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Take good care of your watch.
Every Charles-Auguste Paiard watch is an outstanding crystallization of exquisite watchmaking craftsmanship, vividly demonstrating the brand's ultimate pursuit of details. To ensure that the watch always keeps accurate time, operates stably and reliably, and can be passed down through generations over time, wearers can refer to the following usage and maintenance suggestions:
Standardized Operation: Please carefully read the watch instruction manual and strictly follow the guidance on function adjustment, daily use, and maintenance in it for operation.
Seal Inspection: It is recommended to regularly have the watch's seal inspected by an authorized watchmaker. Accidental bumps to the watch may damage its seal and affect its water resistance.
Proper Winding: For manually wound watches, it is recommended to wind the watch once every morning. If you own an automatically wound watch but wear it less frequently, it is more appropriate to wind it once a month. When winding the watch, you can take it off your wrist to make it easier to adjust the crown.
Environmental Protection: Avoid exposing the watch to extreme temperature environments, and also prevent the watch from being impacted and scratched. If the watch is accidentally bumped, it should be immediately handed over to an authorized watchmaker for a comprehensive inspection. In addition, try not to wear the watch during strenuous and vibrating sports. Although Charles-Auguste Paiard has effectively controlled the influence of magnetism on the watch by using a silicon hairspring, long-term exposure to a strong magnetic field may still interfere with the normal operation of the watch.
Water Resistance Assurance: Ensure that the crown and all buttons are in their original positions to maintain the watch's good water resistance. For watch models equipped with screw-down crowns or buttons, after the operation is completed, be sure to screw them back in place.
Power Reserve (Automatic)
The movement features an automatic winding mechanism, activated by wrist movement. Wearing the watch 10 - 12 hours daily usually builds enough power reserve for night - time operation. So, wear it this long daily for several days.
If worn too briefly, with limited wrist activity, or not daily, power drains. Then, manually wind the crown 15 - 20 times to replenish it. This applies to new mechanical watches and those with irregular use.
Contrary to common belief, merely shaking an automatic watch doesn't adequately wind the mainspring or store power. Lack of proper winding will eventually halt the watch and compromise accuracy.
Leather Strap
In order to maximize the service life of
the leather watch strap, it is recommended that you follow the following
maintenance steps:
Waterproof and moisture-proof: Try to avoid
contact between the strap and water and moisture to prevent the strap from
changing color and deforming due to moisture, which may affect its appearance
and wearing experience.
Avoid exposure to the sun: Do not expose
the strap to the sun for a long time. Ultraviolet rays will accelerate the
aging of the leather, causing the strap to fade and shortening its service
life.
Keep away from oil stains and cosmetics: Leather has strong permeability. Once it comes into contact with greasy
substances and cosmetics, the stains are difficult to remove. At the same time,
do not use leather cleaners to clean the strap to avoid damaging the material
of the strap.
Common Knowledge about Watches
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The most obvious difference between an automatic winding movement and a manual winding movement lies in the way of winding. For a manually wound watch, the wearer needs to wind it manually every day to replenish power for the movement. On the other hand, an automatically wound watch is equipped with an automatic winding device. Relying on the kinetic energy generated by the wearer's daily wrist movements, the oscillating weight in the device rotates, thus achieving automatic winding.
An automatic mechanical watch drives the internal mechanism to operate through the natural swinging of the arm during daily wear, replenishing and storing energy for the mainspring to maintain timekeeping. If the daily wearing time is less than 8 hours or the amplitude of the arm swing is small, the watch will obtain limited energy and may stop running due to insufficient energy.
When the watch has not been worn for a long time, when it is first used, it is necessary to turn the crown about 30 times by means of manual winding to reserve sufficient energy in advance to ensure the stable and accurate timekeeping of the watch.
The water resistance performance of a watch is not constant and may change over time and with use. The aging of the water resistance gasket or accidental impacts on key water resistance components such as the crown, buttons, and crystal mirror may weaken the watch's water resistance function.
