Riding Electric Scooter with Rolex

[tc4101]

Hi

I get around the city by riding an electric scooter. However the ride is a bit bumpy, and i my hand on the handlebar shudders quite a bit over the rough roads, going up and down footpaths.

Is this going to harm a rolex? should i take it off before riding?

[vh2k]

No, but it might harm my self esteem.

The couriers and food delivery guys all wear Rolex here too.

[Pw92676]

It’s not safe. Wait until the release of the Scooter Master.

[Old Expat Beast]

If a Tudor could handle this in 1955, your Rolex can probably handle a scooter in 2021. Falling off is your biggest danger.

[BillA]

Originally Posted by vh2k

No, but it might harm my self esteem.

The couriers and food delivery guys all wear Rolex here too.

The delivery guys near me all wear the Rolex watches made in China.

[George58]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

If a Tudor could handle this in 1955, your Rolex can probably handle a scooter in 2021. Falling off is your biggest danger.

who's to say the damage done will surface days or a few months later from the vibrations

[jimcameron]

Originally Posted by tc4101

Hi

I get around the city by riding an electric scooter.

Is this going to harm a rolex?

No. Your Rolex is fine, unless you get nailed by a garbage truck, then it might be crushed.

[Brew]

Aren’t those scooters how one acquires a Rolex these days?


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[2001jesper]

Wouldn't do it! More suitable use cases are climbing everest, car racing or deepsea diving - Events that can truly beat the watch to hell

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by George58

who's to say the damage done will surface days or a few months later from the vibrations

Because that type of damage would generally show up right away, in terms of off timekeeping or outright failure.

[rolexperfect]

I wouldn’t. Unless your rich enough that you don’t care about ruining your watch. I actually know several very rich people that wouldn’t do this either. So, it’s really as close to being shallow and stupid to do it. Lol


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[stockjock1975]

Originally Posted by Brew

Aren’t those scooters how one acquires a Rolex these days?


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So true from some of the news reports i see!

[rambo99]

Originally Posted by tc4101

Hi

I get around the city by riding an electric scooter. However the ride is a bit bumpy, and i my hand on the handlebar shudders quite a bit over the rough roads, going up and down footpaths.

Is this going to harm a rolex? should i take it off before riding?

destroy the scooter, its dangerous to your Rolex!

[Atlantic]

No

[BogdanS]

90% of my commute and errands I do on my motorcycle, plus trips with the Pack, all about 10.000 km/year. I always wear one my mechanical watches.

I specifically asked Rolex and Omega ADs about the bike’s vibrations and both said its not an issue.

Also, I constantly monitor my watches’ deviation and found out that:
- AP 2226 and 3126 caliber don’t like riding, they start behaving inconsistently;

- older neo-vintage calibers such as Omega 1120 Seamaster 41 ref 2254.50 and 2255.80 don’t like it either;

- modern Rolex and Omega are perfectly fine, behaving as they do when not worn on bike.

I just returned from a 1000km trip and the Omega SMPO 8900 caliber I had with me showed a +0.8 sec/day devation, measured between the start and end of the trip, 2 days that is.

So my advice is to monitor your watches, there are a lot of phone apps for that (I use Toolwatch but better ones available out there) and see how they behave on short interval (1-2 days) compared to off riding intervals.


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[Gobee]

No worries, just ride with with you hand up. And your watch will be safe

[Keepchasing]

I admittedly wondered the same over 5 years ago about wearing it while riding my Harley.

No problems to report. Enjoy!

[rambo99]

or you should be wearing the big pilot shock absorber for the ride.

[JodyHighroller]

You should be fine, but be careful with magnetism. Avoid getting your wrist too close to the bottom near the wheels/battery.

I used to ride them around at my office before the city got fed up with them laying around and told Uber/Lyft to remove them lol.