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17 November 2012, 02:14 AM | #1 |
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Protect the Crown!
Hello TRF~
Wanted to share with you a way to protect the clasp crown of your watch from normal wear, yet still enjoy the badge of quality signified by the emblem. Forgive me if someone else has revealed this idea. Best to my friends here on TRF!
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17 November 2012, 02:15 AM | #2 |
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17 November 2012, 02:19 AM | #3 |
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What about the rest of the watch?
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17 November 2012, 02:19 AM | #4 |
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hmmm, interesting...better pics?
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17 November 2012, 02:26 AM | #5 |
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WRT the rest of the watch, I suppose it could be covered as well, however my experience is the convex crown tends go wear faster being the highest point on the clasp.
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Great idea - thanks Pilotwatch.
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17 November 2012, 02:29 AM | #7 |
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Nice job! Thanks for sharing.
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17 November 2012, 02:34 AM | #8 |
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"Protect the Crown!" Isn't this what British soldiers used to say right before that met their end in battle?
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Well some of my watches are 20 plus years old and two were just used and abused as tool watches for many years underwater.But the crown emblem on the clasps are fine with out any form of stickers or other protection sure there are scratches but thats normal from wearing.
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17 November 2012, 03:00 AM | #10 |
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I have considered this but was always concerned about oils and moisture that may get trapped and how the metal might react.
Also, it might end up creating a very prominent and sharply delineated "clean" area surrounded by normal wear when you remove the film. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 |
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17 November 2012, 04:33 AM | #14 |
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I find that the clasp crown is one of the easiest ways to identify a Rolex in the wild--particularly where long sleeves are present.
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17 November 2012, 05:05 AM | #15 |
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Interesting but I don't see the point. Just polish at service.
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17 November 2012, 07:44 AM | #16 |
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Right. I didn't think of that. Thanks
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Man.....that's just plain lame.....
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Intersting!
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This works better.
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Good idea but I feel I buy my watches to wear them and if they get a scratch or something then it doesn't bother me. We give people a hard time when they don't take all the stickers off when they get there watches and this is basically putting them back on again.
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Awesome idea Steve! I went one step further, I just leave them in the winder and did this :
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Just Wear It!
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keep them away from overzealous polishing, this includes RSC.
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17 November 2012, 11:35 AM | #29 |
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Totally agree with you Gus. They almost polished my sub away.
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