Omega’s Recommendation’s to Protecting Your Watch
Prevention is always, always better than cure –it’s also cheaper. You might want to save a few extra bucks by following in the Omega’s recommendations and delay the repair process as much as possible.
Direct Chemical Contact
Direct contact with cosmetic and chemical products like detergents, perfumes, solvents, and alcohol can damage the bracelet, crown, the case and the gaskets –avoid it as much as possible
Shock Resistance
Avoid abrupt and sudden wrist movements. This will protect your watch from shocks and preserve the automatic power reserve as well.
Omega tests its watches according to the official Industrial Norms of the Swiss Watchmaking Industry and the internal norms of Swatch Group. Although all of the OMEGA watches have a 5000g shock resistance value, it’s advisable that you don’t test the limits.
The Leather Strap
Here’s how to preserve the color and condition of your Omega watch’s leather strap for as long as possible.
- Keep it away from water, dampness and prolonged humidity
- Keep it away from prolonged UV rays
- Keep it away from oil and chemical based substances like grease, perfumes, detergents, solvents, and alcohol.
- Regularly clean your leather strap with leather cleaners
Temperature Resistance
Prolonged exposure to the sun is generally bad for all kinds of machines, luxurious watches or not. So try to avoid staying in the sun for too long with your Omega baby on.
Avoid extreme temperatures on both ends of the spectrum, the hot and the cold. Also, try not to switch abruptly from one extreme temperature to another –for example, stepping into the scorching heat after sitting in an air-conditioned office for hours.
Water Resistance
Omega tests its watches according to the official Industrial Norms of the Swiss Watchmaking Industry and the internal norms of Swatch Group –however, no watch’s water resistance has a permanent guarantee so make sure not to test it out too much.
Have the water resistance mechanism checked out at least once a year by an authorized OMEGA service center?