Why do watches fog up in winter?
A while ago, a friend of my hometown said his watch is broken, said to spend a lot of money to buy it, I asked him why before I told me it feels like water, there is a layer of fog in it, as we all know, the north of my hometown has been very cold, especially in the wet and cold environment, the watch is more prone to fog, as a veteran can tell you for sure, this is a very common situation, it's very normal, do not have to worry about it.文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
Why is there fog in the watch in winter? How to solve, if there is fog inside the watch glass, only a small piece of the central part, temporarily appear soon and immediately gradually disappear, this is a normal fogging phenomenon, this is because the air has a relative humidity, the same inside the watch. The reason why the watch glass is formed fogging, mainly due to the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the watch glass on both sides of the large, when the water molecules in the air inside the case of the glass surface movement, the water molecules form condensation into particles.文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
However, if the watch has a fog degree to pay attention to, if the whole table glass is full, then it can be determined that the watch into the water. Especially when the watch has previously been in contact with water, such as contact with the watch after washing hands or rain drops on the watch, and then the phenomenon of table glass fogging, which indicates that the watch is definitely into the water. This is not a simple physical phenomenon.文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
How to solve it? If there is fogging on the watch glass, it can not be completely solved by direct heating and baking. The fog will disappear temporarily after the watch is heated, in fact, the water does not escape from the case, but it will run away to the location where the temperature is relatively cooler, and then the water will be sent to the place where it is colder. To fundamentally solve the problem of watch fogging, it is necessary to open the back cover of the watch, thoroughly dry the movement and case, and then replace the waterproof sealing rubber ring, or apply silicone oil on the sealing rubber ring again. If such a situation occurs, it is best to go to a professional watch repair center for inspection.文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
If you want to personally try to solve the phenomenon of watch fogging, you can pull out the watch handle completely, placed in the nine o'clock position of the watch, heated to about 50 degrees can be baked with incandescent lamps, to be 2 hours, and then the watch will be the watch pulled out completely, wrapped in a desiccant such as silica gel or calcium chloride, and placed in a box for more than 2 hours. This method only applies to minor fog, serious cases are recommended to the regular watch care center.文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
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What to do if there are water droplets inside the watch文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
For watches, even though it is still possible to see the time using a cell phone due to the popularity of cell phones nowadays, there is no substitute for the function of a watch. Watches are usually used to see the time, because it is more convenient to check the time, on the other hand, the watch can also be used as a kind of decoration, worn on the hand, it looks better, especially watches, expensive watches, with more.文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
When people wear watches, they don't want to go to the bathroom, and inevitably they will encounter situations such as rainy days, which may lead to water in the watch. Well, what if the watch is wet with water and there are beads of water in the watch?文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
One, vigorously shake the water droplets off the table.文章源自复刻手表-https://www.bbtwatch.com/en/wbzs/61892-html
If there are water droplets inside the watch, you can hold it with your hand and then shake it with force so that the water droplets on the watch will be thrown out a little bit by the gap of the watch because of the force.
Second, use hot air from a hair dryer to dry the water droplets.
Place the watch on a table and bake the hair dryer by pointing the mouthpiece of the hair dryer at the area on the watch with the water droplets, perhaps slowly drying the water droplets on the watch.
Three, dried in the sun.
For water droplets in the watch, you can place the watch on the terrace for sunbathing, which is also more effective in removing water droplets adhering to the watch.
When you leave your watch on the balcony to dry, you must remember to retrieve it so that the morning fog doesn't put the watch back on the watch or raindrops.
Fourth, remove the table yourself and wipe it with a clean paper towel or rag.
It is also good to remove it yourself. If you are more hands-on, you can remove the meter yourself;
After disassembling the watch, wipe off any water droplets on the watch again with a clean paper towel or cloth to ensure that it will dry for final installation.
Five, go to the maintenance center for it.
Because the parts of the watch are relatively small, we may not be convenient or even know how to dismantle it, and there are a lot of water droplets on the watch, in order to prevent the water droplets from affecting the watch and leading to damage, we can take the watch outside to a professional watch repairer to help us clean up the water droplets inside the watch.
How to prevent water ingress in mechanical watches
Recently, I found that the automatic mechanical watch mirror I was wearing appeared to have a layer of foggy water, and this problem caused me concern, so I personally checked to see if people had similar problems, and it turned out that this problem is very common. So how does this problem develop and how can it be solved?
Since there is water mist in the mirror of a mechanical watch, water vapor inside the mechanical watch will naturally enter. Generally speaking, although the mechanical watch is sealed, since there are many parts in the mechanical watch, and, in the combined parts of each part, there will be a very fine gap. If a mechanical watch is used for too long, its gap will also become bigger. If encountered back to the south day, rainy days, or wearing the table to wash hands, washing clothes, etc., water or steam will enter from these tiny gaps, room temperature, will not appear, a single temperature suddenly become cold, the water vapor inside the mechanical table will condense into water droplets attached to the mirror.
When encountering such a problem, the lighter one will affect the perspective effect of the surface, and a layer of whiteness will be seen from the outside. Mechanical watch inner parts rust will affect the degree of lubrication of the mechanical watch inner parts table, so that the mechanical watch lubrication decreases, affecting the precision of the mechanical watch, but also accelerate the aging of the mechanical watch.
Such problems need to be dealt with or repaired in a timely manner, and in fact most of them can be resolved in the following ways:
roasting
As we all know, the crown is used to adjust the time and wind the watch, and let's not forget that it's also a major source of water ingress in mechanical watches. Whenever you adjust the watch, the crown has to be pulled out so that there is a certain gap. At this time we also use this gap to remove water vapor from the mechanical watch.
Pull the crown to first or second gear, wrap it in a paper towel or cloth with strong absorbency, and then use a 40w incandescent bulb (which will heat up anyway), or in the sunlight, bake it while observing it, and it will be defogged in about half an hour.
absorbent drying
In the purchase of most of the sealing package, are labeled "Do not use" sachet, in fact, he is a desiccant, can be sealed to maintain a certain period of time for the drying effect of the package. With this method to the mechanical table to fog, is also feasible.
First of all, prepare a packet of desiccant, the more desiccant the better, of course, some people say lime can also be, I do not recommend, lime is not suitable for the operation) and a airtight container, mechanical watches are also used to make a sealed container, mechanical watches are also used to make a sealed. The time is related to the amount of desiccant, the longer the shorter.
fan-drying
Hair dryer is a very common tool, commonly used it to blow dry hair, easy to operate, plug and play, every household has. If you use him to mechanical table to fog, is also feasible, the method is as follows:
Prepare a hair dryer, first of all, the mechanical table side with fixed, mechanical table back cover is usually stainless steel cover (of course, there is also a see-through cover), the crown is still to be dialed out, hairdryer electrified, adjusted to a low gear (the temperature can not be too high, easy to caramelize the internal parts of the movement, the wind speed should not be too large), blowing to the metal of the location, the use of entering the thermal conductivity, so that the core temperature rises, the water vaporization, and with the crown seams discharged. This method can be used repeatedly to ensure that all the water removed from the movement.
If the water in the mechanical watch is too heavy, the hair on it cannot be completely removed. Then you need to send the watch after-sales, or maintenance center to deal with, so as to avoid the machine watch inner core parts oxidation rust, accelerate the aging of mechanical watches, reduce life. These methods above, other watches can also be used Oh.
What to do with water in a quartz watch
Very thin and light quartz watch, many friends are very like to wear. However, the waterproof level of quartz watches is generally not high, basically about 30 meters of waterproof life, so in the use of a little careless will appear in the watch into the water. What should I do if my quartz watch is waterlogged? What is the treatment method of quartz watch water? Let's share it with you in the next step!
Unlike mechanical watches, quartz watches and electronic watches are made up of components such as resistors, capacitors and batteries, and water itself is a good conductor, the electrons will "flow" in the water, the amount of water in the short term will burn out the quartz substrate, the amount of water in a short period of time may not be a problem, but a long period of time in the water will be permanent damage to the circuit board.
If the water ingress is not serious and only beads of water are attached to the watch crystal, the treatment is better. You can use several layers of toilet paper or moisture-absorbing flannel bag tightly, placed near the 40-watt light bulb (about 5 cm) baking half an hour or so, you can convert the moisture inside the watch into steam and discharged. It should not be delayed for too long, otherwise it will easily cause rusting of parts and damage to the circuit board.
In addition to the above methods, you can also directly use gauze to wrap the small piece of calcium chloride or silica gel, then remove the watch cover, and then use the gauze wrapped calcium chloride to seal with the electronic meter into a plastic bag or carton. Wait half a day and then take the watch out, you can see the electronic meter water gas disappear.
If your quartz watch is heavily waterlogged, you should pull out the handle at the first opportunity to stop the watch. Afterwards, it will be promptly sent to a watch repair store to be handed over to a specialist!
