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Maiden · 30 September 2016, 10:07 PM

Stickers are dirt and bacteria traps and more importantly they obscure the beauty of the watch. A watch simply looks better with the stickers off. Why anyone would want to wear one with the stickers on is beyond me. But, to each their own.

fania123 · 30 September 2016, 10:08 PM

Case back sticker yes, the rest come off right away.

porschedude · 30 September 2016, 10:17 PM

Yes and I also cover my shoes with plastic bags when I go out.

the_natural · 30 September 2016, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porschedude

Yes and I also cover my shoes with plastic bags when I go out.

This made me chuckle.

Professorfingers · 30 September 2016, 10:49 PM

My AD took MOST of the stickers off my watch when I bought it. There were a few that they didn't take off. I took them off, when I noticed them.

I'm not sure if this helps.

TW

cop414 · 30 September 2016, 11:18 PM

Destickering makes the watch mine.

darkside7 · 30 September 2016, 11:19 PM

Nope

OpusXIII · 1 October 2016, 12:02 AM

Stickers come off immediately.

Speed · 1 October 2016, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by F1polesitter

How many of you leave any of the stickers on your watch?

I have a colleague who recently purchased his first Rolex (a Subc). He's been wearing it for several weeks, and refuses to peel off the stickers. I get it, it's his first luxury watch, and he's very careful with it. But I give him a hard time nonetheless.

Personally, I remove all the stickers prior to slapping a new watch on my wrist.

So just curious what other members do.

Off!!

Here is a funny story tho...

I watches a "Talking Watches" episode on HODINKEE with Pras- former Fugees member.

He had an AP RO - gold if I recall - with all the stickers left on. You could clearly see where they were peeling as well as the dirt on the edges...seriously tacky looking IMO.

Hairdude1 · 1 October 2016, 12:07 AM

No way

Cobain · 1 October 2016, 12:19 AM

Anyone remember that seinfeld episode where Jerry explain to Kramer about opening a soda and that sound it makes for the first (and last) time gives you certain ownership over it?

That's how i feel about the stickers.

Juantxo · 1 October 2016, 12:25 AM

Well, I don't leave the stickers on my new underwear either.

texex91 · 1 October 2016, 12:26 AM

Do you leave plastic on your furniture?

hallidc · 1 October 2016, 12:27 AM

I remove the stickers right away. Buy the watch to wear and enjoy.

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Brian HCM#1 · 1 October 2016, 12:32 AM

I remove the stickers right away. Yes, the first few little scratches hurt a bit, but whatever. Its something to be used and enjoy. If you're worried about scratching it keep the stickers on it, keep it in the box and store it in the safe. Its a foolproof way of keeping it pristine.

bbhewee · 1 October 2016, 12:39 AM

Stickers removed immediately. All of them. I find that the first scratch on the first watch was the most painful, but having had a few now, a scratch on a new watch doesn't hurt anymore. It's part of ownership.

Hodog16 · 1 October 2016, 12:42 AM

I asked the AD to take them off my watch. I think it's a pain to remove. Even then the AD missed one or two of the really small rectangular ones.

tifosi · 1 October 2016, 12:53 AM

Nooooooo! I take mine off and stick them to the back page of the booklet. Habit of mine. No better feeling than peeling the stickers off of a new watch.

DeeTee · 1 October 2016, 12:54 AM

Stickers off. It looks like you plan on returning it when you have stickers still on.

mapalfa · 1 October 2016, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hambone1983

I seriously doubt that anything that will scratch a Rolex case can be prevented from doing so by a piece of glorified Saran Wrap.

There was a thread a few weeks ago where someone's bracelet was saved from a nasty gouge by the stickers.

sea-dweller · 1 October 2016, 01:17 AM

Never.

sco · 1 October 2016, 01:41 AM

No, never. I'm the guy that peels stickers / protective film off of everything. I found one on my refrigerator in the house I bought last year that had probably been there for at least 5-6 years. GONE baby GONE!

Boaters · 1 October 2016, 01:44 AM

I personally would not wear a watch with a bunch of stickers on it. I take them off.

jdmi32 · 1 October 2016, 01:58 AM

I was so proud of my wife when she got her first Rolex and promptly started to remove the stickers once I had sized it for her. She dismissed my comment that she would likely miss a few and sure enough she forgot one sticker on the clasp.

blue lion · 1 October 2016, 02:13 AM

I would never wear a watch with any stickers on it. Enjoy it!

T. Ferguson · 1 October 2016, 02:33 AM

It's not really my watch until the stickers are off. Never understood leaving the case back sticker on either. The bracelet doesn't even touch the case back when you're wearing the watch. And when you take it off with even just a little bit of care the clasp isn't going to scratch it. So unless it starts dancing around by itself in the drawer nothing is going to get scratched. And even if it does, who ever sees the case back?

nektar · 1 October 2016, 03:14 AM

leave the stickers on... OMG:)In my opinion, if you really want to babysit smtg, you can always have a new baby lol.

locutus49 · 1 October 2016, 03:16 AM

This:

Quote:

Originally Posted by brucethemanlee

I tell AD to remove the stickers and I wear the watch out of the store

It's a watch you wear it

If you leave stickers on u might as well leave it in the box. Also I think it's totally unhygienic all the dead skin, dirt, guck gets caught in the stickers. Ewwww

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Lordofrolex · 1 October 2016, 03:24 AM

Personally i take off all the stickers right away. Personally think its weird to keep the stickers on and wear the watch.

GB-man · 1 October 2016, 03:57 AM

If bought at AD I wear it out with stickers then remove them as soon as I get home. If fedex then I remove them after trying it on for roughly 5 mins. Either way stickers come off same day.

30 September 2016, 11:18 PM	#36
cop414 TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Tim Location: Pennsylvania Watch: 14060M Posts: 72,166	Destickering makes the watch mine. __________________ Rolex Submariner 14060M Omega Seamaster 2254.50 DOXA Professional 1200T Card carrying member of TRF's Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons TRF's "After Dark" Bar & NightClub Patron P Club Member #17 2 FA ENABLED

30 September 2016, 11:19 PM	#37
darkside7 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Real Name: Eddie Location: Austin Tx Watch: Sub-C Posts: 510	Nope __________________

1 October 2016, 12:07 AM	#40
Hairdude1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Alex Location: Chicago Watch: AP,PP, Rolex Posts: 37,156	No way __________________ Instagram: @Hairdude Watches in Collection 5070R, 5522A, 214270 MK1, 228238 16750, 26401, 5711, 116718, 116710LN, 116300, 16710"Coke", 372, 15300, 15703 (All Flipped) Official Member "Perpetual 30" Las Vegas GTG 2016 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2017 Official Member 'WIS-CON' Las Vegas Int'l GTG 2018

1 October 2016, 12:53 AM	#48
tifosi "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Real Name: Russ Location: Southern NJ Posts: 5,760	Nooooooo! I take mine off and stick them to the back page of the booklet. Habit of mine. No better feeling than peeling the stickers off of a new watch. __________________ Russ

1 October 2016, 01:17 AM	#51
sea-dweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: Dennis Location: Bay Area - 925 Posts: 40,018	Never. __________________ TRF Member #6699 (since September 2007)

30 September 2016, 10:07 PM	#31
Maiden "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 3,652	Stickers are dirt and bacteria traps and more importantly they obscure the beauty of the watch. A watch simply looks better with the stickers off. Why anyone would want to wear one with the stickers on is beyond me. But, to each their own.

30 September 2016, 10:08 PM	#32
fania123 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PHILA Posts: 1,723	Case back sticker yes, the rest come off right away.

30 September 2016, 10:17 PM	#33
porschedude "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: USA Watch: 116610LV Posts: 1,207	Yes and I also cover my shoes with plastic bags when I go out.

30 September 2016, 10:49 PM	#35
Professorfingers "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Real Name: TW Location: Arkansas Watch: SubC-D Posts: 195	My AD took MOST of the stickers off my watch when I bought it. There were a few that they didn't take off. I took them off, when I noticed them. I'm not sure if this helps. TW

1 October 2016, 12:02 AM	#38
OpusXIII "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: New Orleans Watch: Bluesy, Hulk, DJ Posts: 427	Stickers come off immediately.

1 October 2016, 12:19 AM	#41
Cobain "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Real Name: Michael Location: USA Posts: 440	Anyone remember that seinfeld episode where Jerry explain to Kramer about opening a soda and that sound it makes for the first (and last) time gives you certain ownership over it? That's how i feel about the stickers.

1 October 2016, 12:26 AM	#43
texex91 "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: . Posts: 17,898	Do you leave plastic on your furniture?

1 October 2016, 12:27 AM	#44
hallidc "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Canada Watch: GMTII / DaytonaC Posts: 252	I remove the stickers right away. Buy the watch to wear and enjoy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

1 October 2016, 12:32 AM	#45
Brian HCM#1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 109	I remove the stickers right away. Yes, the first few little scratches hurt a bit, but whatever. Its something to be used and enjoy. If you're worried about scratching it keep the stickers on it, keep it in the box and store it in the safe. Its a foolproof way of keeping it pristine.

1 October 2016, 12:39 AM	#46
bbhewee "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: NL Watch: 5513, 1675, 16570 Posts: 97	Stickers removed immediately. All of them. I find that the first scratch on the first watch was the most painful, but having had a few now, a scratch on a new watch doesn't hurt anymore. It's part of ownership.

1 October 2016, 12:42 AM	#47
Hodog16 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NC Watch: RG Olive DD40 Posts: 1,795	I asked the AD to take them off my watch. I think it's a pain to remove. Even then the AD missed one or two of the really small rectangular ones.

1 October 2016, 12:54 AM	#49
DeeTee "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Los Angeles Watch: Netflix Posts: 3,978	Stickers off. It looks like you plan on returning it when you have stickers still on.

1 October 2016, 01:41 AM	#52
sco "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Chicago Watch: Subc AT 8500 CSO Posts: 3,646	No, never. I'm the guy that peels stickers / protective film off of everything. I found one on my refrigerator in the house I bought last year that had probably been there for at least 5-6 years. GONE baby GONE!

1 October 2016, 01:44 AM	#53
Boaters 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2015 Real Name: Mike Location: Pacific Northwest Watch: 116610LV 16710 SD Posts: 10,653	I personally would not wear a watch with a bunch of stickers on it. I take them off.

1 October 2016, 01:58 AM	#54
jdmi32 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Real Name: Ky Location: Bay Area, CA Watch: 16570 Posts: 2,362	I was so proud of my wife when she got her first Rolex and promptly started to remove the stickers once I had sized it for her. She dismissed my comment that she would likely miss a few and sure enough she forgot one sticker on the clasp.

1 October 2016, 02:13 AM	#55
blue lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Florida State! Watch: It's just a watch. Posts: 1,463	I would never wear a watch with any stickers on it. Enjoy it!

1 October 2016, 02:33 AM	#56
T. Ferguson "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Left Coast Posts: 7,025	It's not really my watch until the stickers are off. Never understood leaving the case back sticker on either. The bracelet doesn't even touch the case back when you're wearing the watch. And when you take it off with even just a little bit of care the clasp isn't going to scratch it. So unless it starts dancing around by itself in the drawer nothing is going to get scratched. And even if it does, who ever sees the case back? __________________ *Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.*

1 October 2016, 03:14 AM	#57
nektar "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Louisiana Watch: 114060 Posts: 1,678	leave the stickers on... OMG:)In my opinion, if you really want to babysit smtg, you can always have a new baby lol.

1 October 2016, 03:24 AM	#59
Lordofrolex "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Real Name: Brandon Location: Los Angeles, CA Watch: Yes Please! Posts: 6,691	Personally i take off all the stickers right away. Personally think its weird to keep the stickers on and wear the watch. __________________ Rolex GMT Master II 116710LN Panerai PAM 359 Audemars Piguet RO 15300OR Follow me on Instagram: @b_jakobovich

1 October 2016, 03:57 AM	#60
GB-man 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: USA Watch: addiction issues Posts: 37,341	If bought at AD I wear it out with stickers then remove them as soon as I get home. If fedex then I remove them after trying it on for roughly 5 mins. Either way stickers come off same day.

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