Rolex

When a friend who’s “somewhat” into watches asks to see your watch and then proceeds to wipe the piece with his shirt? That’s exactly what happened to me a few days ago with my explorer. I know, I know, its a tool watch, should be enjoyed, not babied, no ...  

I certainly would stop him if his shirt is made from steel wool or sand paper! Hopefully, there is not such a shirt, so probably not much harm with saphire crystals these day. Anyway, I would think about wiping the watch myself before handing it to him. (... 

But regardless, unless he’s wearing micro fiber, it’s going to be painful to watch 😁

double entendre 😎

I think for me it will be handing the watch only if I know the person to be an enthusiast. If not, best to err on the side of caution and just leave it on the wrist and at an appropriate distance away. 😉

That such a thing might happen.

I know what your are talking about. Explain somebody else how we treat watches would be eyebrow wipping. We are from another planet with our passion. Who for God sake collect so many watches? Who spend a few houses on watches? Why somebody else buy an exp... 

A watch lay on a wooden table. (i seen many watch adverts of sellers who put a watch on a table) A no go for me ever wanted that watch. A stag of watches hitting another watches. When i was in an official Longines AD in my country when the store lady lay ...  

"I don't trust a watch to be tough enough for my lifestyle unless it has a screw down crown and at least 100 meters of water resistance." "I won't let anything harsher than microfiber touch my watch."

A cloth used to clean the glass of a pair of glasses. Here is an example of the cloth Tissot gives. ...  

(but unlike our dear OP, I'm not unwilling to use a shirt!)

It is always look out for damaging the watch case.

You can look at it, you can smile to it, but you can’t hold it lol

much worse than what a friend could do with his shirt (unless it had a zipper...). So what would I do? Raise an eyebrow at the most. Cheers Marc

I would step on his shoes🥾

Funny thing is, as he was rubbing it against his shirt, i thought to myself, thank God that thing has a raised crystal so scratches to the bezel would be at a minimum. True enough, hardly a scratch. I got lucky for sure. But can you imagine the minutiae t... 

I recently went to a Patek event with one of my Rare Handcrafts, and TWICE they had to bring it me back to me during the evening after I inadvertently left it somewhere! So I normally feel very relaxed about my own watches, I guess provided that I can unc... 

Unless I knew they would show proper respect. However since the deed is done you could always calmly call out the behavior and compare it to something everyone can understand, like “I doubt it would be okay to use a shirt tail to wipe dust off the hood of... 

Even with seeming like minded folks, i don’t even mention this site. This is my private sanctuary!

When he saw my DateJust he asked to see it, I didn't see the harm in it. UNTIL he dropped it, fortunately I caught it before it hit the floor. Lesson learned, from that point forward I DO NOT remove any watch I am wearing for someone to look at, don't car... 

Uh oh . I have been cleaning my watches on whatever is handy for my whole life . We live near the coast so my watches are typically covered in saltwater daily. I actually never thought about it. I wear mostly divers though - AP , Rolex , Sinn.