Do You Know Your Watch Case?

When you are at the jewelry case looking at watches, you are probably not that concerned with the type of watch case each timepiece happens to have. However, the watch case is actually quite an important facet of each watch. Without the proper watch case, you may actually have a watch that will not keep good, accurate time or may be susceptible to easy damage.

The watch case is there to protect all of the pieces inside that actually make the watch tick. This is almost like how your skin is there to protect all of the vital organs within your body. The safety of all of the parts within your watch will pretty much depend on the material that your watch case is made of. The better the material is at warding off magnetism, the better watch case it will make.

For example, back in the 19th Century, the first primitive watch cases were used by taking pocket watches and placing them in a type of waxed white iron box. This box was geared to protect the watch, and even though they were efficient, it proved to be more of a pain in the neck than help when you had to open up the watch case every single instance when you needed the time.

Since then, stainless steel has been used quite effectively to make watch cases. Even though most watch cases can be decorative in nature, you now know how effective they are against magnetism and other elements that could hinder the functionality of a watch.
 posted by Watches Giant