What's your favourite past time ? ( watches related )

[Cocobean]

I like to bring them all out, get my brush and polishing clothes to have them clean up, toy for a while before put them back in the boxes.

[ckng515]

Beside taking photo,tht's what i'll do as well...
Getting ready with the tools...








Ever since i bought the Osim USonic,it's easy to clean the bracelet...

pic borrow from the internet

[Cocobean]

CK,

Good pics and great use of those dental gears . No magnifying glass ? 

[silverstan]

where can buy polish cloth at malaysia?
I'm still looking for one..

[Cocobean]

where can buy polish cloth at malaysia?
I'm still looking for one..

Silver,

Ever notice the sales personels always have their polishing clothes in hand ? Most of the time you can see the brand name / manufacturer logo printed on it . Its given F.O.C from AD, i still have a brand new IWC polishing clothes with its plastic wrap on. You can try to ask for it on your next purchase.

[silverstan]

Thanks for the info. 
This trip going back to KL will get a watch for my wife.
will request from sales person for the polish cloth.

[danny]

Beside taking photo,tht's what i'll do as well...
Getting ready with the tools...



pic borrow from the internet

CK,
That's fantastic. I didn't know you could "floss" a watch. 
Gotta try that one of these days.
By the way what's the OSIM thingy for?

[Cocobean]

Its written on the description ' use to clean bracelet ' ...

But extensive washing on bracelet might ' wash-away ' the lubricant or grease on it. This happened to one of my watch .

Yea, light bulb appeared on my head too when i saw the cleaning pic of utilising the dental floss kit

[danny]

Its written on the description ' use to clean bracelet ' ...

But extensive washing on bracelet might ' wash-away ' the lubricant or grease on it. This happened to one of my watch .

Yea, light bulb appeared on my head too when i saw the cleaning pic of utilising the dental floss kit

The thing looks more like a rice cooker or baking machine to me. How does it work? Do you put in the whole watch for the cleaning process or just the bracelet?
 

[Cocobean]

LOL, i have no idea, chief .

It looks to me also , like an oil frying cooker, shop use for frying fish and chips . Can brother CK comes and enlighten us a little , a step by step pic will be greatly appreciated . 

[silverstan]

Correct me if i'm wrong..
i think you need to add in some liquid, and it's using ultrasonic to clean the bracelet.

[ckng515]

fyi,
No detergent is needed when you are using the ultrasonic washer.
It's specifically for jewelleries and watches cleaning.
when you place the bracelet into the washer,the vibration will clean off the dirt and grease on your bracelet.
I have tried to place the whole watch into the washer for cleaning.
Save time to clean the back of the watch.
It looks shine and bright..

[sshark]

Will the vibration too strong and cause harm to the watch mechanical parts if the ultrasonic used too often?

fyi,
No detergent is needed when you are using the ultrasonic washer.
It's specifically for jewelleries and watches cleaning.
when you place the bracelet into the washer,the vibration will clean off the dirt and grease on your bracelet.
I have tried to place the whole watch into the washer for cleaning.
Save time to clean the back of the watch.
It looks shine and bright..

[ckng515]

not sure but i saw from other watch forum some said it's harmful,some said it's fine.
i'm not so sure about tht,so far i dont have any problem with that,and i dont do it often...

[Cocobean]

Lets put it this way , the slight vibration would not has significant impact to basic 3 hands time-tell model but you surely need to worry if you are considering putting your tripple axis tourbillon there. I believed the shock & vibration we encountered during day to day activities i.e. vibration from electric-powered massager ? or vibration from idling car engine while gear engaged with your hands on the steering wheel and etc are far greater than this 'micro-vibration' .

[danny]

The ultrasonic thingy may not do much harm in short run, but it would be the perfect excuse for the service center to void your watch warranty. 

[sshark]

How do they know u r using the ultrasonice thingy in the 1st place? :-?

[danny]

How do they know u r using the ultrasonice thingy in the 1st place? :-?

Good question. I guess we can never be sure if they could tell the cause of damage to the watch, assuming that the ultrasonic cleaning is damaging to the watch in the first place, which may not be the case.
 

[takashi78]

I think its best to just clean the bracelet inside there and not the watch itself.