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Old 2 October 2018, 03:48 AM   #91
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I’m getting older and wiser. Went to Europe for three weeks last month.
Left it at home. Amsterdam to Venice.

I’m turning sixty and it’s turning forty in November.

5 years ago I was the unwilling victim of a thief who tried to take it off over my right hand.

Rolex and thief both survived the venture. I got a few stitches from the clasp.

Gendarmes intervened neatly.

Thief eventually recovered.

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Old 2 October 2018, 03:50 AM   #92
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Such as during exercise or even bath.
I wear a watch when I need to know the time.
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Old 2 October 2018, 04:14 AM   #93
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I wear a watch when I need to know the time.
Right here X2

Take it off while sleeping, showering, any kind of physical activity, and sometimes I just take it off when I get home from work.
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Old 2 October 2018, 04:17 AM   #94
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The issue with showering with a watch is a lot of soap and shampoo have skin conditioners in them that leave a soap scum film inside the bracelet links and around the bezel. Ultimately you will have to take it off and wash it with Dawn dish soap to remove the soap film that accumulates.
I mean, maybe if you're using Ivory bar soap or something, but I've never had issues showering with watches for years. It keeps them clean, if anything.
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Old 2 October 2018, 04:22 AM   #95
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If its my divers watch yes in the pool. For gym and bath- No.
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Old 2 October 2018, 07:06 AM   #96
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I do not wear while lifting heavy weights or generally in the gym at all. I wear pretty much everywhere else. They are made for the water.

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Old 10 December 2018, 07:11 PM   #97
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Bluesy pretty much 24/7 including construction and working on my diesel truck. 14 years it’s a tough watch. Got some dings but overall it’s in decent shape. I’ve since switched to a DSSD most of the time now.
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Old 10 December 2018, 07:22 PM   #98
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Not always for me. My pieces are well respected and deserve to be pampared and kept in their box.
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Old 10 December 2018, 07:26 PM   #99
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It’s the first thing I put on when I wake up, it’s the last thing I take off before I sleep
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Old 10 December 2018, 07:36 PM   #100
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When I'm on rotation it never leaves my wrist, when I'm at home I dont wear them in the gym, shower or when I sleep.
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Old 10 December 2018, 07:47 PM   #101
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Old 11 December 2018, 12:01 AM   #102
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Off to shower and sleep, and at the gym I usually switch to a fitness tracker or Casio G-Shock. Otherwise it's on my wrist.
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Old 11 December 2018, 03:00 AM   #103
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I leave it at home when I got to the gym.
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Old 11 December 2018, 03:39 AM   #104
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I have a Swatch day-date that has been my foreign travel watch for the last 15 years. During that time, I have been pickpocketed in Venice and Istanbul, lost several hundred Swiss Francs in a hotel room and had my wife's Mondaine SBB pocket watch taken from another hotel room. I'm not trying to impress anyone in a foreign country while on vacation.
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Old 11 December 2018, 03:59 AM   #105
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I take mine off in the evening at home and put back on in the morning. Only sport I do is football so don't wear for that.

Wear whenever out of the house. Always worried a little bit the next day after a night in the pub, one two many pints and more prone to a ding.
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Old 11 December 2018, 04:04 AM   #106
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Bath / shower I take mine off. I'm an adult.
Although if I'm in someone else's bed I might keep it on as it allows for a quick exit if needed... one less thing to think about...
Hhahahahahahah. Do you keep the Chrono running also?!
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Old 11 December 2018, 04:04 AM   #107
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I don't sleep with mine.
Usually comes off at night around dinner time.
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Old 11 December 2018, 04:04 AM   #108
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I don't wear a watch in shower or at the gym.
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Old 11 December 2018, 04:15 AM   #109
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Old 11 December 2018, 05:03 AM   #110
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Not at the gym, or when I sleep and shower
This. Other than if I’m on holiday
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Old 11 December 2018, 05:11 AM   #111
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PJs on, Watch off. Don’t need my watch embossed on my face when I wake up. Cloths on, watch on. Gym, Apple Watch. DIY, shitter.


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Old 11 December 2018, 06:55 AM   #112
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I wear my ones all the time in rotation that is so in the shower to sleep at work apart from running as I use a GPS watch for that
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Old 11 December 2018, 06:52 PM   #113
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Not during shower, gym or sleep.
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Old 11 December 2018, 11:24 PM   #114
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I have a strange habit of taking my watch off when I come home from wherever, I leave it on the counter with my pocket knife and keys. I don’t wear my watches exercising (Casio or Garmin) and put them in the safe before bed.
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Old 12 December 2018, 12:09 AM   #115
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I wear mine all the time except for showering/bathing and to the gym if I'm doing something where it would get in the way (Oly lifts, pressing with wrist wraps, etc.).
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Old 12 December 2018, 12:34 AM   #116
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I usually either have mine on or if I take it off at house I put it back in safe on watch winder. It’s just kind of a habit. At gym I will only take it off if an exercise will affect the watch. If I do it I try my best to just take it off without anyone seeing me and wrap it in my workout towel. I wear in steam room. I say this because another member posted about getting condensation in watch after steam room. I have never had this happen to any watches. If anything it gets a nice dew on top of the watch so I can wipe it clean.
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Old 12 December 2018, 12:42 AM   #117
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Old 12 December 2018, 02:42 AM   #118
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I take it off to shower and sleep most days. I did get a quick bench workout in with one on the other day, but I didn’t change to gym clothes either.


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Old 12 December 2018, 03:13 AM   #119
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I have to have a watch at the gym. Gainz require carefully calibrated rest periods between sets. Currently using my Tudor Black Bay chrono on a rubber B strap for the task since it's easy to admire the dial while I wait. I'm pretty impressed with the robustness of the movement.. still keeps within +2/-2 even after all the running, jumping, burpees, and olympic lifts.

Aside from the gym, I take mine off to shower and sleep, but otherwise have a watch on.
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Old 12 December 2018, 03:16 AM   #120
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I don't sleep with mine on and rarely shower with it.
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