How To Care For Your Rolex

Fortunately, due to Rolex watches not needing a complicated care routine, they only need to be cleaned every so often, enabling you to keep your watch in the best possible condition.

Here are a few things you should know in order to properly care for your Rolex:

How to wind a Rolex

If you wear your Rolex daily, there’s no need to wind your watch. It’s important to note that if you take your watch off it should retain its ‘charge’ for two or more days, depending on your Rolex model. If the watch stops working you should manually wind it, twisting the crown a minimum of 25 times clockwise rather than anticlockwise, as anticlockwise will not do anything to your watch. This should be completed before wearing your watch again.

How to change the time on a Rolex

To set the date and time, you need to unscrew the winder and pull it out to the second notch. The second hand will stop moving, allowing you to reset your watch. Each Rolex has an individual, detailed user guide. You can find these on Rolex’s website.

How to clean a Rolex

Due to the way Rolex manufactures watches, your watch requires very little day-to-day care. When caring for your watch, you can use a soft microfibre cloth to clean the crystal, while avoiding any scratching or damage.

If you have any small scratches on your crystal, you can use a small amount of polishing compound to remove some of the small scratches by applying pressure and rubbing the crystal for 2-3 minutes. This will help to keep your watch in good condition.

To make cleaning easier, you can also remove your watch bracelet. This will give you access to the watch face. You can also use a brush and soapy water to clean your watch, but make sure the crown is screwed on tight, to ensure no water gets inside.

How to clean your watch thoroughly after swimming

Water, including salt water from the sea or ocean, is a natural element of the metal in Rolex watches. Oyster Perpetual models are waterproof to a depth of 100 metres and Celleni models are waterproof up to 50 metres.

After swimming, you can simply rinse your watch with fresh water to remove any salt or sand. Wearing your watch in the shower is an easy way to remove any grime it may have collected from swimming earlier in the day.

If you have an Oyster case, it should be completely water and dustproof. To ensure your watch is properly sealed, you should screw the crown tightly against your watch, as this acts as a hermetic seal, similar to a hatch in a submarine.

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FAQs

Why does my Rolex keep stopping?

Rolex watches tend to stop working if they haven’t been worn regularly. It could also be caused by internal issues like wear and tear, faulty parts or dirt and debris getting inside the watch.

To fix this you can try manually winding the watch to ‘charge’ it. If this doesn't work we recommend visiting a reputable watch maker to inspect your Rolex.

Can you overwind a Rolex?

No. Modern Rolex’s have the ability to prevent overwinding, as they have a built in mechanism that disengages the winding mechanisms as soon as the mainspring is fully wound.