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View Poll Results: Happy with your PM or bi metal Rolex swimming on holiday ?
Yes: steam; pool and seawater 107 40.53%
Yes: pool and seawater 62 23.48%
Yes: steam and seawater 1 0.38%
Yes: steam and pool 6 2.27%
Yes: Pool only 23 8.71%
No 65 24.62%
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Old 27 April 2024, 02:52 PM   #31
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While wearing any Rolex at a resort is hardly being discreet, flashing a PM or TT Sub or similar eye catching model around the pool or spa is taking it up a notch for me, I wouldn’t wear it.
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Old 27 April 2024, 03:16 PM   #32
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I would not. Gold scratches more easily too.
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Old 27 April 2024, 04:34 PM   #33
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Yes, wear it anywhere you want and enjoy.
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Old 27 April 2024, 05:51 PM   #34
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Voted﹕ steam; pool and seawater
Gold or no gold, I use my watch as a watch, so I wear them everywhere.
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Old 27 April 2024, 08:04 PM   #35
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Old 27 April 2024, 09:00 PM   #36
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Just a question around whether the temp differential between say a sauna or hot tub and the outside air would cause any problems? I've often wondered this - i have no doubt the case etc. would be ok, but would the moisture plus temp differences cause condensation or something like that?
If the conditions are such that a human being can survive them, your Rolex and most any watch over $100 will be fine, assuming it is well maintained.
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Old 28 April 2024, 01:50 PM   #37
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It's not the chlorine in the pool, its the bromine in the hot tub that will change the color of the gold.

Chlorine can weaken the bond structure of the gold (reason why you should not swim while wearing a gold diamond ring, it does weaken the tines that hold the stone). The bromine reaction to yellow gold is harmless but it will make it look higher karat (more orange).
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Old 28 April 2024, 02:29 PM   #38
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It's not the chlorine in the pool, its the bromine in the hot tub that will change the color of the gold.

Chlorine can weaken the bond structure of the gold (reason why you should not swim while wearing a gold diamond ring, it does weaken the tines that hold the stone). The bromine reaction to yellow gold is harmless but it will make it look higher karat (more orange).

I agree but at a normal spa bromine level of 6ppm (0.00599g/litre] you could be in the spa for a very long time before you noticed any change?

I did read a thread a while back where a gold Rolex colour had changed after being in a spa but I’m not sure if the reason was established.

I do remember the colour was returned to normal after a visit to a RSC?
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Old 28 April 2024, 03:25 PM   #39
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I don’t swim with any of my watches. Too much risk and very little in return.
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Old 28 April 2024, 03:52 PM   #40
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I always swim, in the pool, with my watches on, if they are at least 200 m WR. I do not swim in the Ocean with them, though. I’m a little too paranoid about losing them. I do shower with the divers on, as well, but not always. I ‘m not sure if I’ll wear the TT in the pool, though I wear a solid gold necklace in the pool. It hasn’t come up yet.

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Old 28 April 2024, 04:02 PM   #41
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That’s why I own Rolex watches, go anywhere do anything. Gold or steel both hold up the same in real life
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Old 28 April 2024, 07:35 PM   #42
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It's not the chlorine in the pool, its the bromine in the hot tub that will change the color of the gold.

Chlorine can weaken the bond structure of the gold (reason why you should not swim while wearing a gold diamond ring, it does weaken the tines that hold the stone). The bromine reaction to yellow gold is harmless but it will make it look higher karat (more orange).
very interesting. I did not know this. thanks
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Old 28 April 2024, 11:50 PM   #43
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Old 28 April 2024, 11:57 PM   #44
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I am going to a fancy hotel spa with my wife, and I have decided to take my bi-DJ. This would be a first for me, as when I go to swimming holidays, I normally take one of my Doxas or Seikos.

When I am travelling, I only take my watch off to sleep, so would use it in the pool, sauna and steam room.

I am not worried about scratches, and I presume there is no issue with corrosion or water leak. I had a 100m watch before which had a water ingress in a steam room!

Just doing a survey to see who of you would be comfortable with this.

There was a thread of an OP who oxidized their TT DJ in the hot tube over mean years.


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Old 29 April 2024, 12:32 AM   #45
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I have in the past, but typically do not use my PM in water settings.
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Old 29 April 2024, 01:24 AM   #46
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Old 29 April 2024, 01:54 AM   #47
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Your Rolex is tougher than your skin. If your body can take it, the Rolex will be unaffected.
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Old 29 April 2024, 03:05 AM   #48
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Just no steam bec of the heat
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Old 29 April 2024, 11:25 PM   #49
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It’s not killing you, it won’t melt metal
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Old 29 April 2024, 11:34 PM   #50
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Old 29 April 2024, 11:41 PM   #51
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If Rolex didn't want you yo wear them in water they wouldn't bother to put twin-lock or trip-lock gaskets in the crown.
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Old 30 April 2024, 05:27 AM   #52
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Before clutching your pearls, read this.

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Old 30 April 2024, 06:21 AM   #53
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Great story, thank you!

I know that my Submariner is stronger than I am underwater but, as a new diver, reading a clear, digital dive computer is a lot easier than counting minutes against a rotating bezel. I'm sure Mr. Padi can do it twice upside down in the dark without a mask. I'm not at that level yet.
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Old 30 April 2024, 06:58 AM   #54
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I dove with my first Submariner (16613) once! I had a barracuda eyeing my wrist the whole dive. That was the last time I dove with a Rolex.
Now, I dive always hoping to find a Rolex sitting happily on the reef where I could collect it.
As I am quite older, I simply don’t see a need to dive with an expensive watch on my wrist. I have a Shearwater dive computer on my left wrist and an Aeris Manta backup on my right. I will happily wear my 16618 in the pool/hot tub.
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Old 30 April 2024, 12:13 PM   #55
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That mark on the bezel at 45 is from a great white shark.


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Old 30 April 2024, 02:52 PM   #56
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This, in stainless steel, please........

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Old 30 April 2024, 03:02 PM   #57
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I wouldn't dive with the new PM Deep Sea.

You might never make it back up.
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Old 1 May 2024, 09:52 AM   #58
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I once wore what were then 30 year old four digit OPs, whilst swimming hundreds of km in highly dosed public pools, and in ocean pools, and on the odd occasion in the surf. There was no issue.

A full gold watch should be basically immune to corrosion. Gold treasure sits at the bottom of the ocean for hundreds of years with zero corrosion.

TT may, or may not be different. The 904-L SS in our watches is protected normally by its natural ceramic coating, however, friction, and or the proximity of gold in salt water, may or may not create a corrosion potential.

I do however strongly suggest that you always wash your watches in fresh clean water after any swimming, and, that you do not wear your watches in hot showers.
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Old 1 May 2024, 12:27 PM   #59
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