Here\u2019s the thing about us watch collectors. We\u2019ll spend three months agonising over whether to buy a piece, fly interstate to try it on, read every forum thread ever written about it, and then wear it daily without cleaning it once. <\/p>
We treat the purchase like a sacred ritual but the maintenance like an afterthought. And it shows.<\/p>
I pulled a bracelet off a Tudor the other day to swap in a strap and nearly dry-retched. Months of dead skin, sweat, sunscreen and what I can only describe as inner-city grime had built up between the lugs, hidden by the end links like a dirty secret. This is a watch I wear to nice restaurants. To meetings. To places where people can see me. And underneath? Filthy. Absolutely filthy.<\/p>
So let\u2019s talk about how to actually clean a watch properly. It\u2019s not complicated, it doesn\u2019t take long, and there\u2019s really no excuse for walking around with a timepiece that looks like it\u2019s been through a tradie\u2019s toolbox.<\/p>