FREAKKING OUT! scratch on side of my case

[faldoc]

My first Rolex, a gold Date, was a gift from my Mom, which I used every day for several years. After 2 years I dinged it pretty good while making a swing set for my sons.

I stopped wearing it and Mom noticed I wasn't wearing it, and I told her the reason.

She said "wear it. That's why I gave it to you!". She was right so I wore it continuously for several more years, a total of 11, till I bought a $200 Citizen which has been my everyday watch for 20 years till this month. I now wear the gold Rolex for special occasions.

My SubC, after only 3 weeks has several small superficial scratches which almost all come from my laptop. Annoying, but it's what comes with wear.

A few scratches must have come from keys I wear around my neck on a lanyard.

You make a choice, wear and get wear, or don't wear and admire once in a while.

While you wear it, you can be careful but ultimately life gives a watch dings and scratches.

Even without scratches or dings, it will get wear in the form of looseness in the band.

I notice the band has twice the slop as only 3 weeks ago, when I compare the gaps with the photos of new watches.

That's life! I love wearing it, if I want a museum specimen I can always buy another!

In fact, I'm thinking about getting a GMT Master II in (black) for just that purpose.

[texex91]

It's a watch.

It will be fine :-)

[Dr.Brian]

Do yourself a favor and don't buy a gold watch.

[wrist_watcher]

Don't buy an all gold model. The wear marks on that would probably make you go crazy.

[iliketime]

well its no good in the safe, wear it and enjoy. if you buy new itll sting definitely. buying used helps. i passed on a mint nos stickers still attached 14060M because of that

[GED]

The damage:



The culprit:

[watchwatcher]

Ouch...that sucks. But, as been stated above, it's not the end of the world and does happen, unfortunately.

[KarlFr]

Laser weld and later buy those plastic watch wrappers .... ehh no.

[Mystro]

X2. Scratches are one thing, dings and gouges can be tough to not see. It just depends on how picky you are.

Originally Posted by Blue_Lume

*****

Someone suggested laser weld? I dropped my rose gold daytona 5 feet to a tile floor and dented the lug.

I took it to my watchmaker and he had it laser weld'ed and it was $70. I was so happy I gave him $100. Use that as a reference point for what you should be paying.

Have it fixed as soon as possible it's a new watch. Don't pay big $$ for it.

[Headshrinker]

It's really not that bad, only you will notice it.

[Runnin' Rebel]

Originally Posted by GED

The damage:



The culprit:

You have chiseled cut in your kitchen ??!! Thats outside right ?

[blue lion]

Originally Posted by tommy91

Learn to accept dings and scratches it's going to happen, wear and enjoy and don't worry about it.

[GED]

Originally Posted by Runnin' Rebel

You have chiseled cut in your kitchen ??!! Thats outside right ?

Right. Inside kitchen.

[rod727]

I felt same way when I put a nick in my sub.....it will pass with time :)

[One Ping Only]

Originally Posted by KrismanX

In the words of Cheryl Crow, "The first cut is the deepest.."


Also in the words of Cheryl Crow, "All I wanna do is have some fun."



One of these may be more relevant than the other. I'll just see myself out.

OK, you know she didn't write the first one, right?

It's a ding, get it fix d in 5 or so years at the first service.

[JUSTIFIED]

It's a material item. Don't sweat it too much... adds character. I say this having some experience freaking out about such things in the past. Now I realize its all about perspective.

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by One Ping Only

OK, you know she didn't write the first one, right?

If he doesn't know how to spell her name, I'm guessing he doesn't know that either.

[Jim addy]

Originally Posted by GED

The damage:



The culprit:

For me, this one would be hard to live with.

Fix the watch
AND
The countertop.

Jim

[Etschell]

Not a big deal imo

[sensui]

The lesson here is the scratch always looks far worse to the owner...to everyone else it looks far more benign. Just have a nice drink in the evening and enjoy life.

[Beauregard]

I think it's kind of cool. Now it's your watch.

[TuckerHorology]

Looks good imo, dings add character. when you get it serviced in a couple years they'll polish it away making it probably 70% less noticeable. Don't sweat it bud, it's a stainless steel tool diving watch, enjoy it!

[Daryl]

its okay.. enjoy it

[gregvisser]

That's just heart breaking. I feel your pain. It will bug you for another month and then your eyes will get used to it.

[BNA/LION]

Ouch! Sucks but its still tell time and is meant to be a tool watch.

[SonnyAK]

Originally Posted by Quailhunter

I've noticed that most of my dings happen going through doorways. I think the door hardware is at a perfect level to reach out and ding a watch. I know it sounds weird, but I try to keep my watch out of the way when I go through a door. I take my watch off when I work in my shop. If I am in the rough hills, I wear a plastic watch.

As others have said, Rolex service can fix the ding. Please do not let anyone else work on your watch. If it were my watch, I'd send it off to be fixed immediately. Otherwise, you will be looking at that ding all the time.

I agree on the doorway! I hit mine all the time and the metal hardware on the frame is just in the wrong place! Got my first ding and scratch in my SD like that!

Just like everything...It gets better with time...and some alcohol!

[Romeojk]

Time heals all wounds...well, except for gouges


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[rolehex]

Welcome!

[Hairdude1]

They always hurt but then you won't notice.

[Shamorai]

I got a ding like that about one month after getting my watch. Annoying at first but I don't notice it now. If you send it off to get fixed you'll get dings to replace the first when you get it back.