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20 September 2019, 09:42 PM | #1 |
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Replace bracelet watch with strap watch for desk diving
I put a warning here otherwise I know this will generate tons of 'a watch is meant to be worn comments' and 'this has been discussed before' which is as annoying as 'scratch' threads for some.. but anyway here it goes.
I have changed office so that I will work more on the laptop in a shared or semi-shared workspace. This means; 1) the watch will scratch more from laptop use, and 2) I don't want to remove the watch from my wrist while working since I don't know who comes and goes in the open office without any security etc. With steel watches on brushed bracelet I don't really find this a big problem but with solid gold president and polished center link oyster this will disturb me. How do you guys do? Don't bother, remove watch, use another on strap? I'm considering selling a dress watch I rarely use and DD40 to fund a Lange 1 Moonphase in Platinum. At least that'd be a strap watch I'd like to wear. |
20 September 2019, 09:46 PM | #2 |
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Just get maybe a beater for the office, or restructure your collection and add a sub or something with brushed links... I understand what your talking about, can’t stand those annoying people telling you your watch should be scratched and look like shit . I like my pieces blingy and mint
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20 September 2019, 09:51 PM | #3 |
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Buy an additional watch you don't mind as much wear, or a leather strap you dont mind scratched.
Or live with the scratches. |
20 September 2019, 10:16 PM | #4 |
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I work on my MacBook everyday and my watches done get any desk diving scratches?
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20 September 2019, 10:32 PM | #5 |
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Gold dress watches look fantastic on dressy leather straps. I'd go that route.
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20 September 2019, 10:44 PM | #6 | |
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I wear my watches, they will get scratches. Good luck!
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20 September 2019, 10:50 PM | #7 | |
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Definitely don't do a strap. Any strap, whether leather, textile or rubber, will get gnawed through by the same laptop that is scratching your bracelet. The strap will eventually be completely cut in two and fall off your wrist. |
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20 September 2019, 10:56 PM | #8 |
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I wear long sleeves at work, and I always have a jacket on my desk to wear while I write on the computer, and keep my precious watch under the sleeve.
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20 September 2019, 10:58 PM | #9 |
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I hear you! I am retired now but spend a lot of time on my PC. My desk is cluttered and the keyboard rests right on the front edge of the wooden desk so the clasp of my watch sits right on the that edge. I wear various watches and the clasp as well as bracelet pick up inevitable light marks. I don't care much except for PCL pieces. I DID put a leather strap on the 116500 and am very happy with it.
I AM much more careful with my YG Sub and I don't wear it when at my desk. Granted a work environment is different in terms of what watch you want to wear. Strap sounds like a good idea. |
20 September 2019, 10:58 PM | #10 |
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Maybe consider a clasp protector like this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Rolex-G...28dd%7Ciid%3A1 It's not the perfect solution, but like a screen protector on a phone, it does the trick |
20 September 2019, 11:02 PM | #11 |
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I have my 14060M on a NATO for weekly work wear.
And have done so for a long time. Very light and the bracelet is happy In the box.
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The only place where a watch won't get scratches for sure is in the AD's case or a dark cold box in some vault. Such a waste to look back 10 or 20 years and say, "look at this watch, it never got one scratch, I never wore it and took good care of it all these years".....ooookaaaay.....(took an L on that one). |
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There is a big difference (for many) between unavoidable scratches obtained through daily wear and knowingly introducing your watches to an environment which is likely to cause damage and which is completely avoidable. Some laptops are particularly bad in this respect.
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20 September 2019, 11:43 PM | #16 |
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I wonder if anyone will post images of the laptop surface after being defaced by a watch?
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Interesting answers guys. Some sincere and good answers, bottom line there is no real magic. Protection, nato/strap, no watch or scratches.
Of course the mandatory comments but I thought Devlidog said it well, there is a difference between just going about your day and knowingly sitting there and gnaw away with the watch right at the sharp edge of a Macbook. The solution for me will probably be to use the brushed steel watches like Explorer II, SeaDweller or Speedmaster but not DD40 while doing a lot of desk work. Might get another strap watch too though. Getting a Rolex rubber strap doesn't really help with the PM clasp. |
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No doubt an equally concerning issue for some
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If the scratches from "sitting"....that is sitting down in an air-conditioned room...if that is considered a damaging environment then God save us from what happens when you stand up and have to go get coffee in the real world or go to a play ground with the kids, and even worse, have to walk through a......doorway. Life for a Rolex is getting more and more dangerous everyday......meanwhile over in the vintage section everyone loves patina and tells you not to polish your watch, scratches give it character and this type of wear makes it yours as you make beautiful memories through the years. Were those vintage watches ever new, or did Rolex sell them already used/vintage and scratched full of that patina everybody loves? |
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21 September 2019, 12:11 AM | #21 |
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It would be fun to see all the beat up 5711s and whatnots that we have here on this forum :)
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21 September 2019, 12:16 AM | #22 | |
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21 September 2019, 12:27 AM | #23 |
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I wear my OP Date 1503 on a strap, but not because I'm afraid of scratching the bracelet, but because I bought it used and the bracelet didn't come with it. I think it looks great.
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There really is no good solution to your problem. At least that you're wanting to accept. If you wear the watch it's going to show wear. No way to avoid it. Accept it or don't wear the watch. That's how I see it.
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I'm with you OP I do not like scratches on my watch, my car, my motorcycle, my face, the walls of my living room, etc.
I have trained my arms such that my wrist doesn't rub or touch anything when I'm typing but I am also considering a black rubber or holed/racing type leather for my explorerII. Also before I was completely trained I would put a microcloth just under where my wrist rested. |
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21 September 2019, 05:00 AM | #30 |
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I have a SENA case on my Macbook. Bought it to protect the laptop when travelling but it also protects the watch
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