Dear all,
Over the last couple weeks, I have read some posts in this forum about the treatments, techniques, etc... for maintaining our beloved "watches". Some of them really don't make sense to me, due to mostly my lack of knowledge to these things.
One example is the treatment of Seiko rubber straps. I read like treating GL831 straps with olive oil??? I am totally not here!! Can some one explain in plain English how it is so?
Another example is boiling GL831 in hot water will return the supple-ness of the strap. I also do not understand why at all.
Boiling in hot water for curling the strap to make it fit better is something I can understand, but the same treatment makes the strap more supple? It's beyond me.
Do you guys know of any other this kind of treatments to any part of our beloved Seiko watches? Do you care to share and educate me about how it is so? Any snake oil tricks?
Thanks,
Vincent
Over the last couple weeks, I have read some posts in this forum about the treatments, techniques, etc... for maintaining our beloved "watches". Some of them really don't make sense to me, due to mostly my lack of knowledge to these things.
One example is the treatment of Seiko rubber straps. I read like treating GL831 straps with olive oil??? I am totally not here!! Can some one explain in plain English how it is so?
Another example is boiling GL831 in hot water will return the supple-ness of the strap. I also do not understand why at all.
Boiling in hot water for curling the strap to make it fit better is something I can understand, but the same treatment makes the strap more supple? It's beyond me.
Do you guys know of any other this kind of treatments to any part of our beloved Seiko watches? Do you care to share and educate me about how it is so? Any snake oil tricks?
Thanks,
Vincent