Caring For a Pocket Watch

Jan 11
09:09

2012

Meng Lee

Meng Lee

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We, as human beings tend to care for about anything in the world.

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A pocket watch is not just your ordinary piece of watch. These watches we designed in the early 90s and as the name suggest it had a pocket to cover the watch. The watch therefore looked more like a locket that needed to be opened so that one could examine the time. This unique feature has since been outpaced with the wrist and also the wall clocks. However,Caring For a Pocket Watch  Articles there are people who still own them and you can even find them being sold at an antique or a watch shop for a reasonable price. They do make a good gift for different occasions as you could have them custom made in which ever way you like. But how do you care for a pocket watch if you own one?

Caring for one is so easy that it does not require any extra attention. All that you will need to do is to apply this few tips that some of you already know. The first way to care for your pocket watch will be to use it for its intended purpose and also to ensure that you use it the right way that is according to the environment you are in. Most people will buy gadgets and misuses them by either allowing their children to play with them thus causing damage to them. When it comes to these kind of watches, avoid bring them to watery environments. Remember that this kind of a watch is not water proof and when it comes into contact with water, it will definitely get spoilt.

Another way to care for your pocket watch will be on how well you store it. Since most people do not wear this watch in this day and age, they end up having it as a collector item amongst their other unique collections. When you choose to keep it this way, then it is important that you store it in an area that is dry from water, away from dust and direct sunlight as well. Too much of these conditions are harmful to the watch and with time you might find that it was damaged a long time ago. Dusting it once in a while will be necessary as we cannot get rid of all dust particles in the air. If you are still using the pocket watch, then it is important that you repair any damages as soon as they happen.

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