How to keep the bronze watch always like new
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How to keep the bronze watch always like new
Hello,
Four weeks ago I got my c60 trident bronze watch. It is a great watch. Now I am more interested in keep it looking like new than to let the patina grow.
Any tips about how to clean it? My watch has started to develop some patina, and I saw in some websites that using lemon, baking soda and salt will be good to clean bronze.
Thanks,
Four weeks ago I got my c60 trident bronze watch. It is a great watch. Now I am more interested in keep it looking like new than to let the patina grow.
Any tips about how to clean it? My watch has started to develop some patina, and I saw in some websites that using lemon, baking soda and salt will be good to clean bronze.
Thanks,
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
I use Nevr-Dull on all of my non-watch items that are made of metal that tarnishes, like flashlights and pens, but I have no direct experience using this product with watches, not sure how it might affect a crystal or an external AR coating if the watch in question had one.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
The whole point of the bronze is for it to change aesthetically throughout the course of ownership rather than to remain in the shiny red/rose gold state when new though I guess you could try home made polishes like baking soda and lemon.
Though it would take a while to get the patina out and even then after a while it would lose its base sheen. You might end up unevenly corroding the case as well.
Not really recommended unless used sparingly.
Though it would take a while to get the patina out and even then after a while it would lose its base sheen. You might end up unevenly corroding the case as well.
Not really recommended unless used sparingly.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
Could try a, brush applied cold clear lacquer, the same stuff that's used on clock movements.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
A tiny amount of anti corrosion spray would keep it like new.
However, it would stink and get on your clothes and skin.
A good solution if you never wear it though.
Conformal coating as used on pcbs would probably do the trick.
I'd guess a silicone based one would be easier to apply evenly than acrylic.
On the other hand, the acrylic will be a lot easier to peel / scrape off if it looks rubbish.
However, it would stink and get on your clothes and skin.
A good solution if you never wear it though.
Conformal coating as used on pcbs would probably do the trick.
I'd guess a silicone based one would be easier to apply evenly than acrylic.
On the other hand, the acrylic will be a lot easier to peel / scrape off if it looks rubbish.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
Buy another one from CW - keep it in an airtight dehumidified bag. I think they come in a closed bag anyway, if so, don't open it.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
You mean and dont ever wear it? I guess that would work.Paul Drawmer wrote:Buy another one from CW - keep it in an airtight dehumidified bag. I think they come in a closed bag anyway, if so, don't open it.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
Yep.
Because using baking powder and lemon juice etc will get under the bezel and I reckon the bezel movement will suffer. The watch is meant to patinate, The only way to preserve the original look; is to preserve the watch.
Because using baking powder and lemon juice etc will get under the bezel and I reckon the bezel movement will suffer. The watch is meant to patinate, The only way to preserve the original look; is to preserve the watch.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
I have to say that in my book bronze watches and non patination make strange bedfellows.
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
I thought of this approach, perhaps using a Cape Cod Polishing cloth but then realised the fatal flaw . . . . .Kuztomized wrote:I use Nevr-Dull on all of my non-watch items that are made of metal that tarnishes, like flashlights and pens, but I have no direct experience using this product with watches, not sure how it might affect a crystal or an external AR coating if the watch in question had one.
. . .you'll remove the patination and bring the finish back to 'as new' but will, at the same time, polish away the brushed finish of the case.
Rinsing under the tap afterwards ought to dissolve the baking soda, perhaps using a nail/tooth brush and some shower gel as well; this should remove any deposits in the bezel movement. Won't it?Paul Drawmer wrote:Yep.
Because using baking powder and lemon juice etc will get under the bezel and I reckon the bezel movement will suffer. . .. . . . ..
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Re: How to keep the bronze watch always like new
Not so much ‘airtight bag’ as ‘but of plastic wrapped round it’. It does appear to work as intended though.Paul Drawmer wrote:Buy another one from CW - keep it in an airtight dehumidified bag. I think they come in a closed bag anyway, if so, don't open it.
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