Sauna, steambath and whirlpool?

[Vincent65]

good grief!

[kngzfrd]

Originally Posted by mldaytona

Sauna? Steambath? Whirlpool? Chicken feed!!

Read these.

More importantly: where can I get this $1,150 gold day/date?

[Glidelock]

Originally Posted by Vincent65

good grief!

I know right? These threads always have me laughing! I am not intending to offend anyone at all here, or hurt anyone's feelings, so please don't read into my response too much. But, having owned many Sub's over the years, having dived at depths over 100 feet in Cabo, not to mention tons of dives from 40 to 70 feet, having a swimming pool and hot tub, having gone to countless spas and using the steam bath and jumping into the ice cold plunge pool, and going right back into the steam room or sauna, golfed and or just hitting at the driving range, having gone into the batting cages, having hammered, jack hammered, ridden for days and days on a vibrating Harley Davidson.....I can assure you, that Rolex wasn't even slightly joking when they showed there inferior depth rated Subs in boiling water, or fish tanks, or illustrated ads from the 50's claiming how tough they are!

I promise, through real life experience that your Sub can get wet...hot or cold!

[Fin]

Originally Posted by bondtoys

Rolex does recommend NOT wearing your watch in the Sauna - even after it has passed the wr test

Originally Posted by jaguarsimon

A few years ago I had a waterproof Seiko that I took into a steam room. It got condensation inside on the glass and presumably the quartz movement because it died, so i personally wouldn't risk it, although hot tub/jacuzzi would be okay for me.

Originally Posted by andromeda160

I was told that saunas were bad because it makes you sweat, then the sweat makes it way to the seal and the acids in our skin eat away at where the gasket seats. It's not going to destroy your watch overnight, but it can eat away at your watch and you won't even know until you pull off the caseback.

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

I have a sauna in my home. Anything metallic in the sauna becomes very hot, far to hot to touch. I would never wear my Rolexes in a sauna because they would be extremely hot and painful on the wrist.

Originally Posted by crowncollection

Exactly, it is uncomfortably hot in a sauna. I doubt it would hurt the watch other than like with any salt water exposure, you should give it a good rinse after with tap water.
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Sorry, but I just got some good laugh..
And this comes from the land of saunas, Finland
Had all my Rolexes is sauna, with no problems (it is not Seiko and never become hot, even temperature sometimes 100C). Also AD told me: no problem with that.
Can I sweat with my Rolex...? Please.
And, remember: You can also get some scratch to Your Rolex in sauna...what about THAT?!

[Vincent65]

Originally Posted by Glidelock

I know right? These threads always have me laughing! I am not intending to offend anyone at all here, or hurt anyone's feelings, so please don't read into my response too much. But, having owned many Sub's over the years, having dived at depths over 100 feet in Cabo, not to mention tons of dives from 40 to 70 feet, having a swimming pool and hot tub, having gone to countless spas and using the steam bath and jumping into the ice cold plunge pool, and going right back into the steam room or sauna, golfed and or just hitting at the driving range, having gone into the batting cages, having hammered, jack hammered, ridden for days and days on a vibrating Harley Davidson.....I can assure you, that Rolex wasn't even slightly joking when they showed there inferior depth rated Subs in boiling water, or fish tanks, or illustrated ads from the 50's claiming how tough they are!

I promise, through real life experience that your Sub can get wet...hot or cold!

good post!

[crowncollection]

Originally Posted by Fin

Sorry, but I just got some good laugh..
And this comes from the land of saunas, Finland
Had all my Rolexes is sauna, with no problems (it is not Seiko and never become hot, even temperature sometimes 100C). Also AD told me: no problem with that.
Can I sweat with my Rolex...? Please.
And, remember: You can also get some scratch to Your Rolex in sauna...what about THAT?!

Do you think I imagined it as uncomfortable? I wore it and that is my experience you may have had a different experience,by the way, no sauna is 100c you would boil I never said it would hurt the watch:beer:

[Glidelock]

Originally Posted by Zed Homme

Source?

Rolex also recommends hiding that uncomfortable hunk of steel where the sun don't shine if your in a POW camp! my source is Pulp Fiction right!

[Fin]

Originally Posted by crowncollection

Do you think I imagined it as uncomfortable? I wore it and that is my experience you may have had a different experience,by the way, no sauna is 100c you would boil I never said it would hurt the watch:beer:

I really do not know, where You have been, but I quess not in original "real" sauna.
"You would boil"

"""Taking a sauna begins by washing oneself up and then going to sit for some time in the hot room, typically warmed to 80–110 °C (176–230 °F)""""

Source for that, please feel free to read about the "real" sauna:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_sauna

You should try that, I have (like most Finns do) that in my house (and also in my summer cottage).
And in the winter, You can try this also with sauna (been there also many times with my Rolex. Sauna and swimming in ice-cold water (can be +2- +5C):

http://fi-fi.facebook.com/pages/Rauh...98496133503206

THAT is sauna.

[crowncollection]

Originally Posted by Fin

I really do not know, where You have been, but I quess not in original "real" sauna.
"You would boil"

"""Taking a sauna begins by washing oneself up and then going to sit for some time in the hot room, typically warmed to 80–110 °C (176–230 °F)""""

Source for that, please feel free to read about the "real" sauna:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_sauna

You should try that, I have (like most Finns do) that in my house (and also in my summer cottage).
And in the winter, You can try this also with sauna (been there also many times with my Rolex. Sauna and swimming in ice-cold water (can be +2- +5C):

http://fi-fi.facebook.com/pages/Rauh...98496133503206

THAT is sauna.

you pick the hottest sauna only to describe in the texts not the average, you cannot just cut and paste a section of the text when researching, it's usually 80c, maybe when you can run out into snow to cool quickly its a 100c for a short time inside in a Finnish sauna and you go in from a cold snowy environment. I cannot say I have had one of those. Not in Australia when its 35c-40c outside and sunny, they set them way lower here. That is not the point anyway my watch was uncomfortable and that was my experience and I found it remarkable you could say for sure that my watch did not get hot, I do not remember you being there.


"Sauna." World Book 2005 Ed. "In a sauna, stones are heated on top of a furnace. The temperature in the room ranges from 176 to 212°F (80 to 100°C)." 80–100°C
Avalon [pdf]. Electric Sauna Heater Operator's Manual. If sauna heater operates, but sauna room does not come up to sauna temperature (160–185 ° normal Sauna temperature) 71–85°C
SaunaGen [pdf]. InfraRed Sauna Operator Manual. 2004. "Set the temperature and time to a comfortable level, normally, 30 minutes at 49 °C." 49 °C
The Finnish Sauna Society. 2004. "In the old smoke saunas the temperature varied from about 50 to 75°C (122 to 167°F)." 50–75°C
"The recommendation now is 80–90°C (176–194°F) with moderate humidity, but in many saunas today the temperature exceeds 100°C (212°F), at least at the beginning." 80–90°C
>100°C
Sauna. Wikipedia, 2003. "The Finnish sauna (generally 70–90 degrees Celsius, but can vary from 60 to 120 degrees) is the most widely known …."


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