How do you lay your watches down?

[redfoxer]

I was browsing around at rolex stuff (as you do) and saw this picture:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZOkoTjhyeo/

It got me wondering about how I always lay my watch down and that I had a habit of laying it in a particular way! I started wondering how other people lay their watches.

I used to lay my watches down on the 9 side down (opposite crown) but started noticing small scratches on that side so I stopped that. I don't fully trust laying my watch crown side down so never got in to that.

I tend to lay my watch with the head towards one end of the bracelet rather than in the middle to avoid the clasp scratching the back of the case, kind of like this:



Does anyone else do this???

[Brand21]

I mount mine in a watch holder (winder if it stays off for long enough). This way it does not lay on or touch anything other than the pillow to which it is mounted. :)

[Paul_I]

I don't ever set my watches on anything solid - it's not safe.

[kaien]

Normally, it goes in my watch storage box and hugs a cushion.

If not in my box, I never set my watch on any hard surface unless there's some type of napkin, paper, or softer material. I set it like in the pic of the OP with the clasp down.

I don't like any contact with the platinum bezel on my YM Rhodium.

[MesaSean]

I keep them in their boxes.

This video here shows how Rolex recommends you lay your watch down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLuM6Tyzvs8

[behardt]

I just set it in on top of the dresser (hardwood). Usually 9 o'clock down, but sometimes crown or face. However it lands. RG/OF YM and I don't see any sizable scratches or anything.

[redfoxer]

Originally Posted by MesaSean

I keep them in their boxes.

This video here shows how Rolex recommends you lay your watch down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLuM6Tyzvs8

Interesting video! Maybe I'll give the crown side a go. Also means I get to see the dial at night

FYI, those photos aren't mine, just searched for pics to give examples but now that you mentioned it... I can't stop looking at the middle one. What's going on with it???

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[SLS]

In a watch box...although I am really not particular as long as it is in a safe location.

[polaris72]

Gently. Placing them in my fabric covered drawer at 9. Or on watchwinders. Laying down as pictured above will cause small scratches.

Then I pick them up and abuse them all day.

[bp1000]

Crown down overnight

The others in watch box in safe

[mechia]

Gently down on the wooden bedside table when I sleep , or on my home desk when im on the computer. It’s just a watch, not explosives .

[2nastie]

I lay them down like you previously did: on the 9 o'clock side. I tend to place it on a soft surface like a cushion or leather/velvet watch tray to keep it from scratching. I rarely place it right on a hard surface.

You should consider a watch tray or box. However, sometimes I'm a bit hesitant to use a watch box/tube. Reason being is my wrist is on the smaller end and there isn't much bracelet to play around with. I would typically have to force the cushion to fit in the bracelet when I close the clasp; if I keep on trying to shove the cushion in, over time I think it would stretch out the bracelet.

[Bigblu10]

They sit in a Wolf winder on the cushiony Wolf "cuff" holders. I never lie them flat like the image as the bracelet will scratch up the case back.

[lamnyc]

Crown down.

[GradyPhilpott]

I have no deliberate pattern.

[chad362wiley]

Crown down but preferably in my casebudi

[Watchmanaz]

In a protective travel case or in the original box in my safe!

[Rebel]

Watch storage box on a cushion beside the rest of the family.

[Dyim]

Originally Posted by redfoxer

I was browsing around at rolex stuff (as you do) and saw this picture:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZOkoTjhyeo/

It got me wondering about how I always lay my watch down and that I had a habit of laying it in a particular way! I started wondering how other people lay their watches.

I used to lay my watches down on the 9 side down (opposite crown) but started noticing small scratches on that side so I stopped that. I don't fully trust laying my watch crown side down so never got in to that.

I tend to lay my watch with the head towards one end of the bracelet rather than in the middle to avoid the clasp scratching the back of the case, kind of like this:



Does anyone else do this???

What's with the middle dial?

[123Blueface]

I know, it’s lei instead of lay but couldn’t resist. Sorry.

[GreatScott]

Seriously everyone? I can’t believe everyone is so careful. These are tool watches, just lay them down any which way. As long as you do it softly a hard surface does not matter. I am just waiting for someone to say “on a bed of virgin angel hair.”

[topjimmi]

Originally Posted by GreatScott

Seriously everyone? I can’t believe everyone is so careful. These are tool watches, just lay them down any which way. As long as you do it softly a hard surface does not matter. I am just waiting for someone to say “on a bed of virgin angel hair.”

Exactly. Lay the watch, don’t let the watch lay you...lol

[HogwldFLTR]

Gently!!!

Originally Posted by GreatScott

Seriously everyone? I can’t believe everyone is so careful. These are tool watches, just lay them down any which way. As long as you do it softly a hard surface does not matter. I am just waiting for someone to say “on a bed of virgin angel hair.”

As I said, gently; no reason to unnecessarily add scratches. If I have a cloth available I'll use that otherwise it's gently as possible.

[mnbookman]

Poor guy. He started to explain why wearing a watch loose affected the automatic wind and then just left it st “and it won’t work.”

I would leave it on the side, non-crown side down. That is the easiest side to refinish.

More important than the position you leave it is the condition of the surface. Everyone says “soft.” Soft surfaces can be carriers Of hard particles. For example, I refinish Rolexes all day long using soft wheels with polishing compound on them. Harden steel parts used to be polished Using copper discs to carry abrasives. Wooden dowels used to be used To carry abrasives to make perlage.

So, ladies and gentlemen, keep it clean.


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[liu_watch]

I lay my watches either crown down or 9 o’clock down.

However, I believe, theoretically, laying dial flat puts the least stress on the balance pivot; this is also why the flat position yields the highest amplitude due to lower resistance.



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[PJitz]

Originally Posted by liu_watch

I lay my watches either crown down or 9 o’clock down.

However, I believe, theoretically, laying dial flat puts the least stress on the balance pivot; this is also why the flat position yields the highest amplitude due to lower resistance.



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I believe the opposite is true, resting the watch dial up and therefore having the balance support solely by the pivot is more stressful than the alternative. However, in reality modern mechanical movements a pretty resilient to this stuff, not likely to make a difference.

[topfuel25]

He does OF owners store their watches then since the OF strap cannot be “laid” flat

[jdpny]

I don't...

[outtatime]

Err...that middle watch...

[fishingbear]

To each there own, but after around twenty years of wearing and collecting, I have never really thought about it when taking my watch off.
I’m sure there are collectors who have gotten their particular watch down to how to to rest that watch to add or lose time overnight accordingly.

Now; what is the deal with the 16610LV dial in the middle of OPs photo?!