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Change your seals and get WPTs done, or... (Rusty Daytona Content)

  1. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 5, 2014

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    Not mine thankfully, just a relative who thought "Its a Rolex" meant not changing changing the seals, servicing it, or even having a WPT done for 12 years was perfectly acceptable for regular swimming in salt water. In the Daytona's defence, it didn't actually stop in spite of being rusted, with bone dry lubrication until two wheels were finally too covered in corrosion and debris to mesh with each-other correctly.



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  2. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 5, 2014

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    Seems to me you warned him? Or is this a different one?
     
  3. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 5, 2014

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    Different watch :)
     
  4. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Oct 6, 2014

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    Another fine example from the.

    Wear it till its dead... throw it in a draw.

    crew.:cool:
     
  5. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 6, 2014

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    I gave some stern words and provided a stern bill from the watchmaker, and he really wasn't impressed having to do it, removing rust is really not a task watchmakers like to do, especially when a cheap set of seals could have prevented it.
     
  6. Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Oct 6, 2014

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    Not all seals are cheap ::facepalm2::

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    HiPo and rhetoric like this.
  7. Mark020 not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer Oct 12, 2014

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    :) My watchmaker told me that Rolex is (in a way) a bit too good and runs whens they would actually be better off not running.
     
  8. ulackfocus Oct 13, 2014

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    12 years seems to be the magic number for Rolexes finally succumbing to abuse.
     
  9. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Nov 4, 2014

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