Actually using the Royal Oak as a sports watch
I love my 15400 blue dial, it is the quintessential sports watch, but I’m hesitant to use it for actual sports, such as golf, as I’m afraid of breaking the movement somehow. Is it appropriate to use a RO for noncontact sports like golf? Is the movement du...
With all do respect to the employees at the AP boutique, but that really doesn't tell us much...
The average watch salesperson at a high end watch store can't explain difference between a remontoir spring, a hair spring, and a main spring. You wouldn't have posed the question here if you had full confidence in the boutique's answers.
Never. I'm a guest in their store and the guest never insults the host.
But if I do have a genuine question, and they aren't able to answer it, I do ask them if they could please find out. Some employees offer to email the account executive and ask them. Most employees email the buyer for the store who in turn asks the accoun...
It is your watch, not theirs...
Why don't you ask them to put it in writing, mentioning specifically that golf will not damage the movement ? I doubt they will write it... Regardless what they told you or would accept to put in writing, I would NEVER put a mechanical watch for golfing w...
It’s a sports watch not a sports accessory
But it does have a screw bracelet unlike Patek with spring bar bracelet
Most golfers do not wear a watch golfing.
I would never do it, regardless of make. Not for fear of the watch; it's a comfort thing (or lack of with a watch on).
I agree Golf is not good for watches
far too much torque, speed and change of directions. No watch was made to handle all that. Just look at the escapement and its tiny parts and draw your own conclusions. If you must wear a watch to play golf wear a Garmin. It tells you the distances and ke...
Playing right-handed tennis with the watch on the left wrist is very different from playing golf
(or playing right-handed tennis with the watch on the right wrist). I would think most watches are up to the challenge of running around a bit, but being on the wrist that engages repeatedly in a top-velocity swing and impact sounds more chancy. Note: eve...
I’ve been on the Ap factory tour and was told that Pa watch can not withstand extreme jerks of golf and tennis and hence best to avoid while doing these activity .
Nick Faldo is a good example and so is Serena Williams and you must understand that the ya re ambassadors and their watches are often switched by manufacturers every month for valeting and accuracy. Roger Federer wears his watch when done with the game an...
I’m afraid to use the RO for impact sports
For fear of damaging the mainspring or some delicate parts in the mechanism. I think tennis is alright, as long as we don’t subject the watch to a swing (for example, a 2-handed backhand). But that being discussed, I observed that Serena Williams prefers ...