space (some can start as low as $10) and second to the fact that there are so many different times and occasions which demand a suitable watch to match.

Why Invest in a Jewelry Watch?

Men’s only consistent piece of jewelry is the watch, and it is more than reasonable that they would invest in different types to match every occasion. This is similar to what women do with jewelry.

Many occasions call for a jewelry watch, such as a wedding, anniversary, or a formal dinner. A jewelry watch does not have to be made of a precious gem, though I am sure most women would not object to that. The jewelry can and is in most cases very subtle and elegant. For example, there are designer jewelry watches for men such as Rolex, that uses full cut, high-grade diamonds on the dial in the place of the numerals.

There are, of course, many jewelry watches available that are fully covered with gemstones. The strap can be made out of precious metals such as gold or platinum. Those are pieces that are hardly used for their main purpose of keeping track of the time. Mostly, these are used just as another piece of jewelry in itself. The reason you should invest in a jewelry watch, is that it is a piece of jewelry first and foremost. Therefore, it does not lose its value on the market but, if anything, becomes more valuable with time.

Maintaining Your Jewelry Watch

It is very important you insure your jewelry watch as soon as you purchase it for any eventuality. Depending on the designer brand of the watch, you must follow strict service directions provided, and only take it for servicing to an authorized dealer of the brand or the same store if possible.

More care is required when you have actual gemstones on or within your watch, particularly if they are on the outside of the watch. This includes knowing how resistant the gemstones happen to be (their hardness factor), as this information will restrict what you do with your watch considerably.

For instance a diamond has the highest hardness on the Moh’s scale (a 10 out of 10) and it can only scratch by another diamond. However, something that is more brittle would be an emerald, and if it gets hit you may cause fractures that are internal and the stone.

Another maintenance task would be cleaning the gemstones. It must be done on a scheduled basis to keep your watch as shiny and sparkling as it always should be. After all when it gets down to it you are wearing a piece of jewelry even know to watch, and it should have its beauty kept With every change.

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Features That Make the Seiko Watch Stand out from the Rest

August 27th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

There are a huge variety of fine watches available today on the market, and just as many designer brands, with many different styles to suit every personality and to match every pocket. Because you can find a watch for as low as $10, the majority of us have at a minimum a couple of these different watches for different occasions such as work, the gym, or formal wear.

However, every so often we are attracted to a watch not because it tells the time but because it stands outs from the rest. This is true with Seiko watches, and let us explore together why.

How and When it All Started

In 1881, Kintaro Hattori established K.Hattori & Co. Ltd. Japan, which would later become Seiko Corporation. They started by manufacturing clocks first, then alarm clocks, and then table clocks, only to be followed by the first wrist watch in 1913. However, it was not until 1924 that the Seiko brand was used on a watch.

In 1955, the first self-winding Seiko watch was introduced, followed by quartz clocks, which served for broadcasting purposes and transistorized table clocks. By 1964, Seiko watches were invited to serve as the official timer to the Tokyo Olympic games held in Japan. This was repeated again in 1972 at the Sapporo Winter Olympic Games, which were also held in Japan. Seiko also served at several as official timer at several World Cup Soccer Championships such as Argentina, Spain, Italy, and Mexico, as well as at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.

Seiko watches were introduced in America in 1970, and were encountered with huge success, due to which they soon expanded around the world. Seiko watches also created a few firsts in their history, and a few of those are: the first LCD quartz watch with six digit digital display, the first quartz alarm display, the first multi functional digital watch, the first TV watch, first watch with sound recording capabilities, the first talking clock and the first automatic power generating quartz watch.

Some of the Reasons to Choose a Seiko Watch

It is pretty basic really, due to the fact that Seiko’s history pretty much speaks for itself. You want to make a choice of a Seiko watch due to the fact that it is very reliable. It is a trusted name around the globe at events that count precision so that they can measure victory such as at the Olympic Games. They’re also very reasonably priced.

Seiko watches come in a variety of different designs and styles. Their designs can also be specific to a occupation or support, for instance scuba diving watches, which makes it simple to pick the right one for you.

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