According to legend, the watch should be placed on the safe, which is obviously not enough. A watch industry insiders said that the watch to maintain the best condition and hope that the hands of the future can have a good selling price, regular cleaning is a very important part. In accordance with the frequency of 3 years of maintenance time, each about 5,000 yuan roughly the price of routine maintenance, 30 years of maintenance cost input is estimated at 60,000 yuan.
Watch manufacturer Cartier explained that the main reason for maintenance watch movement needs to be clean. Changes in viscosity of the lubricant. If you do not wear a few months but also let the watch run a few days before re-establishing accuracy. Omega pointed out that watches need regular maintenance to ensure perfect operation, and maintenance is entirely dependent on the style of the watch, the weather and the wearer's usage. According to insiders, watch maintenance projects generally include the replacement of waterproof components, test travel performance and movement power consumption, cleaning movement, and maintenance of appearance. If it is a watch should even get the original designated service center for maintenance, so as to effectively extend the watch's use of time. This reporter learned that different types of watch maintenance is also different pay attention. For example, quartz watch, due to its battery can only be used for 2 to 3 years, so the quartz watch to be timely replacement of the battery. As for the waterproof watch, the best waterproof test every year, this program generally only takes a few minutes to complete. Basically, the official advice given by the watch is 3-5 years to conduct a maintenance, but the maintenance costs vary widely.
Maintenance of the major watch requirements
Patek Philippe: Currently in Shanghai can provide the maintenance of the table service. Customers use the watch every 3 to 5 years to clean and refuel. Simple function watch maintenance threshold about 6,000 yuan, the price does not include the cost of polishing the strap, the latter need more than 1,000 yuan. Since March this year, Patek Philippe implemented a new maintenance service rates (in Swiss francs, 1 Swiss franc or about 6.73 yuan). It is reported that according to different product types, from the lowest quartz price of 550 Swiss francs to complex functions II (referring to some high-level watches) 1500 Swiss francs, for more advanced watches and watch the age of more than 20 years of classic series, Patek Philippe Then take a "valuation" way to charge.
Rolex: It is recommended to carry out a maintenance around 4 years, depending on the maintenance fee charged by different models, the price is about 1000 ~ 3000 per month, the main service is cleaning the movement.
Routine maintenance should normally include items
Disassemble the watch and check all the parts
Clean and replace essential basic movement parts
Grease and adjust
Replace the crown if necessary
Replace the bezel connector
Replace the table back connector
Routine quality inspection
Omega: The customer usually has a 2 year warranty after purchasing the watch. Regular maintenance period is usually every 4 to 5 years. It is recommended that customers take the test regularly once a year or six months. But for the maintenance of quotation, the other insisted that after testing to provide the price, in theory, maintenance costs and watches into a certain percentage of the price.
Cartier: Guangzhou store also need to be sent to Shanghai Service Center, and recommended every 5 years to Cartier service center to check a watch, maintenance with mechanical cleaning, waterproof apron replacement. Leather strap products for 3,000 yuan, metal strap products due to renovation and polishing involved in the maintenance price will be higher.