How To Clean Silver at Home - Mechanical Pocket Watch Case

This low cost method of cleaning silver at Home is great fun to do. Removing black tarnish from silver is pretty simple. Here I show how to use some common inexpensive ingredients (Baking Soda, Salt and tin foil) and an easy to follow process to get your silver really clean. Whilst in this video I clean a mechanical pocket watch the method is also perfect to ...

Clean silver ring, clean silver chain, clean silver cutlery and clean silver necklaces

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In the United States

Watches less than $50

Casio Men's MDV106-1AV 200M Quartz

Invicta Pro Diver Quartz - 41mm - Stainless Steel

Watches less than $100

Invicta Pro Diver Automatic - 41mm - 18K Gold Plated

Invicta Pro Diver Automatic - 41mm - Stainless Steel

Watches less than $200

Seiko 5 SPORTS Automatic

In the United Kingdom

Watches less than £60

£39!!! Amazing value!
Invicta Pro Diver Quartz - 43mm - Stainless Steel & Leather Strap

Invicta Pro Diver Quartz - 41mm - Stainless Steel

Watches less than £100

Invicta Pro Diver Automatic - 41mm - Stainless Steel

Casio Men’s Core Dive - 44mm - Stainless Steel

Watches less than £130

Invicta Pro Diver Automatic - 41mm - 18K Gold Plated

Seiko 5 Sports

[robertproctor]

Thanks Richard for sharing your expertise.
Robert

[JackJazzm]

Very useful information here👍🏾
Thanks for sharing

[PINKFLYD-sh]

I love the Cape Cod cleaning cloths over the liquid version

[dislikes]

... many thanks! I have boxes of these old silver watches that barely run. My roommate is all about the silver value. But I enjoy then to display for the workmanship of the makers.

[DonnyHootieHoot]

I know this is odd but I prefer the polished look of "Silverine" or "Silverode" to real silver. I know the value isn't there just that shine! Of course you can give me gold over either! Great video.

[SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Did the same with silver teaspoons, without the table salt, and that also works fine :)

[stphn]

hi Richard could you show how you put the glasses in this pocket watch

[verdecillo]

Thank you for this great video. I have one quick question: I assume this type of cleaning with that chemical reaction removes not only the tarnish, but also any grease and oils as well. So...when your done with the cleaning, do you lubricate the hinges of the front and back covers? (I have a watch with an identical case that needs a cleaning like this, but I notice that the covers are already just a bit stiff to open... If I do this cleaning maybe that will loosen them by eliminating the grime buildup, but I was wondering if I should oil them a bit afterward...). Thanks.

[circlesphere]

Love your videos Richard. Could this process be used on a tricolor watch, as in silver base but with ornate decorations on the front and back that are yellow, green and orange?

[seangerst]

Hey nice Video.👍🏼👍🏼😊😊
I am working on an old ladys pocket watch. The case ist silver but around the edge it looks like copper, can i put it in the solution? Or should i look for something else?

[akbunny]

Excellent Richard, thank you so much.... ;-)

[boydsargeant]

Thanks Richard, I’ll have a go at this on a silver pocket watch I have. It’s a cylinder escapment and no keyless works, same key to wind and set hands. How old could it be do you think? Thanks, liking your videos.

[boydsargeant]

Thanks again Richard. Can gold cases be cleaned the same way?

[billwills]

What did you use to take it out of the pocket watch case what did you use to remove the hinge

[robertaguilar]

How did you remove the dinner mechanism?

[jeelthakur]

Hello I have an old pocket watch. The seconds hand has come out.
Is it repairable or there is no way to restore it ??
Its a super old watch

[waterfordrs]

How would you maintain this appearance after the watch has been restored?

Is this method safe for a modern watch such as the Tudor BB 925 which has very good water resistance? The watch also has brushed surfaces that one wouldn’t want to see polished away by say a polishing cloth.

Regards

[gabrielmarquardt]

Will this work on (nickel) oresilver/silveroid cases?

[jasonchev]

Must the crystal be removed to do this?

[graggdevin]

can You do that with gold filled cases?