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View Poll Results: How often do you wash your watch?
Daily 63 12.70%
Every time you swap watches 77 15.52%
occasionally, but not often 289 58.27%
never 67 13.51%
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Old 3 July 2023, 05:28 AM   #31
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It varies depending on the weather. I rotate between watches - now that it's summer, I'm wearing steal and rubber straps. I typically wash at the end of the week. If it's humid out, I'll wash it the day of.
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Old 3 July 2023, 06:17 AM   #32
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I generally give mine a scrub about every 2 to 3 days for my daily. I just use a face soap and a old soft tooth brush. Rinse and pat dry.
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Old 3 July 2023, 06:35 AM   #33
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I rotate depending on what I’m doing and if I’ve worn something for several days a rinse with Dawn on my fingers and a pat dry before going back in the watch box.
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Old 3 July 2023, 06:52 AM   #34
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I use face soap and a soft, old toothbrush about once a week. I’ll use the toothbrush with dish soap if we’re going out to dinner just to make sure it looks good.

I didn’t think any of the choices in the poll were appropriate for me so didn’t answer it.
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Old 3 July 2023, 08:02 AM   #35
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Right before it goes back in the safe after being in rotation for the week.
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Old 3 July 2023, 08:20 AM   #36
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Old 3 July 2023, 01:28 PM   #37
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Daily.

We wear watches in a place that tends to get dirty and so I prefer to wash it when I get home for the day when I wash my hands, both with dish soap. I don't rotate watches and I wear this for all occasions, so it gets dirty as a byproduct of life.
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Old 3 July 2023, 01:31 PM   #38
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When I shower
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Old 3 July 2023, 01:37 PM   #39
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If I sweat a lot or notice a good bit of oils and/or dust, it's time to give it a Dawn dish soap bath and gently dry with a Zeiss lens cloth that I change out every 1-2 months.

This frequency could be every day, or it could be once a week. Just depends on what's happened.

If I'm ever traveling with two watches, I will be sure to make sure the watch is very clean before putting into a pouch or the small Pelican case I have for watches.
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Old 3 July 2023, 02:30 PM   #40
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I take Padi’s advice and use Wrstclean or Vereate daily.
Afterwards, he puts them back on the winder.
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Old 3 July 2023, 02:49 PM   #41
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If on leather, almost never. If on bracelet, a rinse most nights.
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Old 3 July 2023, 04:53 PM   #42
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how often do you wash your watch?

I’ve never cleaned any watch I’ve ever owned. I wear only one watch and I wear it 24/7, through any amount of life and dirt (I have a rough working life). I only have more than one watch when one is being sold and hasn’t yet been moved on — I just don’t get why would anyone could possibly need more than one $10,000 watch!?

My watch gets rinsed in the bath or shower and the RSC (or OSC) clean them when they go for service. Life is too short to be fannying about washing watches!

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Old 3 July 2023, 05:30 PM   #43
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When I'm wearing a watch it will get washed in the shower every time I have a shower. If the clasp has tool less adjustment I will loosen it for the wash.
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Old 3 July 2023, 06:44 PM   #44
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If my watch is not on a leather strap and I'm in a hot climate, then it'll go with me into the shower. I get washed, watch gets watched. Sometimes, this can be twice a day but more often than not, daily.

When I'm in a cooler less sweaty climate, then if it looks dirty I'll wash it, if not, it'll be cleaned before I put it back into the box for rotation.
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Old 3 July 2023, 09:46 PM   #45
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Every couple of months depending on the usage.
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Old 3 July 2023, 09:46 PM   #46
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I shower with my watch on so I voted daily.
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Old 3 July 2023, 09:53 PM   #47
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Weekly unless I do a dusty generating activity or other contaminants… I then wash immediately.


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Old 4 July 2023, 12:23 AM   #48
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Warm water with Dawn Platinum dish foam: daily in the summer, every fews days in the winter. Also when changing pieces prior to putting the watch back in the safe.
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Old 4 July 2023, 12:30 AM   #49
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Every so often was my vote. It really depends what I’ve been doing and how hard I’ve worn it.
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Old 4 July 2023, 12:50 AM   #50
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every morning in the shower
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Old 4 July 2023, 03:11 AM   #51
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Depends on how dirty it is. It is perhaps once a week.

Also, I just use a bit of Dawn and warm water. Rinsed with that same temperature water, and wiped lightly with a high-nap microfiber towel - the Oystersteel then shines deeply and brightly.
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Old 4 July 2023, 03:16 AM   #52
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Soap and water every time I go in a pool or saltwater
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Old 4 July 2023, 04:04 AM   #53
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Pretty much daily, and during the summer sometimes more:
- After I've been outside in the sun (sweat)
- After pool
- After SPA


No soap or anything and no scrubbing, just a quick rinse & dry with a towel.
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Old 4 July 2023, 06:48 AM   #54
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When it's dirty from wear and the bracelet leaves dirt on my wrist when I happen to be sweating.
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Old 4 July 2023, 09:38 AM   #55
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About once a week for me, or after every time I have been in the Sea which is a lot as I am a windsurfer....
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Old 4 July 2023, 09:45 AM   #56
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I wash mine every month, I try to get used to it.
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Old 4 July 2023, 09:47 AM   #57
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Usually every few days. You'll start to see it not looking at crisp after a few days. A simple rinse followed by dawn dish soap lather does the trick.
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Old 4 July 2023, 11:48 AM   #58
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I would say that I average once per week
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Old 4 July 2023, 01:33 PM   #59
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Daily washing is excessive IMO unless you work in a coal mine. I probably wash mine once or twice month with diluted Dawn and a wristclean brush. Wipe dry with a soft T-shirt or cloth. Let sit out under my ceiling fan overnight to dry off. Seems to be sufficient for every watch I have owned.

If exposed to salt water or chlorine pools / hot tubs, I wash as soon as possible.
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Old 4 July 2023, 01:45 PM   #60
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I wash mine every 6 weeks.
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