Why is it very acceptable that Rolex watches get scratched easily?

[Tach24LMS]

[tube]https://youtu.be/A7MqCcHXsLg[/tube]

Skip to 5:30 in the video. Traska micro brand. $600.

[jnelson3097]

Originally Posted by DubOhio

invisishield lab

I’m a big fan of these. Takes time to put them on but really reduces any thought I have around protecting the watch specially the clasp.

This has to be the biggest waste of money and time that I’ve seen on here.

[dwjez14]

Just wrap it in bubble wrap then all your problems are solved

[10klakes]

Wear the watch, don’t let the watch wear you.

[Tach24LMS]

I can’t figure out to embed YouTube videos on here. If someone wants to do it or explain it on here. I don’t see the icon for it and the Normal [youtube] and [tube] embed codes don’t work. I can’t remember the [video=] one.

[zaphod777]

904L seems to be more easily scratched but is more corrosion resistant, it also looks nicer in my opinion.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by dpt.calvin

The 6 digits are real LVs.

16610LV
116610LV
126610LV

Those are all “real” LVs…

You missed the point dpt.

You have listed three LV’s.

Which model is the OP waiting for?

I still don’t know.

I am waiting for a SubDate…..guess which one?

I’ll give you a hint.

126610LN.

[Momo26]

Originally Posted by Mystro

You are panicking over nothing. You will be fine with your new Sub41LV with its brushed bracelet and clasp. It’s the pcl bracelet and especially the polished center of the clasp that tends to show scratches easier.
My watches always look in excellent condition from years of knowing how to avoid scratches and I also am a expert in removing minor scratches. Major scratches I let my watchmaker remove at routine service. Don’t let scratches worry about wearing your watch. Go make memories with it on and you won’t think about scratches.

IF you want a almost scratch proof watch, you need to look at a Panerai Carbotech or ceramic model. I have a Panerai Pam661 Carbotech that is the toughest watch I have owned and still looks perfect even after hitting it on a bridge pier underwater on a dive. Carbotech is “next level” material.

How do you remove those minor scratches? On my SubC date, I don’t mind the scratches. However, on my WG Daytona, no matter how careful I am, it gets more and more hairline scratches on the clasp. Good thing it’s on Oysterflex and I only have the clasp to worry about lol

[Frits1980]

Originally Posted by Mystro

We did a thread on this a few times. Most of these habits become automatic.
For example, when walking up or down narrow hallways or stairs, put your watch arm behind your lower back. This keeps your watch against your body which is the safest place.

Seat belt buckles in cars are another common danger. Be aware of where your watch is when pulling the seatbelt out. Too many watches get dinged up by this simple action of putting a seat belt on.

There are a lot of tricks working around the office. Your watch is safest on your wrist in most situation unless you’re trying to adjust or fix any kind of plumbing or areas that are tight. Wrapping your Rolex against a porcelain toilet or sink trap will always do damage.

Never hold your watch above the tile floor when washing it. Always put down a towel first on the counter. The forum is full of tile floors smashing crystals from just a two foot drop. Never try to clean a dirty watch with your dry shirt unless you like hairline scratches. Always better to wait until you can get the watch wet before wiping dirt off.
Best to wash with a diluted mix of Dawn dishwashing detergent and water using your fingertips to gently massage the soap in between the links. Dry with a clean soft terry cloth towel or microfiber towel. Wash your watch often as it will make your bracelet last forever as well as keeping all moving parts like your dive bezel and clasp free of body oils and dirt.

This and you can avoid 99%. I would add: avoid aluminum laptops and marble/metal desks/tables. Just go for plastic/carbon and wood. I dont baby my watches, i dont mind light scratches but i also dont believe in the silly "battle scars are cool" unless obtained while climbing mount everest or a great white bit you and scratched your sub.

These simple habits will prevent a lot.

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by OYptL

Disagree big time. Subs & GMT’s are absolute “tool” watches.

Ok, lets expand on that.

If we accept that a tool is an item used to perform particular task (and we discount telling the time to avoid the absurdity of every watch on the planet meeting the definition of being a "tool watch"), in what way are Submariners and GMTs still "tool watches"?

Leisure scuba divers may wear their sub whilst 5 meters down, but professional divers and more serious divers use dive computers. Long gone are the days when mechanical dive watches were used as tools.

The same for GMTs. They are no longer essential instruments for the task in hand they way they once were.

They are just nice timepieces with a history of being useful tools at some point in their past. Time and technology has moved on.

[EQUITYft]

Originally Posted by Devildog

Ok, lets expand on that.

If we accept that a tool is an item used to perform particular task (and we discount telling the time to avoid the absurdity of every watch on the planet meeting the definition of being a "tool watch"), in what way are Submariners and GMTs still "tool watches"?

Leisure scuba divers may wear their sub whilst 5 meters down, but professional divers and more serious divers use dive computers. Long gone are the days when mechanical dive watches were used as tools.

The same for GMTs. They are no longer essential instruments for the task in hand they way they once were.

They are just nice timepieces with a history of being useful tools at some point in their past. Time and technology has moved on.

Very true. Amazing how the populus still refer to Rolex watches as tool watches, while in fact, they are hardcore luxury items. As you duly noted, no serious diver will use a submariner over a 500 USD diving computer.

Similarly, a free mobile application can get you the time in all world zones simultaneously in an accuracy no watch can ever match. This is not to say that Rolex watches are redundant or I can use my mobile phone to get the time so need for a watch or a GMT function, but this is to say that their status as a tool watch is indeed long gone.

[Krash]

Originally Posted by EQUITYft

Very true. Amazing how the populus still refer to Rolex watches as tool watches, while in fact, they are hardcore luxury items. As you duly noted, no serious diver will use a submariner over a 500 USD diving computer.

Similarly, a free mobile application can get you the time in all world zones simultaneously in an accuracy no watch can ever match. This is not to say that Rolex watches are redundant or I can use my mobile phone to get the time so need for a watch or a GMT function, but this is to say that their status as a tool watch is indeed long gone.

100% True.

How anyone can confuse a bluesy with a tool watch is beyond me. It’s laughable.

No doubt some pilots wear a GMT, but I don’t know how anyone can suggest a modern BLNR or CHNR is actually a tool watch either. Those are luxury watches with a GMT function.


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[GONZO2LR]

leave it in the box and carry it with you, that way it's safe and secure, but wrap it in bubble wrap just in case you might drop it!

ohhh and if you need to know what time it is or date, look at your cell, i only hope your cell ain't wrapped up too and in a box!

[George58]

some divers will wear a sub as a back up incase their battery operated dive computer dies still a tool in my book

[donq]

Originally Posted by George58

some divers will wear a sub as a back up incase their battery operated dive computer dies still a tool in my book

Still A tool, but not THE tool.

Dive computers replaced watches decades ago.
That doesn’t mean all dive watches ceased to function somehow, they just got replaced by something that’s superior in most ways.

I guess if they can make a dive computer powered by a rotor they will have it all.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by George58

some divers will wear a sub as a back up incase their battery operated dive computer dies still a tool in my book

Exactly that and myself used my late 1990s early 2000 16660 SD for well over 600 hours underwater working as dive instructor and dive guide.And was used and sometimes abused as a real working tool,and not like most of today's Rolex watches who want to wrap them up in cotton wool.

[Screwly]

Originally Posted by padi56

Exactly that and myself used my late 1990s early 2000 16660 SD for well over 600 hours underwater working as dive instructor and dive guide.And was used and sometimes abused as a real working tool,and not like most of today's Rolex watches who want to wrap them up in cotton wool.

Cotton wool may leave hairline scratches Padi!

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Screwly

Cotton wool may leave hairline scratches Padi!

Not if you use the special certified COSC spec cotton wool.