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Kris · 31 January 2007, 03:27 AM

When I come home from work, I always take my Rolex SD off my wrist and place it on a soft polishing cloth.

I recall reading somewhere on this forum that when a Rolex is not in use, the watch should be placed on a soft cloth face down on the cloth.

The reason for this is that this is the best position for the watch when not wearing it so as to allow the lube in the gears to recycle itself throughout the watch as the watch was worn face up all day, as well as the watch tends not to lose time in this position.

Is this true?

padi56 · 31 January 2007, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris

When I come home from work, I always take my Rolex SD off my wrist and place it on a soft polishing cloth.

I recall reading somewhere on this forum that when a Rolex is not in use, the watch should be placed on a soft cloth face down on the cloth.

The reason for this is that this is the best position for the watch when not wearing it so as to allow the lube in the gears to recycle itself throughout the watch as the watch was worn face up all day, as well as the watch tends not to lose time in this position.

Is this true?

Well first in different resting position would not affect the lube in the gears to recycle itself throughout the watch as you put.Now the amount of oil thats needed to lubricate a watch you could fit on a few pin heads its a very very small amount.Different resting positions like you say might gain or loose a few seconds.Now if you dont wear your watch or if you are going to store it.Then just a few winds once a month will keep the oil around the moving parts.

ROLEX4EvEr · 31 January 2007, 04:15 AM

Thanks for the idea Padi

Kris · 31 January 2007, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by padi56

Well first in different resting position would not affect the lube in the gears to recycle itself throughout the watch as you put.Now the amount of oil thats needed to lubricate a watch you could fit on a few pin heads its a very very small amount.Different resting positions like you say might gain or loose a few seconds.Now if you dont wear your watch or if you are going to store it.Then just a few winds once a month will keep the oil around the moving parts.

Then what's the optimum resting point for a Rolex so as not to lose/gain time?

JJ Irani · 31 January 2007, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris

Then what's the optimum resting point for a Rolex so as not to lose/gain time?

Don't think there is one. Crown UP will make the watch gain; crown DOWN will make it lose; dial UP will also make it gain.

You have to carry out a few experiments of your own with your watch and see how it behaves.

JJ

mike · 31 January 2007, 09:23 AM

From Rolex

A. Jacobs · 31 January 2007, 12:43 PM

After I clean my watch-once per week- I lay it vertically with the crown up and it always gains a couple of seconds overnight.

Solo118 · 7 March 2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mike

From Rolex

I dont get it, Ive been leaving my watch dial up and its not gaining anything. Still losing a couple of seconds a day.....

JJ Irani · 7 March 2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Solo118

I dont get it, Ive been leaving my watch dial up and its not gaining anything. Still losing a couple of seconds a day.....

Different watches will exhibit different plus or minus characteristics. Both my Rollies (Sub-dates) gain when placed dial UP or crown UP....and lose time when placed crown DOWN.

JJ

greenfan · 7 March 2007, 08:15 PM

Do I have to clean my watch every week?

padi56 · 7 March 2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by greenfan

Do I have to clean my watch every week?

Just clean it when you think its nessesary,use just small amount of plain old mild soap,and tap water.

nko51 · 7 March 2007, 11:30 PM

When I take mine off for the night, I lay it face up on my rolex cloth.

watchnut · 8 March 2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by nko51

When I take mine off for the night, I lay it face up on my rolex cloth.

I always do the same. It just seems more obvious to me to lay a watch flat as opposed to laying it on its side. Also, based on the Rolex instructions the watch will lose time lying on its side crown up or down. Also, in the March issue of Mens Journal Magazine, there is an article on the worlds finest watches, which by the way shows the all-gold GMT Master II.They recommend wiping off your watch every night with a microfiber cloth to remove perspiration, skin fragments, etc. They also recommend storing the watch in a sealed container even tupperware if thats all you have.

Arturo · 8 March 2007, 12:46 AM

Tupperwear? Jeez, these babies are already hermetically sealed. I guess they wantth watch totally deprived of dust and particulates. But that frankly seems wierd to me especially with a tool watch that you can play tennis in and exercise in and swim with...etc. I pretty much expose my watches to the elements, and then set them in the Rolex box, sometimes crown up, sometimes down.

leopardprey · 8 March 2007, 01:09 AM

You take your watch off ????! If you have only one Rolex, should wear 24/7 !!

padi56 · 8 March 2007, 01:21 AM

Now thats a good idea a small Tupperware watch protector to protect your Rolex watch.Perhaps designed to wear on the wrist to keep the Rolex watch away from the harmful dust scratches and god forbid the wet stuff water.But myself have always thought that a Rolex was one of the toughest watches on this planet.And was meant to be used and worn.Then when a service was due after around 5 years wearing.Those kind people at Rolex would polish and return it to you to you as good as the day it was first bought.Then to go on and most probably last you a life time and beyond.A Rolex is for wearing and not for hiding in boxes, or any over pampering.

Alex Stylianou · 8 March 2007, 03:34 AM

Thanks for the idea

watchnut · 8 March 2007, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by padi56

Now thats a good idea a small Tupperware watch protector to protect your Rolex watch.Perhaps designed to wear on the wrist to keep the Rolex watch away from the harmful dust scratches and god forbid the wet stuff water.But myself have always thought that a Rolex was one of the toughest watches on this planet.And was meant to be used and worn.Then when a service was due after around 5 years wearing.Those kind people at Rolex would polish and return it to you to you as good as the day it was first bought.Then to go on and most probably last you a life time and beyond.A Rolex is for wearing and not for hiding in boxes, or any over pampering.

Speaking of beyond my fertile mind was just envisioning a scenario where this guy dies, his son says "my dad loved that watch leave it on him". Several days later he reconsiders, they exhume the body and the watch is still running perfectly. Just as they get ready to remove the watch, a booming voice from on high says, "Hey, I wanted that Blue Sub, It's just like JJs!.

JJ Irani · 8 March 2007, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by watchnut

Speaking of beyond my fertile mind was just envisioning a scenario where this guy dies, his son says "my dad loved that watch leave it on him". Several days later he reconsiders, they exhume the body and the watch is still running perfectly. Just as they get ready to remove the watch, a booming voice from on high says, "Hey, I wanted that Blue Sub, It's just like JJs!.

padi56 · 8 March 2007, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by watchnut

Speaking of beyond my fertile mind was just envisioning a scenario where this guy dies, his son says "my dad loved that watch leave it on him". Several days later he reconsiders, they exhume the body and the watch is still running perfectly. Just as they get ready to remove the watch, a booming voice from on high says, "Hey, I wanted that Blue Sub, It's just like JJs!.

Very very good.

WES · 8 March 2007, 07:52 AM

Are you sure that booming voice came from on high and not down low, a lot of long past sheep may have voiced some concerns about JJ

mikey · 8 March 2007, 11:22 AM

WoW, this thread is split down the middle with Rolex Rumble and Tumble wearers and Rolex owners that wash and polish for show. I happen to be a Rumble and Tumble Rolex guy.

OysterDavid · 9 March 2007, 12:27 AM

So, Mikey, what you're telling us is to clean your Datejusts, you toss them into a box of gravel and agitate and dry them with a fresh sheet of heavy grit sandpaper, and when your pieces need a deep clean, they go into a container of gasoline heated to near boiling with a blowtorch?

Rumble and Tumble, indeed!

31 January 2007, 03:27 AM	#1
Kris Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Watch: Sea-Dweller Z-ser. Posts: 313	When not wearing watch? When I come home from work, I always take my Rolex SD off my wrist and place it on a soft polishing cloth. I recall reading somewhere on this forum that when a Rolex is not in use, the watch should be placed on a soft cloth face down on the cloth. The reason for this is that this is the best position for the watch when not wearing it so as to allow the lube in the gears to recycle itself throughout the watch as the watch was worn face up all day, as well as the watch tends not to lose time in this position. Is this true?

31 January 2007, 12:43 PM	#7
A. Jacobs "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: Andrew Location: Ohio Watch: SS Sub Date 16610 Posts: 629	After I clean my watch-once per week- I lay it vertically with the crown up and it always gains a couple of seconds overnight. __________________ Rolex Submariner 16610 "Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity."

7 March 2007, 08:15 PM	#10
greenfan "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: George Location: Athens Greece Watch: GMT II 16710 Coke Posts: 1,046	Do I have to clean my watch every week? __________________ $C:\Documents and Settings\George.HOME\My Documents\My Pictures\Rolex$

7 March 2007, 11:30 PM	#12
nko51 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Real Name: Alex Location: USA Watch: TT Blue Sub Posts: 2,542	When I take mine off for the night, I lay it face up on my rolex cloth. __________________

8 March 2007, 01:21 AM	#16
padi56 "TRF" Life Patron Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Peter Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng Watch: ing you. Posts: 53,041	Now thats a good idea a small Tupperware watch protector to protect your Rolex watch.Perhaps designed to wear on the wrist to keep the Rolex watch away from the harmful dust scratches and god forbid the wet stuff water.But myself have always thought that a Rolex was one of the toughest watches on this planet.And was meant to be used and worn.Then when a service was due after around 5 years wearing.Those kind people at Rolex would polish and return it to you to you as good as the day it was first bought.Then to go on and most probably last you a life time and beyond.A Rolex is for wearing and not for hiding in boxes, or any over pampering. __________________ ICom Pro3 All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Good Judgement comes from experience,experience comes from Bad Judgement,.Buy quality, cry once; buy cheap, cry again and again. www.mc0yad.club Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder

31 January 2007, 04:15 AM	#3
ROLEX4EvEr "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Real Name: Freddy Location: NYC Watch: My Back Posts: 819	Thanks for the idea Padi

31 January 2007, 09:23 AM	#6
mike "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 22,683	From Rolex

8 March 2007, 12:46 AM	#14
Arturo "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: Arturo Location: Pacific Northwest Watch: Black GMT ll Posts: 1,271	Tupperwear? Jeez, these babies are already hermetically sealed. I guess they wantth watch totally deprived of dust and particulates. But that frankly seems wierd to me especially with a tool watch that you can play tennis in and exercise in and swim with...etc. I pretty much expose my watches to the elements, and then set them in the Rolex box, sometimes crown up, sometimes down.

8 March 2007, 01:09 AM	#15
leopardprey Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Chad Location: Around the world Watch: Panerai 233 Posts: 4,204	You take your watch off ????! If you have only one Rolex, should wear 24/7 !!

8 March 2007, 03:34 AM	#17
Alex Stylianou "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,785	Thanks for the idea

8 March 2007, 07:52 AM	#21
WES Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Real Name: Bill Location: Massachusetts Watch: Rolex Posts: 245	Are you sure that booming voice came from on high and not down low, a lot of long past sheep may have voiced some concerns about JJ

8 March 2007, 11:22 AM	#22
mikey "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Watch: Oysterdate 6694 Posts: 2,713	WoW, this thread is split down the middle with Rolex Rumble and Tumble wearers and Rolex owners that wash and polish for show. I happen to be a Rumble and Tumble Rolex guy.

9 March 2007, 12:27 AM	#23
OysterDavid Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: S F Bay Area Posts: 621	Rough & Tumble So, Mikey, what you're telling us is to clean your Datejusts, you toss them into a box of gravel and agitate and dry them with a fresh sheet of heavy grit sandpaper, and when your pieces need a deep clean, they go into a container of gasoline heated to near boiling with a blowtorch? Rumble and Tumble, indeed!

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