Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:53 am
I've worn this watch day in day out for more than 15 years. Fair enough I'm a soft palmed office nancy, but it still looks pretty good. The only real sign of wear is the dink in the bezel at 9 o'clock.
The other benefit of never taking it off is the temperature is really stable. It's super consistent, less than half a second variation day to day.
You don't take it off for bed?
Nope - I have worn a watch since I was 5 (got my first Timex for my fifth birthday ) and I just wear one all the time. When I first started wearing my Omega Mrs. D coined it the "moonbomb' cause it would often end up near her head at some point in the night and she'd be disturbed by the 'ticka-ticka-ticka' sound like a Mission: Impossible bomb.
Metal allergy is a weird one. I've never had an issue with any of my watches except a fitbit on a silicone strap. The strap was the issue, not the watch.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:09 pm
Metal allergy is a weird one. I've never had an issue with any of my watches except a fitbit on a silicone strap. The strap was the issue, not the watch.
I never had it when I was younger, but as I got older I noticed it now and then, then it gradually got worse.
I think it's a nickel allergy, made worse by the high nickel content in Rolex steel. Anything ferrous gives me a rash though.
If I don't sweat it's very much reduced, sometimes not happening at all - so perspiration is the catalyst.
I can wear an 18k gold watch 24/7 x365 and have no issues - as long as the gold doesn't have nickel in - my original white gold wedding ring had nickel in and it had to be cut off when my finger swelled up through a reaction.
I'm exactly the same, getting older I started not being able to wear my wedding ring (I now wear a symbolic silicone one, well i have a few different ones) and then began having issues with my watches, so I started wearing g-shocks. Now I have the Breitling, I got the posh rubber strap and I use a cortizone cream on the clasp area, works well so far.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:09 pm
Metal allergy is a weird one. I've never had an issue with any of my watches except a fitbit on a silicone strap. The strap was the issue, not the watch.
I never had it when I was younger, but as I got older I noticed it now and then, then it gradually got worse.
I think it's a nickel allergy, made worse by the high nickel content in Rolex steel. Anything ferrous gives me a rash though.
If I don't sweat it's very much reduced, sometimes not happening at all - so perspiration is the catalyst.
I can wear an 18k gold watch 24/7 x365 and have no issues - as long as the gold doesn't have nickel in - my original white gold wedding ring had nickel in and it had to be cut off when my finger swelled up through a reaction.
I have a zirconium wedding ring, partly as future proofing against allergy! Mrs. D has titanium for the same reasons. Those two alloys, titanium in particular, are used a lot in medical implants so they should be good for allergies.
The DLC black coated stuff (which I think Rolex do?) should also be very good.
Nordboy wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:26 am
Ok, so my intention was to wear my new Breitling every day, work etc, but I'm worried (and have) as I'm catching it on edges etc.
So, watch winders? There's some serious £££ one's, but as I've pee'd all my cash away on the watch, haven't got £££, so anyone got a recommendation for a good value winder?
Do you nee a watch winder? Sure I'd read they wasn't necessary and in some cases even disapproved of?
moth wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:11 pm
Wasn't the pic I posted when I got it enough?
Can’t remember, always good to see a real life pic though. The official PR pics are obviously very well staged so they never really show it in it’s true light.
maccecht wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:19 pm
Never wear my Breitling prefer daily working watches that can be scratched and abused like my G Shock so it's up for grabs.
maccecht wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:19 pm
Never wear my Breitling prefer daily working watches that can be scratched and abused like my G Shock so it's up for grabs.
Harry wrote:
I knew a bloke called Maurice and he pronounced it 'Mawreece' with a bit of a twang like he was foreign, but I always called him Morris knowing that it really wound him up - every time I did he he'd howl "It's Mawreece!".
) and I just wear one all the time. When I first started wearing my Omega Mrs. D coined it the "moonbomb' cause it would often end up near her head at some point in the night and she'd be disturbed by the 'ticka-ticka-ticka' sound like a Mission: Impossible bomb.
