Worst situation

[Marcus09]

Hello guys. Last week, I got the worst experience ever with my favorite Rolex/watch, the Daytona where I accidentally washed it while the crown was unscrewed. Thankfully, no harm was done after I panicked and took it to the Rolex dealer.
I wanted to know what's the worst situation your Rolex got into and how it felt.
Cheers.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Marcus09

Hello guys. Last week, I got the worst experience ever with my favorite Rolex/watch, the Daytona where I accidentally washed it while the crown was unscrewed. Thankfully, no harm was done after I panicked and took it to the Rolex dealer.
I wanted to know what's the worst situation your Rolex got into and how it felt.
Cheers.

In the early 80's I had a 5513. I was in the Army on an airborne operation and lost it. I was the jumpmaster ,and while standing in the door of a C-130 about two minutes out from the DZ my wrist suddenly felt cooler. I looked back and the watch was gone. I didn't give it too much thought until we returned from the field a few days later, and by then it became an "oh well" moment. I replaced it with a bass boat and felt much better.

The watch is somewhere in the woods outside Ft. Stewart, Georgia. The C-130 was doing about 125kts when I lost the watch, so I'm guessing gravity and momentum probably killed it on impact.

[Marcus09]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

In the early 80's I had a 5513. I was in the Army on an airborne operation and lost it. I was the jumpmaster ,and while standing in the door of a C-130 about two minutes out from the DZ my wrist suddenly felt cooler. I looked back and the watch was gone. I didn't give it too much thought until we returned from the field a few days later, and by then it became an "oh well" moment. I replaced it with a bass boat and felt much better.

The watch is somewhere in the woods outside Ft. Stewart, Georgia. The C-130 was doing about 125kts when I lost the watch, so I'm guessing gravity and momentum probably killed it on impact.

If you ask me, nothing can kill a 5513! i think it's still out there.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Marcus09

If you ask me, nothing can kill a 5513! i think it's still out there.

Unless someone picked it up, I'm sure it's still out there. My guess is the acrylic was damaged on impact and the watch is a glob of corroded junk by now. It would be nice to think that a logger or a hunter roaming the woods picked it up, but the chances of that would be one in a gobzillion.

[Marcus09]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Unless someone picked it up, I'm sure it's still out there. My guess is the acrylic was damaged on impact and the watch is a glob of corroded junk by now. It would be nice to think that a logger or a hunter roaming the woods picked it up, but the chances of that would be one in a gobzillion.

I've read somewhere, and I know for tact that acrylic or hesalite crystal are much more robust than Sapphire. They can withstand much more and they don't disintegrate like Sapphire. That was one of the main reasons NASA chose the speedmaster. Maybe the crystal went off the watch, that would be another issue and you might be right


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