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30 July 2005, 09:16 PM | #1 |
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Aaaaiiiieeeeee!!!!!
OK, lesson learnt for the day - NEVER scrub my Rolex again while standing in the shower!
Dropped the poor bugger and it landed on the edge of the case: Thankfully, it's not very visible when I actually wear it - thank God it didn't land on the crystal side. Anybody got any ideas on how much of this damage RSC would be able to fix up? Next time I'm doing it in the sink - at leats it won't have that far to fall!
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James that looks bad and right on the edge too,might have
been better crystal side,they can be easily replaced.Most of watch accidents seem to be on hard bathroom floors,will be very hard to polish that ding out.
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Simply, OUCH!!
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It's a shame that it's damaged beond repair, James. There's really only one solution. You need to pack it up and send it to Rocky's Rolex disposal service. PM me for the address. I'll be happy to help you get rid of that worthless piece of crap.
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30 July 2005, 11:58 PM | #5 |
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Sorry, Ed, for a moment I forgot what I was going to say. Oh yeah:
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Every time I shower I have thought about the signature that Micah (Molex) has.This just really enforces it. "'...as I was taking off the Rolex it slipped through my numb fingers into the stream.' (A cautionary tale! And yet another reminder that the safest place for a Rolex is on its owner's wrist.)" From 'Every Rolex Tells a Story', Rolex USA Cheers Last edited by AJC; 31 July 2005 at 12:33 AM.. |
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Ouch, that looks nasty.
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James,
I'm truly sorry and hurt that something like that should happen to your SD; but what really surprises me is the severity of the damage considering it just fell a few feet onto a tiled floor. I mean, that's like extremely hard 904L steel which had at some stage required an immense pressure of 60 tons to knock it out of a sheet of the same quality steel. Then how on earth can a mere few feet do that much damage?? This is something to seriously think about. I would never expect a niché to be carved out of the solid steel with such a small drop, irrespective of the angle or whatever. I could accept a scratch or two; but certainly not a dent to that degree!!!
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Oh, James... you should know by now...
The safest place for a Rolex is *on it's owner's wrist*. Even Rolex says so... Sorry about that
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After that, it's just a matter of physics that decides how much of a dent yout get. Since the SD is a nice, heavy watch, it will produce a good dent with clipped directly on a sharp edge like that. Luckily it's the back of the watch so not as visible!
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Does anyone know if they would have to replace the entire case? That would be expensive and really suck!!
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Would make me sick if that was the only recourse, I would be interested in knowing though.
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1) Sell it on Ebay and make more than enough to buy a newer model. 2) Repair yourself by lightly sanding the area with wet and dry paper then repolish.This won't remove the mark but will blend it to make it really hard to see. 3) Send to a jeweller or Rolex service centre for repairs. 4) Add it to life experience and maybe use poetic license to make the story sound a lot better.Another words 5) Continue on and deal with it. Aaron |
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Do you think RSC can buff out a dent Aaron? They are supposed to be really good, I would like to see that piece of work.
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Hey Daren
I reckon you would be surprised what can be done,especially by yourself.To the naked eye the repairs would be hard to spot.They won't disappear but will look a lot better.(It would be another story with a magnifing glass or jewellers loupe.) I would personally leave it until a complete service was needed and then get the full beauty treatment,as I would expect good things from a RSC as I have seen the work Omega does at Bienne Switzerland in reconditioning models. and would imagine Rolex could do the same. Cheers Aaron BTW. Good thing it wasn't a Panny that dropped.There would be broken tiles and possibly slab damage with that bulk landing. |
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I think I'll go for Aaron's options 3 and 4. It's not very visible when I wear it, so I think it can wait till the next service. Besides, it'll be an interesting experience of how good RSC actually is. Vis-a-vis option 4, it'll have to begin with, "Well, you shoulda seen the other guy!".
In any case, I've decided that I'll live a much healthier life by not worrying about it.
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James, that's quite a chunk of metal lost for such a minor fall. That never happens to the real ones.
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OUCH! But I say just let it be. Shit happens and it can happen to any of us. I put my SD on the roof of my car only to have it fall onto asphalt seconds later. Luckily for me not a single scratch. It fell flat on the crystal and for some reason the bracelet was fine.
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Ouch, sorry to hear about your watch. Just unlucky on how it landed I guess.
But on a sports model, dings are scratches give it character and make the watch yours. On the dress watches DJs or DDs, I like the new polished look. To me the important thing is that one wears the watch and that it doesn't just sit in a safe for special occassions. |
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Aaaaiiieeeeee!!!!! is right!
I may be talking through my hat, but I wonder if a highly-skilled TIG welder could fill that dent back up. Check with a gunsmith experienced in building custom rifles (not the local 'butcher'); they often have experience using TIG to fill small holes in steel (usually chrome-molybdenum, but 904L might not be too different). George |
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Or take it back to your AD and tell them it is defective and you want a new one right this second.
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James - too bad about the ding, but I wouldn't sweat it. There is no way to polish this out completely (without changing the shape of the case in this area), as metal had been displaced. However, I would think that the look of the dent could be lessened (smoothed out) somewhat by polishing. It's not in a location that would concern me personally, so I would opt for polishing now, and then maybe getting the case replaced when it needs servicing (depending on the cost).
You can be sure that the watch is actually quite rugged. A drop significant enough to cause this kind of damage, and no issues with timekeeping, etc. - that's one rugged watch for sure! Oh yes - mbogo - the idea of TIG welding the dent would be a no go in my mind. Too many issues with heat on the case for my liking. It would require taking the movement out in my opinion (to be safe) and I would be concerned about heat distorting the case to the point the threads on the screw back might not work properly leading to water infiltration (or damage to the valve as it is so close to the area being welded). Also, getting the filler metal to match the case in terms of colour might be tough. Far too many issues for me to consider such an option.....maybe if the case was a total write off and I was going to replace it anyway. |
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Al, I had concerns about the heat as well, but I opted for a smartarse answer instead.
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Damn that sure is a ding in my book.. sorry to hear and I bet the tile didn't even chip where the watch hit! the ole movable object being stopped by an immovable object who loses... the movable one of course!
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