Here are some things to look for when selecting yours.
- Impact: Impact can damage your watch. In this case, you should be careful so that your watch is safe from shocks such as throwing, falling from a height or other shocks. Your watch may fall from a height on a hard surface such as the floor or ceramic. In this case, your watch may be hit hard. It is important to know that hitting is not just about falling from a height, and some movements may also cause the clock to hit. While tennis or golf are true, it is true that there is no risk to the watch, such as falling from a hard surface, but tracking the type of movement and exercise may also cause the watch to hit and destroy the watch. We can say to this solution that hitting the clock does not just mean falling from a high height on a hard surface. Instead, in sports such as golf and tennis, with hand and body movements and running, there may be blows to the watch that cause it to break down or change its function.
- Body sweat: It is worth knowing that body and hand sweat has no effect on sports watches. Because sports watches are made in such a way that they are resistant to body sweat and sweat does not affect their performance. But body sweat from other watches, such as classic watches and leather straps, can damage their function. Because those watches are not waterproof and antiperspirant, and for this reason, body sweat has an effect. It is better if you are in an environment where you sweat or if your body is in a state where you sweat very quickly, use special watches that are antiperspirant and body sweat does not affect them. Or, if you use a classic watch, remove the watch as soon as you sweat so that your body sweat does not affect the function of the watch and cause it to be damaged.
- Temperature effects: It is worth noting that watches that work with the use of batteries, the same quartz watches, are less affected by temperature than other watches that work automatically. In this case, we can say that watches that work without batteries and automatically and show the time are more affected by temperature and their performance changes with temperature changes. But battery-powered watches are less affected by temperature, and if the temperature changes, they will have no effect on their performance, and those quartz watches will continue to function well. Batteries that run automatically and without batteries must be tuned or charged every eight hours to be able to operate properly. Temperatures between 10 and 35 degrees Celsius are suitable for this type of watch. However, if you take this type of watch out of your wrist in winter and put it at a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, your watch may not show the time accurately.
Even if your watch is at a temperature of less than 10 degrees Celsius or above 60 degrees Celsius, it will fail and cannot show the time. As a result, they do not work properly and at higher temperatures, their screens darken. But it is worth noting that there are some watches that are prepared for this type of temperatures and cold winter weather, such as mountaineering watches that can work well in these temperatures.
- Battery life: The life of your watch also depends on the battery life, and if your battery breaks down, it may cause your watch to fail. In this case, if your battery is at a temperature above 40 degrees, the battery may be damaged and even liquid may be released from the battery.
- Chemical agents: Some substances are chemical, and this type of substance can affect the life and health and even the performance of the watch. Some factors and chemicals such as gas, mercury, etc. can have destructive effects on the body of the watch, the color of the watch frame, strap, and other parts of the watch. For your watch to last longer, it is better to protect your watch from such chemicals so that your watch does not break down and its color and health remain the same.
- The color of the frame or strap of the watch: It is possible that the color of the strap and frame of your watch is gone or in some situations that the color has changed. For example, if the watch is in contact with water, water may cause the watch strap and frame to change color. In this case, the color fades or loses its clarity and becomes dull. Of course, it should be noted that if your watch strap is not made of metal and leather, these types of straps in contact with it may be damaged and it is better to clean it quickly to dry.
It is even better to know that watches use two methods to paint metal straps. One is plating method and the other is PVD. To have a watch that has a solid body color and disappears, it is better to keep the watch strap away from contact with chemicals and cologne so that the chemicals do not get into your watch strap.
Even if this type of chemical gets on your watch strap, it is better to clean it quickly, so that the chemicals do not affect your watch strap and cause it to lose its color.
How to keep the watch from getting damaged?
To keep our watch in a way that it will not be damaged, and its life will not be shortened, here are some tips that can be used to prevent your watch from shrinking and increase its life.
- Do not expose the watch to sunlight: Sunlight can change the color of your watch over time and destroy its beauty. In addition, if the sun shines directly on the watch, it will reduce its life. The battery will also be shorter, and your battery life will be shorter.
- Stay away from moisture: Moisture can damage your watch and have destructive effects on its performance. For this reason, it is better to keep your watch in a place where there is no moisture, and the product is dry. Even if your watch gets wet, it is best to soak it quickly so as not to have a detrimental effect on its performance.
- Separating the watch from the magnet: One of the things that can severely damage the watch is that the watch is near magnetic or magnetic appliances. Accessories that have magnets and magnets, such as refrigerator, washing machine, speaker and. should not be near your watch.
- Separating watches from chemicals: Some chemicals can damage your watch. Like detergents, body lotions, perfumes, or chemicals like that. Even if these types of chemicals get into the watch strap, they can cause the leather strap to rupture and the metal strap to become dull.
- Do not use while exercising: When exercising and running, I must use special watches. Because we may sweat during exercise and these sweats can damage the watch. There are some special hours for exercise that are better to use. They can even be injured for hours while running.