Pics of the most "Beat up" Rolex tool watches

[nick c]

Is this counts

[jot_]

My Exp has a bunch of scratches and dings from daily wear.

I'm all for wearing your watch and not babying it - but some of the pics in here are just plain abusive (digging through the dirt?). When I'm doing something really dirty or messy, I'll strap on a G-Shock. No sense in pointlessly beating up on a watch costing several thousand $.

[Invictus Maneo]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

This is one of my favorite Rolex stories. Some may be appalled by this (except Jocke, of course), but this represents what makes a tool watch a tool watch and not some fictional romantic adventure in a mainstream Hollywood feature film.

http://forums.timezone.com/index.php...6&rev=&reveal=

Great story, Grady! I love it!!!!!!

[anothernewphone]

I like seeing the used watches, hate seeing the abused ones. Dropped, smashed, broken - bracelets that look like they were in a tug of war between two Mastiffs - they make my heart hurt.

[CabbageHead]

Originally Posted by ec51

I wear my sub every where -- it's been splunking (cave exploring), snorkeling, skydiving, white water rafting, zip lining, rappelling...

...after all that, it was the office door that gave me this beautiful dented lug.

"Yeah but you should see the other guy!"

[BoyhoodDreamDaytona]

My sister dropped her Datejust yesterday. Doh.

[Polynwa]

Originally Posted by S52

This might be it... actually a SD

Looks like an artsy special edition. I'd wear it.

[joneill822]

That scraped up SD looks much better than those bamford watches in my opinion

[Larry302]

A friend working on his lawn tractor with his GMT which he also wears on the job fighting fires. Not nearly as beat up,as some though .

[Preacher]

Originally Posted by Larry302

A friend working on his lawn tractor with his GMT which he also wears on the job fighting fires. Not nearly as beat up,as some though .

That's a cool pic of a rolex being used properly!

[707soldier]

Here's one from the web

[CabbageHead]

I'd like to see a Bamford mod ROLEX make this thread.

[tjbender]

Originally Posted by Mike1066

A dealer would sell that as a "Super ghost scraped survival insert - VERY rare!"

That's some funny shit

[mambo]

My 1680 went trucking with me daily for 33 years. Typically I would wear gloves when hooking to trailers etc, but never babied it ever. Never even knew it was worth much until 1998. Purchased used in "84 for $400 overseas.

[cangelosijeff]

Phenomenal piece mambo!