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Old 12 May 2008, 09:10 AM   #1
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Newbie here...Do you shower with your Rolex :-)?

Gents... I am anticipating to get my 16710 or 116710 next week!! Not sure which model yet... its a gift from a good friend. Will post pics when I do have it on my wrist.

I have a habit of wearing my watches to sleep and the only time it comes off is when I am taking a shower or swimming. This goes for watches with leather straps. For watches with s/s bracelets.... it doesn't come off at all. I had an Oris Carlos Coste and I shower with it, swim with it and doing dishes with it :-)

Since Rolex is so durable/dependable/ waterproof(?)this incoming 16710 or 116710, I will wear it to sleep/shower/swim etc.

Is it a good practice?

Thanks guys and look forward to spend more time here

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Old 12 May 2008, 09:12 AM   #2
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I wore mine this week swimming and then showered with it. I wasn't going to leave it lying around in a public gym, and a Rolex is at home underwater, right?

Don't sleep with it on though...
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:15 AM   #3
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Why dont sleep with it on??

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I wore mine this week swimming and then showered with it. I wasn't going to leave it lying around in a public gym, and a Rolex is at home underwater, right?

Don't sleep with it on though...
Afraid of hitting the wife with the Rollie :-) ??
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:16 AM   #4
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:18 AM   #5
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Funny I never used to but I find myself sleeping with it more and more. Maybe 1 or times a week now.
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:20 AM   #6
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Funny I never used to but I find myself sleeping with it more and more. Maybe 1 or times a week now.
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:21 AM   #7
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Afraid of hitting the wife with the Rollie :-) ??
Hahaha! Still very much a bachelor, though I don't think I'd have been allowed by the last girlfriend - she used to complain about an old automatic watch I had ticking away at night!
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:28 AM   #8
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I don't shower with my watch, but I'm sure it would survive if I chose to...

By the way, there are ladies as well as "gents" in here. :)


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Old 12 May 2008, 09:31 AM   #9
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I don't shower with my watch, but I'm sure it would survive if I chose to...

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Old 12 May 2008, 09:34 AM   #10
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I do shower with my watch only when i am bored washing it
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:49 AM   #11
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Old 12 May 2008, 09:59 AM   #12
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Probably not a good idea since soap would build under the watch. I think is better to leave it apart before you shower. Good idea to shower with it if you are at the gym or in places were people you don´t know are around.
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Old 12 May 2008, 10:00 AM   #13
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No I don't and I don't really have a good reason why I don't either. I will sleep with mine on from time to time. That's all.
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Old 12 May 2008, 10:01 AM   #14
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If I find myself in a cheap hotel I might keep it on when I sleep..

As far as showering......I don't understand this.... Aren't you afraid you might scratch yourself with it, or get some hair caught up in the bracelet and causing yourself some harm











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Old 12 May 2008, 10:47 AM   #15
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Shower 5-6 days a week at the gym and never take it off there, but do when I shower at home. Gym not a safe place to leave it in a locker.
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Old 12 May 2008, 10:49 AM   #16
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I only take my watch off when I shower. I do everything else with it on :)
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Old 12 May 2008, 10:51 AM   #17
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Old 12 May 2008, 11:18 AM   #18
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I sleep, eat, drink, mow the yard, and more (wear it 24/7 unless I am doing something that can kill it) and yes shower wearing my Rolex, it's a friggin Rolex Submariner...tough as nails. Once every two weeks I use my ultrasound to clean the bracelet and clasp and use a fine tooth brush to clean around the bezel. I don't Submerge it in the ultrasound, I have heard of people doing it but I dont think all that ulrasonic vibration can be good on delicate parts of the movement.

P.S. It is insured against accidental damage, theft or loss.
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Old 12 May 2008, 11:29 AM   #19
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Wear it permenantly, always have. With my previous Rolex' too i never took them off. I even wear it when on the wrenches, or logging, whatever, they wash up fine in the shower after. Sure they can scratch a little, but its a tool watch. If i had a platty, or some thing showy, Cellini or DD or maybe something in TT or gold, then i would think twice about wearing it for work, or when dooing rough stuff, but then thats one reason i dont have such a watch!

Its there to tell me the time, wherever and whenever i want it too. My Rolex' have been in some very unplesant places i can assure you.
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Old 12 May 2008, 12:29 PM   #20
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Thats a bit of a personal question,what I do in the shower is MY business.
And yes I sometimes do,with no lasting side effects.
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Old 12 May 2008, 12:33 PM   #21
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Nope.....

....I put them on in the AM and put them to bed after work. THEN my old Seiko goes on, even before I get my shoes off. I even keep them covered in the rain as much as possible!!!!!!!

Reason....want them to look as good as possible, as long as possible. No build-up of soap or anything else.

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Old 12 May 2008, 12:38 PM   #22
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Old 12 May 2008, 12:56 PM   #23
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Try showering with your girlfriend, it's more fun and it will make you want to quit obsessing about a damn watch for a few minutes. . . or seconds anyway. LOL
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Old 13 May 2008, 03:45 AM   #25
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The first time I decided to wear it in the shower with the wifey, she said: "The watch goes or I go!!" I threw her out!!
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I only take of when i go to work or apply sunscreen!!!!
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Old 13 May 2008, 04:03 AM   #27
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I wear nothing in the shower, not even my Rolex...
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Old 13 May 2008, 04:07 AM   #28
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If I find myself in a cheap hotel I might keep it on when I sleep..

As far as showering......I don't understand this.... Aren't you afraid you might scratch yourself with it, or get some hair caught up in the bracelet and causing yourself some harm











How often do you find youself in a cheap hotel, Larry?
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Old 13 May 2008, 04:50 AM   #29
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I shower and swim with it on all the time. Even dunk it in jewelry cleaner every once in a while to remove the soap scum. Never had a problem in 22 years as long as I keep the crown screwed down.
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Old 13 May 2008, 06:11 AM   #30
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The only time my Rolex comes off is to play golf or to switch watches. Showering can't possibly be bad for the watch.
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