No I was not afraid to swim with my all gold rolex in salt water but...

[A.Sharp]

I wasn't nervous to swim with my all gold rolex this morning... And am not going to be when I wake up in the am either, however...

I've taken two squeaky clean showers and shampooed up my watch and have still found some salt crystals on the surface edge of the links - when you hold the links together. It's not a little either, or like I was looking for it there. It just was surprisingly a decent amount of salt still on my watch.

Thus,

1. What the heck?
2. Makes me think if dirt and grime can get in the links and cause stretch, than you would think such a corrosive substance like salt that eats away paved city streets would do some serious mortar and pestle work inside my links..., especially before I can get to a shower after salt water submersion.

I've read previous posts on how someone's dad or whatnot dives everyday with their gold watch and there was never any issue etc, but my experience so far is darn, it's not rinsing off as mindlessly and easily as I had assumed.

Thoughts?