GOOD TO KNOW

Good to know

• WRIST SIZE = the circumference of your wrist. Important to tailor a metal strap. HOW TO: Take a string and do not overtighten it to your wrist. Take the part that falls around your wrist between your fingers and count on this.
• ALLERGIC TO THE METAL BACK OF YOUR WATCH = it can happen that suddenly you are allergic to the underside of a watch what you wear longer. SOLUTION: Cut a piece of chamois leather in the size of the back and glue them. Let dry and the problems are over. Also offers hairspray or saponlak resolve shorter time.
• BI-COLOR = Two-colored, mostly gold and silver.
• CHROME = Silver.
• DOUBLE = Gold.
• PUSH PIN SUSPENSION BRACKET = these are two names for the pin with which the strap is attached to the watch.
• CROWN OF A WATCH = the button to turn the watch winder and/or on time.
• PUSHERS = buttons to start the example the stopwatch on a watch.
• BUTTON CELL = a watch battery or a lithium battery is also called cell due to flat round shape.
• CENTRAL SECOND HAND = the second hand of a watch that rotates from the top center of the hands.
• LUMEN = luminous substance on hands and dial, which you can see in the dark or what time it is.
• FLUORISENT= luminous
• QUARTZ = a watch with a quartz movement which is powered by a battery.
• MECHANICAL WATCH = a watch with a movement which by means a spring is driven. This spring is intended to be turned up periodically (once per day).
• AUTOMATIC WATCH = a mechanical watch (without battery) what while wearing the wrist constantly winding. This is the rightfully Eco drive.
• GANG RESERVE = time that an automatic watch still runs without being worn. It varies from 24 to 48 hours.
• KINETIC WATCH = a quartz watch with a rotating flywheel by the wrist. In this way, it is current is generated which is stored in a so-called capacitor (battery). With this power the movement is driven again. This is a quartz watch and the makers call this Eco drive. This is not so because the capacitor must be replaced after approximately 5 years and this thing has nothing to do with Eco.
• PILE = battery
• LUGS = the holes in the watch case where the ends of the push pin in it.
• TITANIUM = Very light and strong metal. It is also widely used in the rocket - and aircraft industries. Titanium is gray, does not cause allergic reactions and can hardly be damaged.
• SEAL/O-RING = rubber gasket between the rear cover and the watch. At waterproof watches is also a gasket in the crown and any pushers.
• CROWN = The control for winding the watch or the hands / date side.

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