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How to Use a GMT Watch: Set It, Read It, Track Three Time Zones
How to use a GMT watch. How to read the 24-hour hand, set a second time zone, use the rotating bezel for a third, and tell the two types of GMT apart.
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Living with a fine watch: winding and setting, accuracy, servicing, water resistance and storage, explained simply.
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Do You Need a Watch Winder? When It Helps and When It Does Not
Do you need a watch winder? What a winder does, whether it harms or helps an automatic watch, who benefits from one, and what to look for.
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Is My Watch Magnetized? Signs, a Simple Test and the Fix
Is my watch magnetized? The signs, such as suddenly running fast, a simple compass test, what causes it, how it is fixed and which watches resist it.
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How to Clean a Luxury Watch at Home, Safely
How to clean a luxury watch at home. What you need, the safe step-by-step method for case and bracelet, what to do with leather, and what to avoid.
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Watch Water Resistance Explained: 30 m to 300 m and Beyond
What watch water resistance ratings really mean, from 30 m to 300 m and more: what you can do with each, why ratings fade over time, and how to protect your watch.
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How to Wind and Set an Automatic Watch (Without Damaging It)
How to wind an automatic watch, set the time and date safely, use a screw-down crown, and what to avoid, including the date-change "danger zone".
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Chronometer Certification Explained: COSC, METAS, Rolex Superlative and Grand Seiko
What "chronometer" means on a watch: COSC, METAS Master Chronometer, Rolex Superlative and Grand Seiko standards compared, with accuracy limits.
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How Often Should a Rolex Be Serviced? Intervals and Signs
How often a Rolex needs a service: Rolex's recommended interval, the guarantee after a service, the signs it is due, and what a service involves.
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Automatic vs Quartz Watches: Differences, Accuracy and Which to Buy
Automatic vs quartz watches explained: how each works, accuracy, power reserve, servicing and cost, plus hybrids like Spring Drive and which one to buy.
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How Often Should You Service a Luxury Watch?
How often to service a luxury watch, what a full service involves, the signs your watch needs one, how long it takes, and how to protect it between services.
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How to Size a Watch Bracelet: Links, Micro-Adjustment and Fit
How to size a watch bracelet. How tight it should be, how links are removed, what clasp micro-adjustment does, and when to leave it to a watchmaker.