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23 June 2023, 11:53 PM | #61 | |
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24 June 2023, 12:32 AM | #62 | |
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24 June 2023, 03:00 AM | #63 | |
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24 June 2023, 03:04 AM | #64 | |
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24 June 2023, 05:30 AM | #65 |
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You wear the watch under a shirt cuff or banging on a desk, table, door knob, or a million other things
I could understand if it was a plastic screen, or delicate like a display, but everything about these is supposed to be durable I’ve wiped mine with wet paper towels at times and then Pat dry - they get scratched from wearing them so why bother babying them that much |
24 June 2023, 06:02 PM | #66 | |
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I think that anyone who is bothered by the fact that wearing a watch can result in scratches should not buy a PM or polished watch. Instead, buy a G-Shock or a CW you can afford and live happily ever after. Because as I noted before, OWNING a watch is NOT the same as buying a watch. Nowadays, many people can buy expensive watches that they would never have thought of before, but only a few of them can wear them as they were designed for: as a simple, everyday watch. The problem is that the masses have started to treat everyday watches as celebratory jewelry, because they cannot maintain them and simply USE them, then replace them when they are no longer beautiful or become "old". Therefore the regular care became a religion of the immaculate watches. |
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24 June 2023, 06:22 PM | #67 | |
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Shine a bright light on the polished bits and look closely. Or look at them on bright sunlight. I know from experience that PM PCLs are soft as butter. Perspective IS the word. Certainly for those with half decent eyesight. My BB58 case sides (its not babied, but I am careful) are covered in faint hairlines and marks from operating the crown (with clean fingers). It happens. I don't care because they don't bother me. But they are there. It is perspective.
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24 June 2023, 06:57 PM | #68 | |
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I don’t have PCLs, or any gold watch. I don’t use it on the bracelet. Just the Crystal. I think the right term is probably use case, not perspective. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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24 June 2023, 07:17 PM | #69 | |
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Just so we are clear here. You are commenting and giving opinion on the relative merits of using microfibre cleaning cloths, rather than, say, a t shirt but you have zero experience of the impact of using a t shirt on anything other than the most scratch resistant part of your watch (by a significant margin) ? A part which isn’t realty what this thread is all about? Heck, I’d use hard paper towels on a sapphire crystal without fear, but I wouldn’t use a item of clothing on a PCL or a mirror finished case side. And I’ll only use microfibre on polished PM
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24 June 2023, 07:51 PM | #70 | |
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Picture below of a real working tool Rolex watch which is seldom seen with todays mainly pampered watches.
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24 June 2023, 08:37 PM | #71 | |
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Afterall that IS the point of a tool watch versus shiny jewelry bauble things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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24 June 2023, 08:58 PM | #72 | |
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Now, Peter, your picture (fantastic watch, by the way, my 16600 is the one I'll be wearing in the zombie apocalypse) is a little misleading is it not. Was that not taken immediately after a full RSC service and refinishing? I really couldn't care what anyone uses to clean their watch. Or their car. or anything. But if someone does, and is seeking help from the forum with a simple question, is there really any need to challenge that person's choice of cleaning materials? He didn't ask "what type of cloth will do" Any mirror polished surface on any Rolex will be subject to micro marring over time unless never worn. Employing sub optimal cleaning methods and materials will also create micro marring (and worse) The more marring there is, the worse it will get. Now that will be addressed at service, but with 10 year service intervals that may be some time. If someone is fine with the dulling over time, then that's great. But there is no need for anyone on this forum to criticise anyone for wanting to keep their luxury item (and let's not fool ourselves that Rolex watches are "tools" anymore) looking as nice as they can for as long as they can. Live and let live
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24 June 2023, 09:07 PM | #73 |
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I use a white one from Rolex, but I doubt it's any better than others.
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24 June 2023, 09:50 PM | #74 |
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And what are these made from Bas most ones I have seen are made from 100% cotton.
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Daily beater for over a year, worn it occasionally for years... just washed it with Dawn, and dried it with the cotton shirt i'm wearing.
PS: LOL as just realized i set the date wrong. 1.jpg
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I’m still not convinced a microfiber cloth is any better than a 100% cotton T-Shirt, but I really don’t care at this point. I’m just not that passionate about it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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26 June 2023, 04:34 AM | #78 |
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A clean 100% cotton T-shirt will do.
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It's all very personal and each to their own.
I am in Padi's camp, because I try not to worry about them too much. I did when I first started wearing Rolex, but invariably I end up scraping them and knocking them (especially on door handles for some reason) so any micro scratches wouldn't concern me. I haven't really looked to be honest, but I do see any bigger scratches. I just rinse them in hot water every so often and dry them with a towel or use a t shirt. That said, none of mine have ever been precious metal. Full respect to the people who do care though. I may get a specific MF cloth after this thread and try harder. |
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Microfiber cleaning cloth
You resuscitated a 9 month old thread to be factious?
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14 April 2024, 10:29 PM | #83 |
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Not true and not wrong as the early Rolex supplied cleaning cloths were made in Switzerland, and they were made from 100% cotton cloth, the more modern ones are made by many third parties world wide for Rolex from synthetic materials.
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I can’t believe this thread has more than two responses.
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I purchased a watch cleaning kit based off of member reviews called Wristiclean. It’s not a microfiber towel though, there is no “pill” to the towels.
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With all due respect to Padi, I have two classic cars with factory original paint etc. and I don’t use tshirts or towels to clean and dry them, as I want to protect the paint and eliminate swirls etc. When you see a classic car with amazing mirror finish paint at a concours show, no one rubbed that down with an old t-shirt.
I wash my classic cars with waterless wash products and microfiber cloths. Joke all you want about not getting a car wet, but as the saying goes, rust never sleeps. I do use a foam cannon and water on my modern car (brand new Mercedes) with special microfiber cloths and mitts as well. My car wash technique has changed for the better since I washed my parents’ cars as a kid in the 1970s, when I did use a wadded up old t-shirt or towel remnant dipped in a bucket of water and dish detergent. I have microfiber cloths with different thicknesses, naps and weaves for different stages of car care, e.g. cleaning, drying, applying glass cleaner, applying interior or vinyl cleaner, applying tire and rim cleaner, etc. Believe it or not, high end tire rims need special care, as they, too, can get scratched with careless maintenance. For less exacting tasks, housecleaning, etc. the Costco multipack of microfiber cloths work well. Otherwise, there are a ton of car detailing websites that sell different cloths, even by the single cloth. I also use only the Rolex cleaning cloth that came from service at the RSC on my watches. Some of the thinner car detailing microfiber cloths would work just as well. |
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