How to use ultrasonic cleaning machine to clean the watch?

Jan 17, 2022

When a watch is dirty, it loses its original shine. Not only is it unhygienic. Perhaps most importantly, it speeds up the aging process, especially on metal watchbands. Salty dirt can cause rust and tarniness, and quartz sand in the dust can also cause premature wear on the chain, which works like sandpaper and can increase friction between the links and other moving parts. That said, it is very important to clean the watch regularly, so that it can not only maintain the luster of the watch, but also keep it in good condition for as long as possible, and minimize aging and wear.


If there are no other problems, please first use pure water to wash the watch, you can also scrub with a brush. This removes dirt and prevents buildup. However, using this method, it is difficult to get in everywhere and remove all dirt. Therefore, the most effective way to thoroughly clean the watch is to use an ultrasonic cleaner.


This is the ultimate way to clean a watch, and it is also used by watchmakers, jewelers and professionals.


When strong ultrasonic wave propagates in liquid, acoustic cavitation will occur due to nonlinear action. When the cavitation bubble suddenly closes, the shock wave can generate thousands of atmospheric pressures around it. The direct and repeated impact on the dirty layer will destroy the adsorption of the dirt and the surface of the cleaning part on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will also cause the destruction of the dirt layer from the surface of the cleaning part and disperse them into the cleaning liquid.


Ultrasonic cleaning watch appearance, be sure to comply with the following rules:

1. Do not put the top of the watch in the cleaning bathtub

The head placed directly into the ultrasonic machine is bound to be damaged: first, the vibration will push bubbles through the seals and gaskets, and second, the frequency of the vibration may interfere with the frequency of the hairspring. Now buy the ultrasonic cleaning machine comes with a special watch bracket, the bracket will keep the head in the water, while hanging the chain in the cleaning tank below. Forum has many table friends did not pay attention to this point to take medicine, movement damage, to pay high maintenance costs.


2. The household ultrasonic cleaning machine purchased by myself is not suitable for cleaning the movement

Household ultrasonic cleaning machine wash appearance also into, as for washing machine parts, or repair service agency, they all have special professional ultrasonic cleaning machine, a variety of adjustable frequency and intensity, and special cleaning fluid, dismantling machine core parts, points to pile up in segmentation basket, after a specific program after cleaning, it will be a industrial anhydrous alcohol, and then use the drying oven drying. This is not home to achieve, so professional things or to professional people to do.