Rotary Watch Care

Bracelet Watches
Direct contact with sprays such as hairsprays, perfumes or detergents may cause damage to your watch.

Leather Straps
Leather straps deterioriate at different rates depending on climatic conditions, sweat acidity and levels of wear and tear. To ensure your leather strap lasts as long as possible take the following precautions: 1) avoid soaking your strap in water, 2) avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight, and 3) avoid direct contact with solvents, detergents and perfumes.

Sterling Silver
Our sterling silver watches are rhodium plated and therefore do not require regular cleaning.

Automatic Watches
The self-winding device in automatic watches keeps the watch wound while it is being worn. Off the wrist, it will keep going for between 28 to 48 hours. To restart the watch after this time, rewind it manually.

Quartz Watches
All quartz watches are powered by batteries so it is not necessary to wind them. If your quartz watch stops, have the battery checked as soon as possible. A "dead" battery may cause serious damage to the movement if left inside the watch too long. Quartz analogue watches contain both electronic and mechanical parts which require periodic servicing.

Setting the Date and Time
When making adjustments to your watch, it is advisable to take your watch off your wrist.

Setting the time: Pull out the button and rotate the hands until the correct time is shown. Remember to push the button fully home.
Setting the day and date: Pull out the button one notch, rotate forwards to change day and backwards to change date.
Setting the date: Pull out the button one notch, rotate the date, or rotate the hands clockwise until the correct date is shown.

Water Proof Watches
Aways make sure the buttons on your watch are pushed home or screwed home, before exposure to water. A hard knock might cause a watch to lose its water resistance without you realising it. Be sure to service water resistant watches regularly. Water resistant watches must be opened and closed by a skilled watchmaker.

Nickel Compliancy
All Rotary watches conform to the EEC directive on Nickel content. They comply with the procedural tests EN1810, EN1811 and EN12472 that form part of the directive, to ensure the release rate is no greater than 0.5ug/cm2/week on products in direct and prolonged contact with the skin.