H.N.Veals & Son.

Is your watch waterproof?

If you can't find the words "water resistant" the answer is NO!

If you do find them, but have not had the watch sealed within the last 12 months,
then the answer is PROBABLY!

If you have answered yes to both of the above, but have knocked the watch or dropped the watch recently, then the answer is MAYBE!

ISO 2281:1990.
This is the standard that is now in use. the words "waterproof" and "watertight" have been replaced with "water-resistant"
Watches may have; "3atm", "30m" or "100ft"  written on the dial, but this is only an indication of
the test that the watch had, not the depth the watch will go down to.

Under the rules of the test, "a low rate of leakage is permitted". 

Also, as the watch back is screwed down, the air inside is sealed in. If the air was moist,
as it would be in most rooms, then the moist air is sealed inside, ready to condense on the glass,
when the correct conditions arise.

The tests for water resistance are for a Static Water Pressure. that is water that is not moving or a watch that is not moving through the water. It is best not to use the winder, or pushers when under water.

A good tip, if you are not certain if you can, then don't!
Never use the buttons or pushers, or press them, when under water.

We sell water resistant watches.

Seiko Perpetual Calendar Watches.

Low battery indicator. As the battery becomes discharged the seconds hand will jump at two second intervals. The watch will still keep time. You have less than two weeks to obtain and fit a new battery. Depending on the model you will require a CR1612 or a CR2412, we have them both.

Fitting your battery. From the time the watch stops, or you remove the battery, you have only three minutes to fit the new battery. After this three minutes the perpetual calendar memory will have to be reset, we can do this for you.

If you have left the battery change too long, you may find that the watch will not go. Or, the watch is going, but it   indicates, low battery! You now have a problem, the date will not have the correct leap year program.
You can restart the watch and it will not show a low battery. Try this, remove the new battery. Keep it out for over three minutes. Refit the new battery only, do not try and set it. After five minutes set it to the correct time.
 

The Seiko calibers 4F32, 8F32 and 8F33 should indicate the correct date until lst March 2100. If you are still around then, you may notice that the watch did not indicate that it is a leap year and changed a day too soon.

Meanwhile you may have to set the day or time.
Time Setting. Gently unscrew and pull the crown of the winder out two clicks as the seconds hand is at the 12 o'clock position.
Turn the hands to the correct time and wait for the time signal.
Push the crown of the winder in at the correct time and if it is the screw down type, screw it in.

Day setting. Gently unscrew and pull the crown of the winder out one click. Turn the winder anti-clockwise and alter the day, this will not alter the time setting. Push the winder back in and screw down if applicable.

Date setting. Not all models have this facility. Gently unscrew and pull the crown of the winder out one click. Turn the winder clockwise and alter the date, this will not alter the time setting. Push the winder back in and screw down if applicable.

Checking the calendar. Gently unscrew and pull the crown of the winder out one click and push it back in within one second. The seconds hand should leap in five second jumps to show the year. The date will move to the number of the month. Then the date will move to show the date.

5 seconds = year 1; 10 seconds = year 2; 15 seconds = year 3; 20 seconds = Leap Year.
Number in date frame moves to 12 then 1 and back to the original date, that is lst December.

After you have set your watch, make certain that you have set it for the correct 12 hour period, if not, your date will change at 12 o'clock noon.

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Gold and Silver are soft metals, also some gem stones are harder than others, we have listed a few of them.
Below are some gems relative to; Talc the softest and Diamond the hardest.

Do you have any questions?

If you require information about watches, clocks or gold and silver, Jewellery or Horological, just ask! 

Time.

      Time, described as a non-spatial continuum in which all event occur as we pass irreversible from the past through the present to the future. Next time you argue about the correct time, just think about how we all work out the "exact time".

Time keeping, we have used the visible stars, including the sun our nearest star and the moon, our oldest satellite, to work out the correct time and at what point in the year we are. as the Earth is in an elliptical orbit, it speeds up as it gets nearer the sun and then slows down as it moves farther away from the sun. Our Earth is also nodding towards and then away from the sun, this gives us summer and winter. a discovery from astronauts is that, as with all revolving objects that are slowing down, they develop a wobble, so has the Earth. also the Earths orbit is not on a level plane, but is rising. the sun is also moving across our galaxy and the galaxy is hurtling across the universe. as all the other stars are also moving, this all make accurate time keeping based on all the above movements, not a permanently accurate method.

Atomic clock, this was invented in 1949, it is not a radio active timepiece but rather an extremely accurate measurement of the vibrations of cesium 133. A total of 9,192,631,770 vibrations, reduced to 1 hertz. The most accurate timekeeper yet. With this clock we can work out the rate at which the Earth is slowing down. but don't worry for even with the most accurate clock in the world it's hard to notice.

  A Day,  is one revolution of the Earth on its axis and is taken from noting a fixed point in the sky the next time you see that same fixed point is one revolution, or a day. We normally think of a day as from dawn to dusk but an astronomical day is from noon to noon, a civil day is from midnight to midnight and a lunar or sidereal day is measured by the moon. For ease we now measure all days from midnight to midnight and as they are all different mean time or an average time of 24 hours for each day. Few if any day is that long, most are 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. Each and every day will be affected by the winds, if they blow with the rotation of the earth, we all have a shorter day. If they blow in the opposite direction then the whole Earth slows down, but it's only milliseconds so you may not notice.

 A Sidereal Year, is calculated by the time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun relative to the fixed stars or 365.256 solar days and as we know each day is different we say, mean solar days.

The Tropical Year, or equinoctial year,  is the time interval between two successive passages of the sun through the vernal equinox, with this we have 365.2422 mean solar days.

 Calendar Year, is from January lst until December 31st, both dates included and is 365 days or mean solar days.

Leap Year, because the Earth runs at a different speed than our calendar, we have an extra day every 4 years. as that is just a little bit to much to add on, so we do not have a leap year at the start of some centuries. however, that is a little bit to much to knock off, so we do have a leap year each millennium.

Leap Seconds, one day should have 86,400 seconds, but many do not. This is because of irregular changes in the rotation of the Earth. When the total of all the tiny fluctuations accumulate to a total of a second, we have a Leap Second. The information is collected from many astronomical observatories and takes effect at midnight on December 31st or June 30th.

We sell Zodiac signs for your charm bracelet or larger size for a pendant. Made in Gold or Silver they can be supplied with a chain. We could solder them on to your bracelet for FREE.