How to: Clean and take care of your Bronze watch | Christopher Ward
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- We're going to show you how you can take care of your Bronze watch with an easy-to-follow guide, coming in two parts...
1. How to safely clean your bronze watch
2. How to strip the aged look - or patina, as it's know - off your bronze watch, giving it a new shiny finish.
To make the cleaning paste, you will need:
- 2 Tbsp baking powder
- Lemon juice
To remove the patina, you will need:
- 1 Tsp sodium bicarbonate
- 1 Tsp citric acid
- Demineralised water
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This woman has the best voice ever 😍
Love my C60 Bronze. Patina is coming along nicely even a few green spots!!
Sean McRae patina is good but green oxidation just looks like shit.
Green spots mean that there's actual physical deterioration of the bronze...Like a tooth cavity.
I like her voice
This is why I prefer German bronze bc of the high tin %. Doesn’t patina as much so it’s easy to return to almost new and shiny. Baking soda and vinegar work well too.
That is a nice watch.
To make metal shine ... use Brasso.
Lemon juice mix with ashes of burned wood (after barbecue) should bring to sheen like gold
Super annoying not providing any clear before or after shots in the vid. Case damn near looks the same throughout due to the stealthy angles
Yeah, it didn't look completely clean at the end, either.
However, after mine came with some premature oxidation under the protective film, only doing the baking soda and lemon juice treatment cleaned it up completely. For heavier oxidation, you'd probably have to repeat the steps a couple of times to get everything.
@@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer thanks
I love patina on bronze, that's why I buy bronze watches.
good
The watch case looks the same at the end of the video
Hi, I was I would just like to ask if submerging the watch in the acidic solution in step 2 would damage seals? Thanks
As long as the sodium bicarbonate is the majority of the mix, it will be basic instead of acidic, right?
please mix Lemon and NaCl
Fantastically useful, thanks. A question if I may? Can you irreparably damage your bronze watch by allowing it to get too much patina, and especially using ‘forced’ patina methods, such as boiled eggs, ammonia compounds, sea salt, etc? Many thanks 🙏🏻
@Scott Barnett thx
@Scott Barnett thx
Despite some room for improvement, the video is a good starting point! thanks!
Is it weird that I like to reset my patina every few months max 3x a year and watch the process start over?
Cleanded mine tonight to purposely do a force patina with boiled eggs. Ha.
Would you carry out the same process with the c65 trident? Just wary about the push down crown
Enjoy my bronzos!
I have a Hamilton bronze and I’m not sure if all patina is good? I’m around the ocean often and I worry about green spots. Am I just over reacting and instead should just let natural brown spots occur? I don’t like the green is it possible to clean just the green? I want a good patina but I don’t want to ruin my watch lol
My bronze Christopher Ward gets a green build-up on the underside of the lugs frequently, I just rub it off with the inside of my tee shirt or anything soft . I check it when I take it off it only takes a minute, also the clasp does the same thing...same procedure it's not rocket science. About once a year or so I'll do the first step posted in this video.
Does any of this affect the watch seals and waterproofing.. ? They usually say don’t shower with your watch or get in jacuzzi..
Sean G The problem here is “they“. “They“ make up stuff to post on the Internet to appear knowledgeable, particularly when they know nothing. As a metallurgical engineer who Has worked around all kinds of metals, gaskets and seals, I wear my watches in the shower all the time. I guess soap might damage A watch seal if you used a very concentrated solution and immersed the watch in it for a lengthy period of time. I don’t advise doing this. However, this is extremely different, corrosion wise, than letting very dilute soap run over the watch for a few minutes at a time. I would agree not to wear your watch in the Jacuzzi, as the heat changes both the fluid characteristics of the water and accelerate any chemical reactions. As to how to clean the watch, I guess you have to decide whether you believe “them”, or the people that made the watch.
Unless you shower with toilet cleaning products your watch should have no ill effects with regular body soap.
Sean your bus is waiting
Don't shower or go to jacuzzi with expensive watches. If the water is warmer (or cooler) than your wrist (around 30 C) then various metal parts expand or shrink at different speeds and degrees and that tends to create ways for the water to get in.
@@G_Rizzly So you don’t think that the watchmaker is using seals which on which pressure is applied by screwing down? The seals just lie there waiting for any shrinking or expanding to happen? Sure - and like that you get a water resistance of up to x100 meters. I recommend looking at a table of expanding coefficients before posting such stuff.
Watches are made to mich higher standards than most people put them through. If a divers watch cannot be used for showering - the trash is the place to put it.
When showering with your Bronze Watch you get much less green patina and dirt on your watch as it is cleaned regularly. My experience by showering - just screw down your crown before…
"We recommend that you do not remove the patina. lt acts as a natural protective layer for bronze. Clean the bronze parts carefully only if you discover unsightly marks."
Would this damage an aluminium bezel insert? Better to try to remove?
lol no
No
When you're in the supermarket buying ingredients please remember, that baking soda and baking powder are two different things.
Forget all this shit, just take a cloth and put some toothpaste on it and rub the watch. It will come super shinny. Toothpaste is a light abrasive
This way wont bring the watch to Raw. It just remove a little of patina, but can not remove the dark dot on it.
Tried it
It did not work, still plenty of patina on my trident
step #2 is for removing patina, step #1 shown in this video is a lighter gentler cleaning (it will remove some patina but won't strip it all.
Does it works for stainless steel case?
Stainless steel doesn't really oxidises.
So no need to use this cleaning method.
Stainless steel is best handed with dishingwash cleaning liquid. If it's somehow stained you just need to rebrush it with a brush pad.
just wash it with water then ur done
No, the clue is in the name: "stainless"
How often should I do the cleaning?
If you really want it clean; submerge in tomato ketchup for up to 5 mins. Or drop it in white vinegar for a minute or so. Both will render the patina gone. It can however change the color of the bronze a tad, giving it a red-ish hue.
once a year
0:07 2:14
You give very precise measurements for the sodium and acid, but no indication of how much water or how long to leave the watch in the mix... Not very logical...
Smooth acceleration... it doesn't have to be precise, maybe she should have used the word "about" 2tbs and enough lemon juice to make a slurry...not rocket science here.
Enough to make a paste ….not so much you have a soup. Say hi to a little common sense
@@IverKnackerov I m saying hi to mister smug who just entered the room.
have you tried tomato sauce/ paste?
pasta pomodoro?
Do your research.
Where do I find sodium bicarbonate?
auxmike at supermarkets.. it is baking soda..
Alperen Görgün it’s weird that they call it baking soda for the first part and sodium bicarbonate in the second
ColdCaseWatches CCW nope, they called baking powder at the first part. Baking soda and baking powder are different things.
@@ag_sirius Oh interesting! thanks for the clarification.
Why in the world would I buy a bronze watch, if I didn't like the patina? Why? Why? (sigh..)
Perhaps if you liked the look of bronze when new - pre patina. They often have a gold or rose gold look that’s quite attractive, without being precious. To my taste, bronze cases look great brand new and with minimal patina. A truly deep, dull brown patina, does nothing for me. The idea that the patina of every watch is a reflection of each owner’s story or personal relationship with their watch, that’s so overblown.
By comparison, there’s very few videos of bronze case watches shown with a full patina. To done degree, that’s because it’s far more appealing to look at a brand new bronze case shining like gold, while describing the magic about to take place than it is to see one after a year of wear. This video is a great example, they clean a watch that doesn’t need to be cleaned.
@@waterfordrs22 Plus you might like the idea of patina, but not particularly unsightly marks your individual watch might develop.
YOU DIDNT TELL US HOW MUCH LEMON JUICE TO us!
Don't do it!
Please tell me why ? :D
@@duclong4910 People wants the unique patina effects on bronze case watch. If someone wants always new looking watch, they should go for rose-gold case.
just do it
This sounds like too much hassle all around. I’ve got a five year old Rolex that I’ve never cleaned which still looks like new. Fizzing bowls of ingredients bought online. Who can be arsed?
Bobby Dazzler...You've got a Rolex so why are you watching this video? Rolex doesn't make Bronze watches. Maybe you have other watches? It's not a "hassle" at all it takes very little effort to clean a Bronze watch, I'm sure you could do it, but it is just a little more "difficult" than say...brushing your teeth.
@@harryberry474 the brief craze for Bronze has come and gone. The cool kids have moved on. As you were.
@@bobbydazzler1780 - don’t kid yourself, you never were cool and definitely aren’t now.
How do I know? You own a Rolex, nuff said.
@@claywebb8199 are you OK mate? Need a hug? I’m here for you.
Very disappointing video. Sorry, but given the whole point of the video is to show the effects of two different cleaning methods, why are we not shown a clear view of the state of the watch initially and then after each treatment? You managed to show us multiple superfluous views of the back of the watch while removing the leather strap and several more wasted views of froth and fizz. Waste of time- if you are going to produce a video like this, please do it properly or not at all.
Oh shut up you utter bore.....
They showed a before and after right at the end. Yes, the video could have been somewhat clearer in the views they showed
No, it appears you missed the point of the video. The first step is cleaning the watch (i.e. a cleaning paste to remove dirt & grime). The second step shown is to remove patina from the bronze. The before and after are also shown at the end.
He didn’t miss the point. He’s right. Video didn’t show us clear before and after images. Totally silly, given we came here to see exactly what happens and how to make it happen.