![]() Plastic watches, like Casio watches with a metal back and four screws, may be water resistant when they are sold, but when the battery is replaced, it is impossible to reset the screws with the right pressure and alongside this, the plastic case and metal screws are not a good combination because they can be stripped so easily. Let’s define what a diver’s watch is and more important what makes diver’s watch (99% of Chronograph watches are not diver’s watches even though they are sold as if they were) The buttons on chronographs are very difficult to reseal so the more functions there are, the more places water can enter into the mechanism. So if you work on these watches, you should warn the customer that you can’t be responsible for water damage. If everything is done as mentioned, a watch water resistant to 3 Bar would probably be resistant to 4 or 5 in control environmental A.K.A. Set the watch and look for any glue or silicone left over and clean it. (See our: How to Close a Watch Back article for help with this) Place it either in the groove of the case, or in the back of the watch.Īpply more silicone to the back and the case and close the watch. Now Remove the gasket from the Gasket/O-Ring Lubricator, the gasket or O-Ring should covered with silicone. The purpose of this is only to seal little imperfections that either the crystal gasket or the existing crystal glue may have. You only need to use a very small amount of this glue. Now that the crystal is either clean or new, get some epoxy, SUC Rocket cement, or G-S Crystal Glue and go carefully around the crystal and the case, applying glue on the edge. Click for more information on replacing watch crystals. There should be no cracks or damage to the watch crystal, if any are found the watch crystal should be replaced. Make sure that the stem and crown are back in place in the watch and are functional.Ĭlean the crystal of the watch and inspect. Click for more help on removing and replacing the crown and stem.Īfter cleaning the crown and the tube (the hole in the case), apply silicone in the crown and parts of the stem. If the crown is damaged, it needs to be replaced. Remove the stem and crown, and clean the case tube ( if any) and the crown. We place the new or old gasket in the Gasket/O-Ring Lubricator, and leave it there while we continue with the watch inspection.Ĭlean the back of the watch carefully, use q-tips with silicone, and make sure that both the watch back and watch case are free of any dirt or debris. (See our: How to Open a Watch Back article for help with this)Ĭheck the O-ring or gasket and replace if needed. Ultraviolet lamp (If you use an UV Adhesive).G-S Crystal Cement OR Ultraviolet Epoxy.Let’s take a common everyday watch – Fossil, Guess, even Timex, and say that we replaced the battery and now we want to be sure that this watch will be as water tight as it possibly can be. We will continue to diver’s watches in the area below. This process would ensure that a regular watch will be just as water resistant as it was when it came out of the factory. The figure they use can be in bars, meters, or feet. The watch manufacturer normally list on the dial (face) or on the back of the watch how deep a watch can be submerged in water. ![]() What we will explain here is how to make sure that watch (any watch, diver or not) lady’s or men, can be as water resistant as possible. “Water resistant” is the term that watch manufacturers use today and that can mean anything from a splash of water in the shower to a ocean dive of 100 meters. No watch can be fully waterproof, the term “water proof” in selling watches has been illegal to say in the USA since the 1960s. We’ll begin with clarifying the meaning of waterproofing.
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