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Watches: instructions for use, buying guide and advice

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Whether you're buying a watch, looking after it or using it on a daily basis, you're probably asking yourself many questions about this essential timepiece. questions about this essential timepiece. The MATY watch guide is here to help you enlighten you!

Our watch-buying guide

As jewelers and watchmakers, we share our expertise with you, to help you find your way in the the world of watches. At once technical, practical and thematic, our watch-buying guide will help you will help you make an informed choice from among the many models available on the market. You'll also learn how to use and, above all, care for your watch, whichever you prefer to wear on your wrist. you prefer to wear on your wrist.

MATY Watches

Choosing the right watch

From price to style to mechanism, the choice of a watch is based on many criteria, from the most technical to the most personal. Automatic, connected, sporty, classic... in addition to these broad categories of watches, you'll also learn how to choose the right materials for dials and bracelets. bracelets.

Metres
(m.)
Bars
(atm.)
WR 0 No No No No No No No
30 3 Yes No No No No No No
50 5 Yes Yes Yes No No No No
100 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
200 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
300 30 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
500 50 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
1000 100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Our tips for using your watch

Today, knowing how to use your watch goes far beyond simply telling the time. Between an automatic watch, a quartz model and a hi-tech connected watch that will accompany you in your professional life or sporting activities, the uses and possibilities open to you are very different. are very different.

How to care for your watch

Changing the battery, recharging, cleaning, changing the strap... it's essential to look after your watch in order to preserve it for as long as possible. to keep this everyday accessory as long as possible. Here you'll find the model, the mechanism, its age, its water-resistance or even the materials it's made of, the correct to keep your watch in perfect working order!