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Old 29 March 2011, 06:34 PM   #1
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how do you wear your rolex?

do you wear your watch lower down to your hand or up the wrist? do you wear it tight or loose? can you fit a finger in-between the watch and your arm? do you prefer it loose? or tight? people with adjustable clasp, do u wear the clasp fully out or closed? how often do you adjust the easy link or adjust the clasp?
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Old 29 March 2011, 06:51 PM   #2
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Fairly tight but still with some movement. If I wear a watch tight it doesn't bother me until I do something physical but then I hate it!
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Old 29 March 2011, 07:17 PM   #3
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I wear mine as close to hand as humanly possible. I think it looks tacky when it slides up my arm towards my elbow; almost girly to me. I wear mine loose but not to where I can spin it around my wrist or anything. I cant stand the feeling of a too tight watch. So, loose for me and very very close to my hand.
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Old 29 March 2011, 09:44 PM   #4
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Comfortably snug down against the hand which allows moving behind the wrist when things heat up.
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Old 29 March 2011, 09:49 PM   #5
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I wear it just right, not tight enough to leave marks and not loose enough to rattle and slide.
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Old 29 March 2011, 09:50 PM   #6
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i wear mine as close to hand as humanly possible. I think it looks tacky when it slides up my arm towards my elbow; almost girly to me. I wear mine loose but not to where i can spin it around my wrist or anything. I cant stand the feeling of a too tight watch. So, loose for me and very very close to my hand.
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Old 29 March 2011, 09:52 PM   #7
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I wear mine as close to hand as humanly possible. I think it looks tacky when it slides up my arm towards my elbow; almost girly to me.
I agree, I have no idea how people can tolerant their watch sliding almost to the middle of their upper arm!
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Old 29 March 2011, 09:56 PM   #8
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Mostly tight with just enough room so it doesn't move. Usually in the summer I have to readjust the bracelet.
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Old 29 March 2011, 09:57 PM   #9
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Not to tight, but not too loose. I don't like it to be biting in my flesh, nor sliding down my arm.
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Old 29 March 2011, 10:02 PM   #10
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I can put my index finger between the bracelet and the and bottom side of my wrist, and as close to my hand.
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Old 29 March 2011, 10:27 PM   #11
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not to tight, but not too loose. I don't like it to be biting in my flesh, nor sliding down my arm.
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Old 29 March 2011, 11:48 PM   #12
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Loose enough to slide over my wrist bone, barely. I can probably slip a little finger between bracelet and wrist. With straps, I wear them snugger, but they can still slide over the wrist bone.
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Old 30 March 2011, 01:53 AM   #13
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I wear mine as close to hand as humanly possible. I think it looks tacky when it slides up my arm towards my elbow; almost girly to me. I wear mine loose but not to where I can spin it around my wrist or anything. I cant stand the feeling of a too tight watch. So, loose for me and very very close to my hand.
If it is loose how do you keep it from sliding up towards your elbow in the "girly" positionwhen you waise your arm/hand?
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Old 30 March 2011, 01:57 AM   #14
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Like I've always said I wear my watches like I prefer my women.......loose.
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Old 30 March 2011, 02:24 AM   #15
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Like I've always said I wear my watches like I prefer my women.......loose.
Funny... I've always preferred both to be a nice tight fit!
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Old 30 March 2011, 02:27 AM   #16
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Old 30 March 2011, 06:08 AM   #17
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Loose enough to slide over my wrist bone, barely.
Same here.
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Old 30 March 2011, 06:14 AM   #18
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I like mine snug most of the time.
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Old 30 March 2011, 06:26 AM   #19
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Comfortably loose. Just snug enough that the crown doesn't rub against the top of my hand too much.
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Old 30 March 2011, 06:43 AM   #20
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I wear mine as close to hand as humanly possible. I think it looks tacky when it slides up my arm towards my elbow; almost girly to me. I wear mine loose but not to where I can spin it around my wrist or anything. I cant stand the feeling of a too tight watch. So, loose for me and very very close to my hand.
X3....I can put the tip of my little finger between my wrist and bracelet.
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Old 30 March 2011, 07:42 AM   #21
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I wear mine on my wrist. Case closed.
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Old 30 March 2011, 08:00 AM   #22
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Snug and down my wrist.
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Old 30 March 2011, 08:00 AM   #23
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Pinkie finger can fit between my wrist and bracelet. Just the right amount of wiggle room.
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Old 30 March 2011, 08:03 AM   #24
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I wear mine around my ankle......what was the question again?
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Old 30 March 2011, 08:14 AM   #25
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I was going to say I wear it with flair and panache. But I'm not really sure how to spell 'panache' or what exactly it means.

I wear mine tight enough so that it does not leave marks on my wrist.
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Old 30 March 2011, 08:18 AM   #26
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I wear mine as close to hand as humanly possible. I think it looks tacky when it slides up my arm towards my elbow; almost girly to me. I wear mine loose but not to where I can spin it around my wrist or anything. I cant stand the feeling of a too tight watch. So, loose for me and very very close to my hand.
Towards your elbow? Can't see why anyone would want a watch that loose. I like to keep my watches on my wrist. I keep them fairly tight so they can move about 2cm up.
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Old 30 March 2011, 08:30 AM   #27
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I have narrow wrists, and I wear all my watches tight enough that they only slide about 2-3" towards and away from my left hand. In perspective, the watch never goes farther up my arm than my cuffs on my shirt, but can hang out of a white shirt. The new-to-me day-date fits perfectly in this respect for me.

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Old 30 March 2011, 08:34 AM   #28
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Old 30 March 2011, 09:08 AM   #29
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Left wrist.

Relatively loose with about 2 inches of movement along my arm for the SS bracelet.

With a NATO or rubber strap I wear it a bit tighter.
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Old 30 March 2011, 09:12 AM   #30
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Pretty far down, Mostly with the comfort extention link extended

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