Is My Watch Antimagnetic? ISO 764 and 4,800 A/m Explained
"Antimagnetic" on a dial usually means ISO 764: survive 4,800 A/m (about 60 gauss) and stay within 30 seconds a day. What that rating protects against,…
Fossil Chronograph Hand Not Returning to Zero: How to Reset It
A Fossil chronograph hand that stops at 2 or 58 seconds after a reset has lost its zero memory, usually after a battery change or a…
How to Check Watch Accuracy With a Phone App
A free app tells you how many seconds a day your watch gains or loses. The two kinds of app, which one answers which question, and…
How to Charge a Casio Tough Solar Watch (and How Long It Takes)
Casio's own tables say five minutes of sunshine buys a day of running, but office lighting needs eight hours. How to charge a Tough Solar watch…
How to Clean an Omega Speedmaster (Including the Hesalite Crystal)
The Moonwatch is rated to 50m but its pushers do not screw down, and its crystal is acrylic. How to clean the case, bracelet and Hesalite…
Seiko SKX Bezel Insert Replacement: A Step-by-Step Guide
The SKX007, SKX009 and Seiko 5 Sports SRPD share one insert size, so parts are easy to find. Getting the bezel off and back on without…
Rinsing a Dive Watch After Saltwater
Seiko's manual says to soak a dive watch in a bowl after the sea, not run it under a tap. The right rinse, why the bezel…
Dive Watch Lume Not Glowing Like It Used To
Tritium lume fades for good, while modern Super-LumiNova never decays but needs proper charging. How to tell which you have, and when dim lume is a…
How to Store Multiple Watches
Storing several watches well comes down to separation, humidity, magnets, and treating quartz, automatic and solar movements differently. A short checklist.
Watch Repair Tool Kit: What You Actually Need
Most kits are forty tools you will use six of. The six that handle strap, bracelet and battery jobs, the one tool worth paying more for,…
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