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Watches should be stored at room temperature. Avoid long exposure of your watch to extremely hot or cold temperatures. Also, to prolong your watch’s life, keep it away from magnets. This can cause a disruption in the watch’s movement.

Avoid leaving your watch in extreme heat or cold. If you have leather straps on your watch, you will want to avoid getting your watch wet. When at home, you may want to store your watch in a box to protect it from dust. Taking care of your watch will prolong the life to your special timepiece.

The watchcase serves to hold the watch together and to protect it, and it typically consists of three parts: the bezel (it holds the crystal); the band (it contains the moving parts); and the back (it provides access to the working parts).

If you're like most people you have more than one watch. After all, the watch you wear to the gym probably isn't the same watch you wear to work and probably shouldn't be the same watch you wear to a formal function.

The key invention that made watches possible was the mainspring. Once it was realized that this simple spiral could hold and release energy, it was quickly adapted to timepieces. As jewelers began refining the mechanism, smaller, portable, and wearable models evolved.