How do you sterilize a Rolex?

[mailman]

Originally Posted by padi56

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I dated a girl ONCE that coud've used this link Padi. She could've used some advice in the 'other' heading. Maybe it would've told her how to mix it with some water

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Subfiend

Rock,

I'm not fond of them either, but when my ex-wife told me three times not to get my then six year old son a snake, I told him to pick one out. I hate it when she gives me orders.

Was this before or after she became your EX?

[Subfiend]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

Was this before or after she became your EX?

AFTER. But she still could not resist telling me what to do.

Probably the cutest thing to come out of the snake purchase was when my good wife saw the new snake. She didn't mind the snake so much, but she totally freaked out about the frozen dead mice in her freezer. My poor little son was so worried she would not let him keep the snake that he apologized profusely about the dead mice in the freezer. He hit her with the sad voice and puppy dog eyes that only young children can do, but his were genuine. She got over it.

Now he's older and he doesn't bother with the python so much, so my wife was unhappy that she had to buy the live rat and feed it to Monty after we left for California. He didn't even try the puppy dog eyes this time, so she let him have it.

[Mrdi]

Take it to the Vet, they do sterilization.
Take the snake too.

[Db9506]

Run it through the dishwasher.

[SearChart]

What a thread, glad this was revived

[slus]

This thread is hilarious. Forget a safe, python protection from now on.

Originally Posted by C.J.

Dave, I've gotten blood and "junkie funk" on my watches at work. I would use Purell anti-bacterial hand sanitizer, it kills absolutely anything. It's in a gel form but after you apply it you can wash it off with warm water. It's always worked great for me, but I've never had the issue with the stench in the past. Although, I can't imagine SS and gold absorbing the stench

Don't forget to wash with soap and water after those C-Diff patients or visible contamination My Pelagos has seen gallons of Purell foam but it does get sticky between the links and collect more grime there because of it. I take the bracelet off and put it in the ultrasonic cleaner every few months and that water turns almost black

Edit: sorry to quote the necropost from 18 years ago, hope you're doing well and enjoy that post notification

[Robf52]

Originally Posted by Gedanken

Dave, rest assured that I do hold the deepest sympathies for your plight, but this thread's just too funny!

+1.

[Calatrava r]

A hungry python might have eaten the watches if they were anywhere nearby, substrate be darned.

[THC]

Why is anyone giving advice on a 18 year old thread?

[Driver8]

Originally Posted by Db9506

Run it through the dishwasher.

Hopefully the OP managed to find a way to sterilise his watches in the last 18 years since his original post.

[Tools]

Folks do know that this is a 20 year old thread.

Naturally, if you do want to sterilize your watch, steam cleaning is perfectly fine or even Micro Ban.

[Patekfinder]

Originally Posted by Db9506

Run it through the dishwasher.

Not all heroes wear capes.

[painexpert]

Originally Posted by Subfiend

Yes, I know it's a stupid question, but I have to know. How do you sterilize a watch (or three) that has been subjected to dead rat funk for a week?

I took my kids on vacation last week and, because I procrastinate terribly and I don't have a safe installed in my new house yet, I put a bunch of my watches in the safest place I could think of -- under the substrate in my son's python enclosure. I was in a hurry and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

My wife came out to join me two days later and she fed the python a live rat before she left. Except she did not know the python wasn't hungry. Rather than eat the rat, the snake killed it and left it to decompose, which it did, right on top of my Daytona, Ex II and TT Blue Sub. I found the dead, gooey rat there this morning. I threw it away, and now I have to figure out a way to clean the watches.

Bleach comes to mind, but that could be too harsh. Anti-bacterial soap could be too mild. Any ideas? Thanks.

Quick alcohol scrub then dish soap and water........and get a good heavy safe.

[RollingInTheDeep]

Originally Posted by SearChart

What a thread, glad this was revived

Seriously

[csaltphoto]

Your biggest concern would be bacteria which are pretty easily dealt with by surfactants that wash bacteria away and disinfectants that break down cell walls. Phenol is the gold standard but probably overkill. Soap and water and rinsing in isopropyl alcohol will remove or kill about anything you are worried about. Wouldn't recommend autoclaving a Rolex but it would probably survive.

[JTL31]

Originally Posted by Tools

Folks do know that this is a 20 year old thread.
:

Is it just me, or have a lot of old threads been bumped lately?
The funniest part to me, is when posters keep piling on comment after comment as if it’s a new thread. Just watch…

[Otrori]

Not a Rolex (assuming 914L) but once when I worked at Omega I had a guy with a Speedmaster come in, they had literally taken the watch off of their dead father (the thing was in a ziploc bag) and wanted it cleaned. It was caked with God knows what, so I took the movement out and let it sit in cleaning solution for about 24 hours, then regulated and put the movement back in. The smell was not something I'd want to replicate, but I'm assuming it would be the same thing to either soak it in cleaning solution, or even soap and water and give it a good scrub.

[Easy E]

Originally Posted by Driver8

Hopefully the OP managed to find a way to sterilise his watches in the last 18 years since his original post.

Hopefully

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by JTL31

Is it just me, or have a lot of old threads been bumped lately?
The funniest part to me, is when posters keep piling on comment after comment as if it’s a new thread. Just watch…

There have been.

This place is getting weirder by the day

[fly4food84]

People either complain about not using the search or in this case using the search


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[SearChart]

Originally Posted by brandrea

There have been.

This place is getting weirder by the day

This is the weirdest one I've read and it's 18 years old this place was always weird apparently

[Cambo]

Originally Posted by Subfiend

Yes, I know it's a stupid question, but I have to know. How do you sterilize a watch (or three) that has been subjected to dead rat funk for a week?

I took my kids on vacation last week and, because I procrastinate terribly and I don't have a safe installed in my new house yet, I put a bunch of my watches in the safest place I could think of -- under the substrate in my son's python enclosure. I was in a hurry and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

My wife came out to join me two days later and she fed the python a live rat before she left. Except she did not know the python wasn't hungry. Rather than eat the rat, the snake killed it and left it to decompose, which it did, right on top of my Daytona, Ex II and TT Blue Sub. I found the dead, gooey rat there this morning. I threw it away, and now I have to figure out a way to clean the watches.

Bleach comes to mind, but that could be too harsh. Anti-bacterial soap could be too mild. Any ideas? Thanks.

If anything needs a YouTube video, this is it! I almost spit out my coffee!
Seriously I hope you get this solved

[BraveBold]

Originally Posted by Cambo

If anything needs a YouTube video, this is it! I almost spit out my coffee!
Seriously I hope you get this solved

I think the passage of time alone would have solved this one.

[Solo118]

edit

just realizes this thread is older than my kids

[EEpro]

OP is still around. We need a rat funk update.

[Rolex1982]

Originally Posted by eepro

op is still around. We need a rat funk update.

+1! :)

[JTL31]

Originally Posted by fly4food84

People either complain about not using the search or in this case using the search


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Touch’e

[BNA/LION]

How to Clean Your Rolex in 5 Steps

STEP 1: Make Sure the Crown Is Screwed Down. ...

STEP 2: Fill a Bowl with Soap and Water. ...

STEP 3: Scrub Your Watch with a Soft Brush. ...

STEP 4: Rinse With Fresh Water. ...

STEP 5: Dry with Microfiber Cloth.

I've always heard to Sterile dentures not your Rolex.

[Kenny G]

RIP to the snake that caused this thread 18 years ago.