Cleaning my Rolex

[Cesium137]

Originally Posted by IsaakZ

Amen I’ve recently seen the sticker bashing after I posted this lol.

I’ve learned my lesson on stickers that’s for sure.

Thanks everyone, plan on washing the watch later today I’ll post before and after pictures for sure

I actually learned a couple of things from the thread. Keep in mind, though some are helpful, many on the forum enjoy judging. Personally I could careless if you keep the stickers, take them off, chew on them or wear the same underwear for 6 straight days. Whatever floats your boat, rock on. Thanks for the thread because there were a couple of pearls of wisdom.

[Dsmith1974]

I’d wear it in the shower to easily wash it with soap and water daily. I’d take the stickers off too because I’d want to think of it as a metal watch and not a plastic one.

[SearChart]

This is what happens when you never clean it.

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=686909

[IsaakZ]

Originally Posted by SearChart

This is what happens when you never clean it.

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=686909

Ew thanks for the insight, mine is not remotely close to that and I will NEVER let it get to that.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by IsaakZ

Ew thanks for the insight, mine is not remotely close to that and I will NEVER let it get to that.

Good

Just wash it regularly, wipe it with a microfiber cloth and you're good to go

[42itus]

OP, props to you for replying to everyone and not letting this thread turn into another sticker bashing thread. Enjoy your watch and looking forward to pics!


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[tyler1980]

Originally Posted by Cesium137

I actually learned a couple of things from the thread. Keep in mind, though some are helpful, many on the forum enjoy judging. Personally I could careless if you keep the stickers, take them off, chew on them or wear the same underwear for 6 straight days. Whatever floats your boat, rock on. Thanks for the thread because there were a couple of pearls of wisdom.

i think its acceptable to wear clasp stickers for up to two weeks.

I always smash my watch on something when its brand new then i never seem to do it again.

Cant bring myself to keep any stickers visible to anyone else on though. its a bridge too far.


Thats my rule. works well although i do usually take all the stickers off right away, but i kept the clasp ones on the pt daytona the two weeks

[Johny]

HI OP.

Make sure that the crown is screwed down before you get it under the mixer tap.

[blue lion]

Originally Posted by mmmmp

Well, half the title is accurate!

I maintain, it's a ridiculous question and the replies have been more jokes than harsh words. How, on God's green earth, can someone wear, let alone be proud and *seek* expert advice on the best way to CONTINUE to wear a beautiful Rolex with sickening stickers all over it consider that normal? Then, a little helping of truth comes his way and he's crying *we're* having a '***** Friday in gutteral language.

For a relatively new member, posting an *extremely* unusual question and getting rattled by a few jokey replies is rather, well, silly. I think a Rolex watch, like any fine machine, car, or any other piece of art should be treated with respect. Leaving grungy, dirty - soon to be filthy - plastic stickers on it doesn't fit my idea of respect. Whatever....

Do as you please, but my opinion is as valid as anyone's, so respect that my friend.

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[blue lion]

If I bought a 6 year-old watch from someone else I would send it in for service. Too soon? Maybe. But do you truly know? From that point on it's your watch and you know how it's been treated.
I would not send the watch to RSC just for a cleaning.
Our watches seem to be going up in value, why not take the time and expense to make sure they are working correctly?
Like a nice sports car where you drive it like you stole it, wear the watch and enjoy it.

[Cesium137]

Originally Posted by tyler1980

i think its acceptable to wear clasp stickers for up to two weeks.

I always smash my watch on something when its brand new then i never seem to do it again.

Cant bring myself to keep any stickers visible to anyone else on though. its a bridge too far.


Thats my rule. works well although i do usually take all the stickers off right away, but i kept the clasp ones on the pt daytona the two weeks

I cringed when you said “smash my watch on something”, meanwhile glancing at your platinum Daytona picture. Beautiful watch and the best of the (subdial) options.

[waynorth]

Up here in Alaska, I hike to the glacier to get the most pure water on earth; I then warm the water on the woodstove to a balmy 120 degrees. I then let it cool for four minutes, add a handful of black spruce tips and birch bark, and proceed to let it soak in this melange for ten minutes. Afterward, I dry it in my sled-dog's thick, down-like fur; this is like nature's best sponge and promptly powder with ground up fireweed flowers. At night, it sleeps outside under the aurora borealis and fresh mountain air.

[tyler1980]

Originally Posted by Cesium137

I cringed when you said “smash my watch on something”, meanwhile glancing at your platinum Daytona picture. Beautiful watch and the best of the (subdial) options.

its true though. the majority of the big scratches on all my watches happened within the first couple weeks. I have no idea why


i got this one on my AP on the second day.... nothing for the following 3+ years. The pic is from after 3 years of wear with that one big scratch still there

[IsaakZ]

Originally Posted by waynorth

Up here in Alaska, I hike to the glacier to get the most pure water on earth; I then warm the water on the woodstove to a balmy 120 degrees. I then let it cool for four minutes, add a handful of black spruce tips and birch bark, and proceed to let it soak in this melange for ten minutes. Afterward, I dry it in my sled-dog's thick, down-like fur; this is like nature's best sponge and promptly powder with ground up fireweed flowers. At night, it sleeps outside under the aurora borealis and fresh mountain air.

LOL it lives the life I want to live.

[IsaakZ]

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[IsaakZ]

Update here are the after pics I had some time today and cleaned it up used some dish soap and a soft brush.

Honestly good feeling, it feels like a whole new watch. Thanks for the advice guys. I managed to keep one or two stickers on ones that arent direct contact to my skin (for those germophobes)

It looks pretty new for a 2013 now that I gave it a bath and removed the stickers not a scratch yet

[maxymax]

Good job, OP! Clean as new now

[IsaakZ]

Originally Posted by maxymax

Good job, OP! Clean as new now

Brand new used watch

[burnthesehills]

That’s a great looking watch. Nice job!

[tyler1980]

Originally Posted by IsaakZ

Update here are the after pics I had some time today and cleaned it up used some dish soap and a soft brush.

Honestly good feeling, it feels like a whole new watch. Thanks for the advice guys. I managed to keep one or two stickers on ones that arent direct contact to my skin (for those germophobes)

It looks pretty new for a 2013 now that I gave it a bath and removed the stickers not a scratch yet

[IsaakZ]

Originally Posted by burnthesehills

That’s a great looking watch. Nice job!

Thank you!

[easebak]

Was just thinking about what could have accumulated in and around the stickers from the previous owner... He could have been anyone, up to anything - doesn't bear thinking about...

He could have been a latex-intolerant amateur artificial-insemination expert with a predisposition for swine. A sloppy gloveless volunteer at a VD clinic, who knows...

Word to the wise, peel them off and give it a good soak in warm soapy water, maybe use a soft toothbrush to get between the links, then rinse it, dry it, put it on and don't give another thought to the previous owner's residual gunk...

Enjoy! Now's it's clean yours...!!!

[Billfish]

Cant fix stupid

[Rolex fan 61]

Warm water and plain hand soap, good luck.

[4 Aussies]

Wife surprised me with a WristClean collector watch care kit, includes the mat.
Highly recommended!! First class company!!!