Reply With QuoteHere's mine. Waiting to get into the supermarket. Worn most days for 10 years.
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It seems that most photo's I see of Rolex for sale or posed photo's always look as though the watch has never been worn and just kept safe as more of an investment not to be marked rather than a watch to be worn and enjoyed.
Here's mine. Waiting to get into the supermarket. Worn most days for 10 years.
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All the Rolex watches on the Friday threads are worn.
Rolex watches are discussed on many threads here.
Why do we need yet another Rolex thread?
Simon
Because it's fun and it is a watch forum perhaps?Originally Posted by mycroft
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Watches of recent times worn carefully will not show their age.
Because lots of us like Rolex and those who are bored with Rolex can just give it a miss. No big deal deal really.
My 1655 Explorer11 looks really knackered but the time keeping is brilliant, a 2 second gain every 28 days. This is the one area where I change my mind every time I wear it, whether to leave as is or restore it back to as new. It does my head in sometimes.
Put a pic up then!
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Hope that’s worn enough
I don't baby this...
Cheers,
Neil.
Or this.
But to be fair those bezels are scratch magnets.
Cheers,
Neil.
Bit quiet over your side?I'll be over to see you later.
Plenty of Rolexes used and worn as they should be over here, in fact some looney (hello Mike!) wears his under the sea for saturation diving!
Cheers,
Neil.
Great thread. I really enjoy seeing watches being used for their intended purpose or just being worn and enjoyed!
Just sent my expl II to Sean Yates - About Time Watch Repairs - following a recent thread on here and feedback from the OP. As this watch is a keeper for me, with me at the birth of my son and getting married amongst others things, I originally requested a light polish however the final decision to polish or not remains undecided until he's inspected it and we've had a conversation so I feel your pain Mick P!
Time keeping wasn't as good as above, gaining 2.5 seconds every day but not bad for a 13 year old watch with no service history!
Look forward to seeing more watches with some character :)
Jon
Lol.....my mums gardening watch..
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You know how to excite a man !! scaryBit quiet over your side?
Plenty of Rolexes used and worn as they should be over here, in fact some looney (hello Mike!) wears his under the sea for saturation diving!
Christmas just gone I was at a garden center buying a Christmas tree with roots for the garden and a old fellow asked me to give him a lift with a couple of fence panels onto his pickup and I noticed he was wearing a Rolex GMT (don't know what model) which was swinging very loosely on his wrist and banging against the panels, so I asked him if it was real when we had finished, he showed it me and it was really knocked up and he said his wife had bought it for him when he retired and he had worn it ever since day in day out whatever he did and it showed it.
It was nice seeing a guy wear an expensive watch without a care in the world and not thinking of any future resale value.
I wear a Seiko 6159-7000 as my beater and its fun.
Where is Jocke with his Datejust, always makes me laugh as it has more oil on it than Red Adair's jeans!
Edit: found it -
YESSSS Beat that!!
The cleaning solution
All's well in the end
Here is the blog
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A truly un-babied DD - worn daily for 11 years !!
FTFY
WOW........................
A truly un-babied DD - worn daily for 11 years !!
Probably because that's exactly how it is for half the people on here!
I baby my watches - although wear them doing most things - I’d be gutted to have my 16610 looking like that DJ.
It’s a 2010 v serial I bought no’s so I am not replacing or having it polished any time soon.
Respect for wearing without worry! It looks like it belonged to a roof shoveler from Chernobyl.
A truly un-babied DD - worn daily for 11 years !!
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haha
That's the spirit!
A truly un-babied DD - worn daily for 11 years !!
A chap I knew who was a shopfitter/carpenter wore his DJ daily for work. It didn't look like that but it certainly had plenty of wear.
I don't change tractor gearboxes with mine but certainly don't baby them either.
Cheers,
Neil.
Each to their own of course. Personally, I feel that watches are for wearing, whilst so many people on here seem ridiculously over cautious (to me, anyway). Any watch will get marks and scratches if worn - so what? However, I realise that some people are only interested in preserving resale value.
How did it get like that? Any background info would be interesting to know
I don’t baby either but getting a watch to that state, even in 11 years, would be a challenge!
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There is of course a happy medium - then again, you know that but chose to be inflammatory instead.
It’s also possible to look after things without being motivated by resale value. Of course, you know that too.
I dont agree, I have my G-Shock on now as doing jobs on the car/house it will get knocked and covered in crap, when I'm finished and all cleaned up I'll put something nice on that I can appreciate isn't all beat up.
A restrained response to a particularly snide comment...
Simon
I work with a builder who wears his datejust 41 everyday which he bought from new. He’s not a collector, just owns a Rolex and enjoys its use. Its covered in dozens of tiny scratches and gives a nice patina look.
It’s a watch to hand down, not an obsession about value retention.
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I know!!
Worn by my dad who’s a doctor would you believe.
No manual labour. He just refused to adjust the bracelet properly and wore it very loose.
I’ve no idea how it got in that state even after saying that, but I winced constantly.
Still, it’s got character and provenance for me, and it’s certainly “under the radar”
I am intending to find out whether it can realistically be refurbished/polished sensibly, once the world starts up again....but it is what it is
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Good for your Dad, I think it has 'character' looking like that.
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Crikey!
A truly un-babied DD - worn daily for 11 years !!
What material is that?
No way that can be refurbished and look anything like its original state mate. They be some deep deep wounds! Maybe see what a new and bracelet would set you back instead.
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I read this as shoplifter/carpenter, which made me chuckle......That's the spirit!
A chap I knew who was a shopfitter/carpenter wore his DJ daily for work. It didn't look like that but it certainly had plenty of wear.
I don't change tractor gearboxes with mine but certainly don't baby them either.
Personally, I don’t see the appeal in battered up watches. Whilst I do not baby my watches, I do wear them carefully. If they get damaged I seek a repair.
Same with my car or my home.
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A datejust is not the right tool for that job...
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So did I
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A datejust is not the right tool for that job...
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My GMT bought New in 1994. I wore it 24 hours a day for 17 years clocking up over Four Million Miles.
I then retired it and got a second hand Explorer 2. That was the start of the collecting bug....
I wear it a LOT.
Its never been polished and I won't, but the head is absolutely fine. Majority of wear for me is bracelets.
Resale isn't an issue as its not going anywhere.
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[mention]verv [/mention] nice And I’ve got the exact same issue as you, mine is the Sub with date, head is fine however the bulk of the wear and scratches are on the bracelet and clasp!
I wear it a LOT.
Its never been polished and I won't, but the head is absolutely fine. Majority of wear for me is bracelets.
Resale isn't an issue as its not going anywhere.
Can’t seem to upload any pics via the app...
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I wear it a LOT.
Its never been polished and I won't, but the head is absolutely fine. Majority of wear for me is bracelets.
Resale isn't an issue as its not going anywhere.
The same sort of marks on my bracelet that NG insisted that it needed replacing at about £1300 when it was in for a service.
My best mates dad had an Oyster, it was well and truly looking like he had dropped it under a road roller. We took it to the service centre in the Connaught Building in Hong Kong (the locals call it the building of a thousand ar$£holes) and they told us to pick it up in a few weeks....when it came back it looked brand new. They did an amazing job on it. sadly it was "lost" when he was diving with it a few months later. One day someone is going to find a nice Rolex around "Middle Island" in Repulse bay one day, watch was lost in about 1979....
if it wasn't stretched then thats just pee taking. they can be rebrushed
Great thread, i'm very much in the watches should be worn/used camp. Each ding, scrape and mark is like having an imprint of your life on your wrist. I found that important when I inherited my dad's watch a few years ago.
Anyway, back to lurk mode :)
Ho Ho. I don't wish to know what a replacement platinum case and bracelet would cost.
It's a cruel irony really - a possibly worthless platinum daydate :)
I shall enjoy wearing it!!
And that's how I feel watches ought to be enjoyed :) Enjoy wearing it, not worry about consequences of wearing it.
Ouch, I thought that was steel. Kudos to you mate, that’s the spirit!
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