My Rolexes First Bath

[Dirt]

Originally Posted by perryj

I know watch makers who put these together for a living would beg to differ.

I also dive with my watch in actual saltwater oh the horror, and have done so for 20+ years even datejust. Folks these are built as tanks

What sort of tank?

[perryj]

Originally Posted by Dirt

What sort of tank?

Not the Cartier kind

[perryj]

I would love a watch maker to chime in and let us know how much of the o-ring actually gets wet during emersion.

[joe100]

Doesn't rolex recommend water and a soft brush?

[perryj]

Originally Posted by joe100

Doesn't rolex recommend water and a soft brush?

Soap, water and soft brush

[armen34]

[Big Bill]

I was telling my wife about the different options on cleaning a Rolex. She said laughing as much as that watch cost you'd think it would come with a service manual.




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[OgSnowflake]

Originally Posted by Big Bill

Hey Snowflake you don't have to be so humble on your second post on this great forum . Tell us how you really feel?

My bad, my comment was in poor taste.Watch is super clean

[speedolex]

Originally Posted by joe100

Doesn't rolex recommend water and a soft brush?

I spend my life trying to avoid anything brushing against my Rolexes, last thing I'm going to do is scrub them with something abrasive.

Windex has served me perfectly 2x per year on my stainless bracelets for decades. The watch heads, no Windex, just soap and water.

No rubber gaskets on the bracelet to concern yourselves with, no bad brush choice to scratch your bracelets with, the Windex penetrates deep in the oyster/jubilee links and pins where no brush ever could and gets all the black gunk out with zero scrubbing. Just remove the bracelet, soak for 20 minutes, jiggle laterally in the liquid for 2 minutes, done.

[jrs146]

Originally Posted by speedolex

Bracelet only, every 6 months.

Pour Windex in a shallow bowl, soak 20 minutes, then swish around laterally, the black gunk comes out easily.

Then rinse with cold water.

Don't want to hijack this thread. But what's the best way to remove the bracelet from the case. I tried once when putting on a RubberB strap and scratched the case and lugs quite a bit. Never tried again.

[perryj]

Originally Posted by speedolex

I spend my life trying to avoid anything brushing against my Rolexes, last thing I'm going to do is scrub them with something abrasive.

Windex has served me perfectly 2x per year on my stainless bracelets for decades. The watch heads, no Windex, just soap and water.

No rubber gaskets on the bracelet to concern yourselves with, no bad brush choice to scratch your bracelets with, the Windex penetrates deep in the oyster/jubilee links and pins where no brush ever could and gets all the black gunk out with zero scrubbing. Just remove the bracelet, soak for 20 minutes, jiggle laterally in the liquid for 2 minutes, done.

Exactly. The problem with soap is it leaves residue (soap scum) behind and you need something to cut the soap scum, from washes hands and sweat and all sorts of nastiness. For those that use soap, how to you clean the rotating bezel and keep soap scum out from under it and keep it rotating smoothly?

[perryj]

Originally Posted by jrs146

Don't want to hijack this thread. But what's the best way to remove the bracelet from the case. I tried once when putting on a RubberB strap and scratched the case and lugs quite a bit. Never tried again.

There's some threads here I think, also YouTube has some clips.

[Dirt]

Originally Posted by perryj

Exactly. The problem with soap is it leaves residue (soap scum) behind and you need something to cut the soap scum, from washes hands and sweat and all sorts of nastiness. For those that use soap, how to you clean the rotating bezel and keep soap scum out from under it and keep it rotating smoothly?

Dish soap doesn't leave any residue that could ever be a problem in the grand scheme of things.

[fskywalker]

Originally Posted by Big Bill

I've had my D- Blue Deepsea for six weeks now and have only taken it off a couple times I wear it ever were including to bed. I've read on this forum the best way to clean a new Rolex is warm water hand soap with a soft Toothbrush and it made my watch sparkle better then when I first took off the stickers. Thanks for the good information.

Yes, that works like a charm!


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[Brian Page]

Originally Posted by fskywalker

Yes, that works like a charm!


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This..

[Davidmay]

what does everyone think about trying the windex on 18k gold?

[Rocket_Man]

Windex is hardly a harsh chemical. Many millions of people use Windex with lots of skin exposure over many years, even breathing it in, and I can't say I've ever heard of an issue. I'd be very surprised if the brief exposure to clean a watch would have any effect, even if some of the materials have some sensitivity. All the active ingredients are diluted.

I clean mine with hand soap when I'm washing my hands. I make sure to foam up the soap first. Wash it between my hands and rinse in hot water. Soap scum will build up over time. I washed an older Jubilee in an ultra sonic cleaner and it was nasty.

There is a purpose made cleaner called Varaet. I've not used it but many others do.

Some put the entire watch in an ultrasonic cleaner. Some will cringe at this, but I think the mass of the case will attenuate the relatively lite energy of the vibrations and the watch will probably be just fine. I'm sure you put more shock in the watch if you bump it lightly on a door frame.

Anyone ever try an Alta-Seltzer or Denture cleaner?

[speedolex]

Originally Posted by Rocket_Man

Windex is hardly a harsh chemical. Many millions of people use Windex with lots of skin exposure over many years, even breathing it in, and I can't say I've ever heard of an issue. I'd be very surprised if the brief exposure to clean a watch would have any effect, even if some of the materials have some sensitivity. All the active ingredients are diluted.

I clean mine with hand soap when I'm washing my hands. I make sure to foam up the soap first. Wash it between my hands and rinse in hot water. Soap scum will build up over time. I washed an older Jubilee in an ultra sonic cleaner and it was nasty.

What Windex does that soap and a toothbrush can't is get deep in the links/pins and dislodge the black gunk that's hiding there. Sure, a soapy brush can handle the surface issues, if your daughter got pancake syrup on your oyster at breakfast and you just noticed at bedtime it'll do just fine.

But I've been on week long vacations in the carribean, swimming in a pool 5+ hours a day for 7 straight days, get home, soak in Windex, and the black gunk still was stuck in there despite being immersed and swished thousands of times. If you want a thoroughly clean bracelet and and end to those black marks on your wrist at the end of a sweaty day, it's Windex time folks.

[brandrea]

Soapy water and a soft brush has served me well. I also will take my watch in to my AD for a sonic cleaning once or twice a year if needed.