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I don’t use a screen protector as I love feel of OEM screen. I use a case solely for the reasons you describe. For some reason, my phones love to go flying from my hands when I least expect it. Without a case, I would be buying one every month. That is so, so vastly different from a watch. Comparing the two is beyond silly.
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It wreaks of financial and perception issues. Why do you care if there are micro scratches ? Because it will look old and less expensive? At the core of it, it’s always a money problem. Can’t afford to enjoy it. Instead it owns you, with worry and anxiety. Probably need to enter more affordable watches to avoid such stressful situations.
Having owned Rolexes for years now, and seeing 20 -30 year old pieces worn by friends and family, this fear and plastic protection blown way out of proportion. |
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Do I want my clasp to look good - yes! It's a scratch magnet! And I'm talking more than just micro scratches. And I enjoy it very much thank you. Just as much as I enjoy my cars which I wash frequently to keep them clean. Or washing my wood floors in my house to keep them looking nice. And my yard is impeccable. I want it to look nice. Does this mean I put plastic on my furniture? Absolutely not. Not even comparable to installing a little protection that can't even be seen. You see, I'm the kind of guy that likes ALL of my things to look nice - not just my watches. Others may not go to these lengths in life, and that's fine. But it has NOTHING to do with financial issues. I like my stuff, all my stuff, to look nice. ![]() |
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Nope. Wear them.
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Absolutely not. Just enjoy the watch.
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A Rolex is made to be tough, to be used by an active person. Your phone is a delicate instrument, made to be treated as such. |
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Phones need protecting from impacts, bumps and scrapes that can damage them and cause them to malfunction, lose performance or stop working. Protective film on cars prevents chips which if left unattended can cause premature deterioration of the clear coat and paint which will spread and cost money to repair. If a stainless steel or PM clasp gets scratched or dented, ir stops there. The watch won't rust, fall to bits or stop working. That such a discussion can deteriorate into scoffing and insults being slung about is depressingly predictable. |
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After turning 50, I let go of my OCD tendencies. Life is too short to care about a scratch on a watch. Just wear it is my opinion. But, if one prefers to protect their watches, have at it!
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That’s exactly right. I’ve dropped my iPhone a few times and it’s fine, because it’s protected. I don’t use a screen protector, just a case. I don’t worry about my watch clasps. For me, being that worried about scratches would take away some of the joy of this hobby. Kat Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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The car and iPhone analogy is off, here is why, do you wrap your wife’s handbag? Did you wrap her diamond ring? Rolex is luxury jewelry. Not an iPhone. Hey babe, nice Chanel purse, let’s wrap it to protect it ??? If you dig into the car analogy, it’s akin to buying a race car and never racing it. Why do you have a 400-500k car but it sits in the garage or at C&C never to be fully enjoyed. Because the owner can’t afford to fully enjoy it. |
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In your hand you hold more processing power than ships that have gone to the moon, the bottom of the sea, and all points in between. It is around 5000x faster than the most powerful Cray supercomputers from just a couple decades ago, which were room-sized. It has transistors on its core with channel lengths measured in nanometers. You have an extremely powerful camera often with some of the smallest and finest lenses produced. You have enough memory to store thousands of high quality pictures and videos. You can access all the world's information in a snap. It is covered in glass that is around half a millimeter thick. It allows you to make all the asinine comments you care to on the forums. But if you drop it from 18", sometimes even with a case on, there's a $4B industry in the US waiting to take your money for repairs. Sounds pretty sensitive to me. By comparison, a steel Rolex just tells the time and has been used by people in all industries and human endeavors, even wars, for 100+ years. All it asks for is some oil every 10 years or so, and maybe a polish if you like. In other words, there's a big difference. A Rolex is a robust precision instrument. A smartphone is a delicate marvel of technology. Sent from my CPH2583 using Tapatalk |
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I drop my phone on a regular basis; I've never dropped my watch. I throw my phone into the cupholder in my car nearly everyday; I've never throw my watch into there. My nephews regularly grab my phone and run around with it; they never run around with my watch. See a pattern here? That's the difference.
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There is no wrong or right here, just different personality types. Some people are more chill, and don’t sweat the small stuff, and others are intense and require perfection. Kat Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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If you are concerned, Try clear nail varnish. Does the same protection job, clean and reapply once a month and costs nothing.
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This is not going to be a popular response, but our phones are vitally important for most of us. We were just in Europe and our entire trip was stored on our phones. Plane reservations, itinerary, hotel information, etc. If we lost our phones, that would have been a disaster. I remember telling my wife, “we should have printed all this out before we left.” We also used our phones to get around. We used the Bolt app, which is just like Uber. Also, mostly nobody has traditional land-line phones anymore. So our phones are the only way to communicate with the rest of the world. If you want to talk to your kids, you need your phone. Plus, you can’t call 911 with your Rolex. Then there are things like banking, brokerage accounts, news and information, music and entertainment. It seems odd for some to put protective film on a Rolex. But, at the same time, it seems incredibly irresponsible to not protect your phone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Kritameth is right. I’m based in Singapore and travel S.E.A rather extensively. Protective film on watches is a pretty common theme throughout.
There are many brands to pick from such as RX8 (supposedly one of the earliest brands out there), Legacy, Filmnaga, etc… just to name a few. Some brands are better cut than the others, easier to apply, peel less easily etc. If there’s one thing that’s good about them; and I may be over generalising; is that the condition of watches in the grey market in Singapore seem a good deal better than that in the states. A lot of the watches in grey dealers are in immaculate condition. The occasional fully factory stickered Rolexes to worn but fully PPF’ed pieces and most of them do no need any polishing at all. I was recommended by a friend to try out a brand called Legacy and had my BLRO stickered up the day I got it. Pretty neat because they do stickers for every individual links of the jubilee bracelet. Brushed links get tapered matte stickers and the polished links get shiny stickers so they aren’t all that visible from the usual viewing distance unless you look hard. Here’s a photo of my watch. ![]() |
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My watches grow old with me I couldn't be bothered worrying a few scratches or how they look, each to their own.
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I'd suggest "live and let live"
Someone asks a fairly tame question and we get internecine warfare over a strip of plastic? If a simple question triggers one into disrespectful discourse maybe time to log off for a while. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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A phone is a very delicate instrument and you are comparing apples to oranges. And yes, everything is just fine. Thanks for asking.
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If I owned a 6 digit I would think about just one strip on that raised, polished portion of the clasp. It's a scratch magnet. I own a 5 digit though and really appreciate the textured and brushed finish on the clasp. Scratches are just a non issue.
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I've never had to. The seller says they last two years. But I started using these three years ago and haven't had to replace any yet. And I don't have any scratches or swirls on any of them, no peeling, nothing. Like the day I installed them. I have them (just the center strip and associated clips on the center strip) on my TT Datejust, TT GMT, PM Daytona and two SS Tudors with a polished T-fit clasp. That being said, to each their own.
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That’s a great question! Let’s ask Reinhold Messner if he used protective film on his 1655 in Antarctica.
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Wear the watch! Scars and scratches tell stories. I can't imagine military personnel in the Vietnam War putting protective film on their clasps as they slogged thru swamps and jungles or sat in cockpits of B52s or F4s. Robin Olds and David Hackworth would've been ashamed.
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