Shipping Rolex in the cold

[Alcan]

It didn't hurt Akira's Air King


http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=104136

[Brucie D]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

That would likely be in Canada.

Canada rocks. Our Rolexes freeze every time we step out the door for five months out of the year. Nothing bad ever happens to them.




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[tomallen]

When a Rolex leaves the factory in Switzerland in the dead of winter in the back of an unheated UPS or FedEx truck or what ever carrier they use, for the cargo hold of plane that may land in Siberia, I don't think there is any problem. I have been at my AD when FedEx dropped off a shipment of Rolex watches and the are just well packed in their little plastic cases in a regular shipping box.

[Im Lauf der Zeit]

Originally Posted by Micha

this is better than a "is it safe to wear..." thread.

Yes, hard to believe those could be topped.

[mjclark32]

Coooome on man

[sleddog]

Originally Posted by directioneng

Your watch, right?

Did you forget which forum you were logged into Eddie?!?!

[cornerstore]

Originally Posted by Alcan

It didn't hurt Akira's Air King


http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=104136

I did something similar to an Omega,when I took it to my watchmaker there was visible moisture inside the movement. I was told that crystals can form inside given the right conditions. Maybe it was a gasket leak,however it was pressure tested just prior to the freezing.

[HogwldFLTR]

There's ice and then there's ice. Ice starts at 0C (32F) and goes down to way colder. I wonder about a Rolex in LN2 or dry ice for example.

[toomuchtalk]

Originally Posted by mfer

You think there is any harm in a watch sitting in the cold during transit for two days? The weather will be below freezing?

Thanks,

No.

[SALTY]

Look at the bright side, there is a reduced chance of it getting wet if well below freezing.

While on one's wrist there is certainly heat transferred from the body to the watch. Off the body, unless it was super-ridiculously cold (don't know numerically how cold that actually is) and the oils/lubes congealed and the watch was moved so as to allow internals to spin I suppose, in theory, that some additional wear of a perhaps immeasurable amount could possibly take place. But, again, this is only in the case of temperatures that qualify as super-ridiculously cold and, this is in theory only.

[997.2]

It's gonna be ok