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| Cleaning the watch? | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 23rd, 2013 09:51 pm |
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Patrik72 3T WIS 
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So here is my dilemma... I bought a ultrasonic cleaner which is a great tool/machine to clean up the SS bracelets. But is it ok to put the watch in the machine as long as its waterproof, by this i mean watches that use manual or automatic movements? Heard that it is harmful but no one has so far confirmed that it actually is. For those who dont know what a ultrasonic cleaner is: It is a machine that uses ultrasound to clean metals,plastic and so on. No chemicals are involved in the process, the object sits in a small container filled with only normal water. Ultrasonic soundwaves are then creating thousands of vibrations per second to clean out the smallest of hairlines and the very hard to reach places like between the links.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24th, 2013 08:12 am |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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NO,I wouldn't. How bad can a watch get that a little soap and a old toothbrush cant clean up? That's as far as I would go.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24th, 2013 07:35 pm |
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OldeCrow 3T WIS 
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What Tony said! I don't think there is much chance to real damage being done but it is high energy vibration so it's probably better to not tempt fate!
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24th, 2013 11:56 pm |
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Patrik72 3T WIS
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Thanks for the replies gents! I wont be putting any of my mechanical watches in the machine then. Better to be safe then sorry.  If one is like me and buy watches that are not new. Its pretty nice to really clean them up. I can live with my own "crap" that gets accumulated in the engravings,scratches,between the steel links and so on. Anyway, its a great little machine that i do recommend. Why? Well, one is not limited to just cleaning a watch bracelet. Jewelry, glasses, CD´s, carburetors and anything else that does not get destroyed by water can be put in it. The results are much better then what i will ever get with a toothbrush, and the object is clinically clean after the procedure. Right now i dont have anything left to clean. So unfortunately i cant provide you guys with before and after photos, or a video. 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29th, 2013 02:20 pm |
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OldeCrow 3T WIS
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Patrik I clean case and bracelet parts all the time in my ultrasonic cleaner, of course I disassemble the watch to do this. As long as the movement and dial are out you should still be safe to clean the case assembled, one thing to consider is watches like seiko have a chapter ring that installs from the front and if you leave the chapter ring in the watch case it may come out of the ultrasonic cleaner without paint and markers! You should remove the crystal and remove the chapter ring prior to ultrasonic cleaning on watches with this design. Models that have chapter rings attached to the dial or no add on chapter rings like rolex submariner for example you can throw in the ultrasonic cleaner with the bezel and crystal still installed. If you only use water you wont have to worry about the bezel inserts even. If you use any kind of detergent then you may want to remove bezel inserts too. I use a small amount of dishwasher detergent in my ultrasonic cleaner because it cleans very well and doesn't have a surfactant so it doesn't foam or bubble up. If and when you do advance to cleaning actual watch movement parts you will want to use watch cleaning solution because household cleaning solutions are too costic or will cause ferrous metals to rust so you will remove decorative gold plating and ruin mainsprings and older screws!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 30th, 2013 05:48 am |
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Patrik72 3T WIS
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OldeCrow wrote: Patrik Thanks for the tip! As you said. I only use warm tapwater and a little dishwashing detergent. Atm i dont have a need to go any further then cleaning SS bracelet or a few broken watches with a quartz movement. So far they came out looking brand new, minus the scratches and hairlines. I put the case from a Pulsar with the sapphire still attached into the machine. Worked like a charm. Love how it clean places where one cant reach with a brush. Like the inside of small holes where the pushers or a crown goes.  Attachment: DSC_0005 (2).jpg (Downloaded 8 times) Last edited on Sat Nov 30th, 2013 05:52 am by Patrik72 |
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