904L Rant

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Originally Posted by anothernewphone

To keep dings off my watches, I make sure not to bang them into things. That seems to help.

Originally Posted by southcarolina1801

I hit my Sub on a door jam right on the crown guard . . . I strapped on the Casio and purposely hit it on the door multiple times and there was absolutely no damage.

Sure, but what about the poor door?

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Eva123

Sorry to say but nowadays Rolex is more jewelry than toolwatch. I do not dive but I assume that real divers more rely on diving computers rather than Rolex diving watches. Also, when you pay > 10 kUSD for a watch you treat it as jewelry. Accordingly, people pay attention to such details as scratches and dents.

Originally Posted by Devildog

Agree 100%

If you want a tool watch, buy a Casio G Shock for $150. More accurate, more functions and practically indestructable.

Unless of course you are of sufficient means that $10k means little to you that such matters are of no concern

A guy living in a trailer house can have more than $10K worth of gear he takes to the woods every hunting season. In context of a credit addicted society, $10K isn't that much money spent on a hobby.

It's your watch, feel free to make it jewelry. Mine are tools and they go where I go.

[tomchicago]

I love cheap, tough, extremely accurate quartz watches. It is truly amazing how cheap that level of accuracy is vs mechanicals. My $60 Mondaine railway watch runs +0.25/sec/day.

[RRGHOST1]

I have just designed and patented what is know as Rolexcottonsock. You keep the bezel guard on and all the stickers and then envelope the watch in a sock with a cotton wool lining. Also included is a stick so you can beat any nasty door surrounds. Only joking ha ha !

[Jonath]

I wonder what type of metal they use for these door jams...?

[Danny83]

904L is very durable. Any type of metal can ding just be careful when next to walls,door jams or seatbelts.

[Etschell]

Originally Posted by Danny83

904L is very durable. Any type of metal can ding just be careful when next to walls,door jams or seatbelts.

belt buckles.

[douglasf13]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

A guy living in a trailer house can have more than $10K worth of gear he takes to the woods every hunting season. In context of a credit addicted society, $10K isn't that much money spent on a hobby.

It's your watch, feel free to make it jewelry. Mine are tools and they go where I go.

Agreed. I still see a watch as primarily a tool. If I'm constantly worried about damaging my watch during use, it means I probably can't afford the watch, and the same goes for anything else I buy. To some people, $500 may be an unreasonable amount for a watch, yet, to others, $100K may be unreasonable for a watch. It's just a matter of perspective, and I can't imagine purchasing something that would drive me batty with worry.

[sechsgang]

I actually do agree with the rolexes I've had picking up more dings and marks than most other brands I can remember having. I'm EXTREMELY careful with my watches and I've found that even being hyper cautious, there are marks within two weeks of new. I accept it, but realize that now even looking at my tudors, which I've worn much harder...they seem to be pretty perfect. Strange.

[phillycheez]

It seems everyone has their take on what a "tool watch" is.

The sub is a mechanical tool watch. It does everything a $150 seiko diver can do. It's just built with better materials and tighter tolerances.

Tools come in all price brackets. There are low quality and high quality tools. But they are a tool nonetheless.

Now if Rolex started adding clear display backs to their sport watches, double AR and bling to their movements... Well I would agree, they are no longer tool watches.



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[KrismanX]

Here is a picture of my Daytona. I'm not the OP; but I feel we needed SOME kind of photo for a 4-page thread about scuffs and scratches.

Lesson 1: Mindfulness. This will avoid most issues.

Lesson 2: Living comfortably. If you're not comfortable scratching your watch, maybe you shouldn't have that watch.

[SeaAndSky]

It's steel. Hard but still malleable. Honestly I don't why many here buy watches much less actually wear them.

[handsfull]

Originally Posted by Etschell

you guys are acting like 316 is superior to 904. other than luster they are essentially the same. rolex uses it to be different. that is it. they dont claim it is more ding or scratch resistant. anyone who thinks that cant conduct a simple google search.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. I believe 316l is more scratch/dent/ding resistant than 904l. No need for the internet to quantify my findings....I have about 15 years of real life observations to back up my claim. Don't believe me? No problem.

[SeaAndSky]

Originally Posted by Jonath

I wonder what type of metal they use for these door jams...?

It's a new alloy recently developed. Oysterwreckium.