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Old 27 January 2020, 03:09 AM   #31
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I get the 180 degree from the guys who are overly cautious on wearing your Rolex, but come on, do you wear your tuxedo to clean your grill? Your cashmere sweater to wash your car? Maybe wear your suit to go scuba diving?
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Agree. I don't get this thread.

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Old 27 January 2020, 03:11 AM   #32
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:12 AM   #33
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I get the 180 degree from the guys who are overly cautious on wearing your Rolex, but come on, do you wear your tuxedo to clean your grill? Your cashmere sweater to wash your car? Maybe wear your suit to go scuba diving?
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Agree. I don't get this thread.

That is the point of this thread. A rolex is not a cashmere sweater or a tux!!! It is a tank piece of metal that can take more than our bodies can yet people baby them like they are a one day old infant. Enjoy life while wearing your rolex, not with it off your wrist because you're afraid of a scratch.
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:13 AM   #34
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That's what I call a tool watch. It just happens to have some PM on it. That's all.
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:14 AM   #35
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Cool. This is what a tool watch should do.
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:14 AM   #36
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One of the reasons I don't like to buy used watches.
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:17 AM   #37
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:17 AM   #38
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I washed it off and it turned into a Grand Seiko!!



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Old 27 January 2020, 03:20 AM   #39
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Yeah maybe that's where the disagreement is. I don't think a $10k+ watch is a tool watch. They are a luxury item.

Seriously, if you wanted a watch to reliably tell the time, you would buy a g-shock.

For example, no actual diver today wears a submariner to the depths (or any of the "diver watches" of the watch community on the internet). They have diving computers, which are more accurate, more reliable, a lot cheaper, and just more suited for the job.

It's true that submariners used to be for actual divers, but not anymore. Even Rolex acknowledged that when they added the date function.
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:36 AM   #40
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One caution I will offer, welding sparks WILL pit and craze sapphire or mineral Crystals.



I've had it happen.



If you have e gauntlet style gloves, shouldn't be an issue though ;)


Thank you! I was wondering if that would be the case.

I was using thick leather gloves and had a long sleeve and a hoodie sleeve over the watch

Thanks for the advice though
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Old 27 January 2020, 03:38 AM   #41
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Old 27 January 2020, 04:07 AM   #42
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One of the reasons I don't like to buy used watches.




Exactly!!!! Lol lol lol

The OP’s picture tells me he is saying, “Trust me you don’t ever want to buy this watch on the secondhand market“ lol

This is the reason why they have a Carfax for used cars. Maybe we should have a watch fax. Lol
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Old 27 January 2020, 05:22 AM   #43
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The OP’s picture tells me he is saying, “Trust me you don’t ever want to buy this watch on the secondhand market“ lol
Same here.
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Old 27 January 2020, 05:23 AM   #44
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Exactly!!!! Lol lol lol

The OP’s picture tells me he is saying, “Trust me you don’t ever want to buy this watch on the secondhand market“ lol

This is the reason why they have a Carfax for used cars. Maybe we should have a watch fax. Lol
Nah, he's saying green eggs aren't self cleaning...

A Man Called 'Green Egg'

There once was a man who got dirty.
While tackling the art of the smokey.
It was quite the chore,
And a tad rather slow,
He ended up smoking his Rollie.

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Old 27 January 2020, 05:25 AM   #45
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Nah, he's saying green eggs aren't self cleaning...

A Man Called 'Green Egg'

There once was a man who got dirty.
While tacking the art of the smokey.
It was quite the chore,
And a tad rather slow,
He ended up smoking his Rollie.

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Lol. Good one.

And believe me I know green eggs are not self cleaning. Even my 16-year-old son needs some prodding to get out there and clean ours up which we use Friday night Saturday night and Sunday night just about every weekend.
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Old 27 January 2020, 05:48 AM   #46
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OP I get your point, but I am guessing your message is meant to be an antithesis for those who wear their Rolex with bubble wraps? Lol.

I am more of a middle-of-the-roader; I don’t bubble wrap my Rolex, but I take it off when I do the chores that have the potential to damage it.
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Old 27 January 2020, 05:54 AM   #47
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Nuff said. Bbq pit cleaning day.




But I'm not going to wear any time piece while working the grill...
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Old 27 January 2020, 05:57 AM   #48
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OP I get your point, but I am guessing your message is meant to be an antithesis for those who wear their Rolex with bubble wraps? Lol.



I am more of a middle-of-the-roader; I don’t bubble wrap my Rolex, but I take it off when I do the chores that have the potential to damage it.


Exactly. It’s an antithesis to those who question if it’s safe to fold the laundry while wearing a Rolex.


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Old 9 February 2020, 06:20 AM   #49
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Is a submariner a tool watch for grill cleaning? Lol. That’s not what a tool watch means.
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Old 9 February 2020, 06:30 AM   #50
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Reminds me of the last time I was at the track. A gentleman pulls up in the gravel parking area in a Ford GT first gen. We remarked on what a great machine shouldn’t be parked in such rough patch and he replied “it’s just a car” and then said “it’s my daily, has over 60k miles on it” Now that a paradigm shift. If you love wearing, driving or being with something or someone. Do it. We all have time, until we don’t.


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Old 9 February 2020, 06:33 AM   #51
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Glad to see someone who knows his watch can handle anything. Wear it and enjoy it.
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Old 9 February 2020, 06:44 AM   #53
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Old 9 February 2020, 06:50 AM   #54
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What’s the point of having these things if you can’t wear them? If anything happens, I have comprehensive insurance.

What people forget is these things can take way more than our own bodies can.


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I wear my watches everyday but I take them off when moving furniture through doorways, pounding nails, etc. An ounce of prevention (ie. 5 minutes off) is worth more than a pound of cure. I really don't know who you are trying to impress.
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Old 9 February 2020, 08:02 AM   #55
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Exactly. Well done. I feel the same way about my BMW. Drive it like you mean it. Who cares what anyone thinks.

NO NO NO THIS IS HORRIFIC !

Get better soon
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Old 9 February 2020, 08:18 AM   #56
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Rolex is the best, i don't take off mine at all
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Old 9 February 2020, 08:24 AM   #57
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NO NO NO THIS IS HORRIFIC !

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It was a metaphor.
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Old 9 February 2020, 08:30 AM   #58
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Old 9 February 2020, 08:46 AM   #59
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I don't mind scratches on my wristwatch. I do on my car.
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I wear all of mine all of the time. I'm pretty active but always aware of my wrist in doorways, with tools, under car hoods, snowmobiling, whatever, its second nature to me and once in a great while I'll take them off depending on what I'm doing.

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