Bio Hazard: Vintage Armitron Filth from Cleaning
Every watchmaker’s nightmare: decades of sweat, lotion, soap, grime, and whatever else all in and over an old watch 😷
GAG 🤮 🤢
Just got done breaking down this old Armitron. Cleaned, lubed, and reassembled. What’s incircled in red is nasty gunk from someone’s wrist and whatever else. And that’s only a portion of the nasty crap.
Ladies and gents, please clean your watches. And if you can’t do it properly, have your watchmaker do it for you.
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I prefer to think of it as "seasoning" 😆
Seriously though, that's nasty...
After a particularly nasty, dirty, sandy day, I will usually completely rinse of a watch head and strap with tap water, or take it into the shower and rinse it real quick, if water is available.
Had a friend get a VERY bad case of strap rash/bite from either sand stuck in the strap, or bacteria.
After a particularly nasty, dirty, sandy day, I will usually completely rinse of a watch head and strap with tap water, or take it into the shower and rinse it real quick, if water is available.
Had a friend get a VERY bad case of strap rash/bite from either sand stuck in the strap, or bacteria.
I can’t go more than a few days without washing my watches with warm water, and occasionally I’ll use soft hand soap.
I've seen worse... way way worse.
Ugh, that's disgusting. That's why I take time to try and clean around the edges of my case and caseback, clean the bands and making sure to clean out any debris when changing batteries.