How to keep the bronze watch always like new

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How to keep the bronze watch always like new

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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.

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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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https://pinionwatches.com/cleaning-a-bronze-watch/

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http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=1683354

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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.
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Could try a, brush applied cold clear lacquer, the same stuff that's used on clock movements.
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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.
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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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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.
You mean and dont ever wear it? I guess that would work.
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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.
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I have to say that in my book bronze watches and non patination make strange bedfellows.

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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.
I thought of this approach, perhaps using a Cape Cod Polishing cloth but then realised the fatal flaw . . . . .

. . .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.
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. . .. . . . ..
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?

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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.
Not so much ‘airtight bag’ as ‘but of plastic wrapped round it’. It does appear to work as intended though.
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