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My AD (and some here) have suggested I can clean my steel case and steel bracelet under running water with a brush. I assume that the brush needs to be stiff enough to do the job but not so stiff that it can scratch the polished steel. Any suggestions? Would a toothbrush be approriate (without the toothpaste of course!)?

Soft toothbrush.


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SHARKMAN

Just remember to keep the crown screwed in (or pushed in if it's not a screw crown) and don't use the pusher-pieces while it's wet. It's also worth knowing what watch it is : if it's a Navi you might want to be even more careful when running water over it. If you do, do not run the water more than a VERY light trickle and don't concentrate the watch stream on the crown, pushers, or the joint between the bezel and the case

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I suggest Veraet Watch Spray....Great stuff.
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Your watch will really shine and as the name implies
it's made for watches.

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Thanks. It's an older chronomat-style with a screw down crown (B13047). I am actually more concerned about cleaning the polished metal strap than the watch itself, which I can do a bit more carefully. I will definitely look into the spray, thanks.

You can take the bracelet off of the watch and put it through an ultrasonic cleaner - any jeweller should be prepared to do that for you for just a few bucks. Just don't put the watch itself into an ultrasonic!

No clue why it never occurred to me to take the strap off. Thanks

Rainy day. Not much to do so with the proper tools this afternoon...
Best,
Ron

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I found that a liquid stainless steel cleaner rinsed off with liquid soap & water i use on high end cars, gives great results, ......moreso if the bracelet is off the Ling.........then a mix of Autosol diluted down with the steel cleaner on the now laid flat bracelet, applied with even same way strokes on a microfibre cloth gets the scratches out also,....... or pay a jeweller to do it!!!!

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Bought some of the Veraet watch spray. Not sure it would work well for a watch that was heavily soiled, but for my purposes it worked great and seems very gentle. Thanks for the advice!