Cars, Watches, and Jewellery: A Triad of Precious Possessions
The Unexpected Trio - Cars, Watches, and Jewellery
What do they have in common? They're an expensive hobby, highly collectable, flashy and shiny but most importantly give us a sense of community and achievement. So, with this comes different levels of care that noticeably intertwine with one another more and more as the years go by.
Basic Care or Concourse Detailing? Your Investment, Your Choice
You could get away with washing your car with something as basic as water and a little bit of dish washing detergent in a bucket with an old sponge you found under the sink. Or, you could spend thousands of dollars giving it a concourse detail and even add a superficial layer of paint protection that can bring it back to life better than when you picked it up new from the dealer. It all comes down to the individual and how much you choose to care for your investment.
The Evolution of Protection: From Cars to Watches
At this day and age, you can now install paint protection film to the entire car to protect it from minor scratches and damage. This then evolved onto watches. Someone out there created stickers, much like the ones that originally came with the watch from factory whereby you reapply it to your watch so as to stop it from obtaining scratches.
Why Do We Clean? An Exploration of Our Routine
One thing is for certain, is the reason we regularly clean our cars is not far different to the reasons why we should clean our watches and jewellery or anything else for that matter.
The Cycle of Wear and Tear: How Neglecting Care Can Affect Your Valuables
When it rains and that rain over time dries on your car's paint, then the sun comes out and further cakes it onto the surface and you continue to put your car through that cycle over and over without a clean is essentially what happens to your watches and jewellery when you don't clean it. Particularly if you don't remove it and keep it on during showers, cooking, washing of your hands and any other daily activities.
The Joy of Cleanliness: Cars, Homes, and Personal Items
When the car is clean inside and out, the paint glistens in the sun, we can see clearer through the windshield, and we immediately feel better for it. It gives us a sense of accomplishment and makes us proud of what we have worked hard for. Same goes for the home, we clean our clothes, kitchens, bathrooms and ourselves. We take a shower and put on clean clothes so why should it stop here?
This should be no different.
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