Watch tips blog

Mechanical watches always have the number of jewels they contain written on the calibre. Why are jewels important to mechanical watches and how do they enhance their accuracy? Find out now !

Our mission here at Toolwatch is to help every watch lover enjoying the most out of his timepieces. Things can indeed get pretty annoying when your watch starts having issues. Follow those 10 tips for your mechanical watches and you’ll keep the watchmaker away from them !

“Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified” it’s said. What does that mean and what’s the difference with a chronograph watch? Chronometer vs chronograph : fight !

You’ve just bought a new watch and you’re wondering how and when to wind it up? You’ve come to the right place: we got you covered with our tips for watch geeks 😉 Winding up watches is different regarding the type of caliber you own: automatic, hand wound or quartz movement. Let’s find out the different actions … [Read more…]

Have you ever heard that a caliber could be decorated? Have you ever wondered why? In horology, watchmakers tend to decorate their movement to enter the very exclusive world of high watchmaking. Decorations are a brand’s signature to become more distinctive. But it also happens to be useful for the caliber functioning and maintenance.

The first criterion to evaluate and compare mechanical watches was accuracy. As a matter of fact, watchmakers have always been in competition regarding the precision of their timepieces. The COSC is the most famous one certification in watchmaking, but what about the others? How does watchmakers claim to create precise mechanical watches? Who control those watch certifications? Find … [Read more…]

Water is a threat to any watch mechanism. In contact with the calibre, water could damage and eventually break some parts (due to corrosion/oxidation and the bad mix between oil and water). Are watches water-resistant? And how should you wear them? We’ll have a look at that in this article.

Mechanical watches have been fighting with magnetism ever since the very beginning of modern watches. Magnetic fields are everywhere : cell phones, refrigerators, security gates at airport but also on locks such as the ones found in handbags or glass cases.  Magnetic fields can sometimes be so strong that people wearing pacemakers should not get … [Read more…]