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View Poll Results: How often do you wash your watch? | |||
Daily | 63 | 12.70% | |
Every time you swap watches | 77 | 15.52% | |
occasionally, but not often | 289 | 58.27% | |
never | 67 | 13.51% | |
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4 July 2023, 04:42 PM | #61 |
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"Never"
But it is also true that when I only had "cheap" watches, I often washed them because I saw them as more beautiful and shiny. Today, however, I believe that in my case, this kind of act was some kind of a distraction stemmed from dissatisfaction with my watches. |
4 July 2023, 06:31 PM | #62 |
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About 15 times a day in average.
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4 July 2023, 06:40 PM | #63 |
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I usually wash them in the shower if I have been wearing the same watch for a few days with a tooth brush and soap.
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4 July 2023, 06:57 PM | #64 |
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Daily because I am currently in China and is crazy hot here! Sweat gets into my watch and get sticky....
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5 July 2023, 03:15 AM | #65 |
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But I dunno how to work the dishwasher???
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7 July 2023, 08:18 AM | #66 |
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Every Monday, soap, water and a tooth brush
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7 July 2023, 08:41 AM | #67 |
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Well because we have a one year old, pretty frequently these days!
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7 May 2024, 07:06 PM | #68 |
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I do twice in a year. lol!!!!
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7 May 2024, 07:10 PM | #69 |
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i know there is the watch cleaner you can buy in the US tried to get it but the customer service was non responsive after i tried to pay and it did not let me due to shipping.
Does anyone know of a good watch cleaner kit available in uk |
7 May 2024, 07:58 PM | #70 |
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Every day with clear water and wipe it
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7 May 2024, 08:49 PM | #71 |
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Any watch I'm wearing which is waterproof and not on a leather strap gets washed whenever I shower, usually 1-3 times a day. Others get cleaned when it's obviously needed.
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7 May 2024, 08:53 PM | #72 |
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Whenever I’m driving through the car wash I hang my arm out the window. I get the premium wash too.
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7 May 2024, 09:46 PM | #73 |
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I rinse it off after cycling for 5 hours or so and givea proper clean once a month with Wristclean and toothbrush. It is an amazing product, really makes the watch shine.
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7 May 2024, 09:51 PM | #74 |
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is there a uk version of wrist clean i tried to buy but the owner never replied about payment issue
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7 May 2024, 10:31 PM | #75 |
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when i shower
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7 May 2024, 10:42 PM | #76 |
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Yeah, it's called luke warm water, some soap and a microfibre cloth of your choosing. A specialist cleaning kit really is not necessary
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7 May 2024, 10:45 PM | #77 |
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7 May 2024, 10:49 PM | #78 |
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Maybe once a year.
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7 May 2024, 11:29 PM | #79 | |
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Just wash all the soap off, pat dry with a paper towel and give it the once over with the microfibre cloth. Essentially this is what any cleaning kit will do, less the polishing. |
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7 May 2024, 11:48 PM | #80 |
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Not enough, just when I see crud at the lugs/case junction.
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8 May 2024, 01:11 AM | #81 |
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Weekly with Dawn and water, or anytime after my dog licks the crystal.
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8 May 2024, 01:37 AM | #82 |
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Depends. Every few weeks in the winter, every week in the summer due to sweat and sunscreen. If I've been in salt water that day it soaks in something while I shower.
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8 May 2024, 01:48 AM | #83 |
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Showering with a watch sounds so weird.
I usually give it a good cleaning 1x week. WristClean is good stuff.
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8 May 2024, 01:53 AM | #84 |
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I wash mine every 4-8 weeks depending on the amount of wear. Just lather up with some Dawn and give it a quick brush with an old, soft toothbrush. My old hollow jubilee band got a little more attention as there was many more places for the dirt to hide.
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8 May 2024, 02:01 AM | #85 |
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I don't own a Rolex (yet), but my Omegas get a scrub once in a while. I don't wear them when I'm working on stuff that would get my hands dirty, or when I'm playing golf, or when I'm at the pool/beach, so they aren't exposed to dirt/sand often.
Was told that water and watches don't mix when I was a kid, I'm scared of getting water in them (even though they are all waterproof to a degree). |
8 May 2024, 02:13 AM | #86 |
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I wash mine each time I wear it, typically a few times a week. I use dawn soap when I do wash it.
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8 May 2024, 02:25 AM | #87 |
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When I notice they are looking a bit dull.
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8 May 2024, 02:34 AM | #88 |
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Tough to answer since I rotate watches often, very often. Sometimes 2 or 3 watches a day.
But I try and do a mental tracking and wash with water and Dawn after the equivalent of about a week’s wear. I do believe it’s important to regularly wash your watch for proper maintenance but I don’t do anything elaborate other than my method mentioned above. I believe it’s a “Padi approved” method as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
8 May 2024, 02:37 AM | #89 |
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I wonder if those who comment against the likes of Wrist Clean have used the product? It's clearly NOT soap and water, Dawn, Dove, Fairy or otherwise ;)
Anyway for my 2 pence worth, it brings on a shine to watches and jewellery. I just use a soft tooth brush to get into the nooks and crannies, rinse off in chlorinated water, which comes out of the tap. Job done. |
8 May 2024, 02:52 AM | #90 |
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Apologies if this has already been hashed out but is it ok to put your watch in one of those ultrasonic cleaners?
I hear some people say you can only put the head of the watch and not the bracelet in and others say it’s fine for the entire watch? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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