Dropped Speedy!

Perseus · Apr 11, 2016

My son is almost five and loves it when we get my watches out and "look at the gears." He pulls over the stool and I take out the watches and set them on a towel down on the bathroom counter. For some reason he handed me the Speedmaster and let go before my hand go there. The Speedy made a solid thud as it feel about three feet onto the tile floor. The hour and minute hand spun around loosely as I rotated the watch. Thankfully my watchmaker said the only damage was loose hands. He put them back on and I've been good to go ever since.

citizenrich · Apr 11, 2016

One time, I dropped a submariner on a marble floor and it looked like I dynamited it.

Other times, I've dropped similar watches on wood floors and nada, nothing (except a small ding on the wood lol).

Badwolf · Apr 11, 2016

citizenrich
One time, I dropped a submariner on a marble floor and it looked like I dynamited it.

Other times, I've dropped similar watches on wood floors and nada, nothing (except a small ding on the wood lol).

Painful 😁

karalhoin · Apr 12, 2016

Scary. That's why I'm not buying anything without a foldover clasp. I usually put the watch on early in the morning when the brain is still foggy and butter fingers might let it slip. It can still fall of course, but it's a lot less likely.

See how it keeps time, maybe it is even more accurate now somehow. 😁

citizenrich
One time, I dropped a submariner on a marble floor and it looked like I dynamited it.

The marble or the submariner? 😁

pascs · Apr 12, 2016

I have bought a lot of the Hirsch Sport deployant and find these a great addition to standard straps and a great preventative measure to dropping the watch.

wayneG · Apr 12, 2016

That's nothing! I never take my watch off at Airport security, but one day I did so at the request of a rather stern security person. My watch that day was a Hesalite Speedmaster as well, and I rested it on my coat as it went through the scanner. I then managed to totally forget I'd done this, lifted up my coat after the scanner and my watch flew higher than my head in to the air, and landed on a very hard floor. That sort of rubber coated concrete you only find in airports.

Amazingly, not a scratch, not a mark and no issues at all with the timekeeping ever since. I think NASA were on to something with these watches ;-)

mokofoko · Apr 12, 2016

wayneG
That's nothing! I never take my watch off at Airport security, but one day I did so at the request of a rather stern security person. My watch that day was a Hesalite Speedmaster as well, and I rested it on my coat as it went through the scanner. I then managed to totally forget I'd done this, lifted up my coat after the scanner and my watch flew higher than my head in to the air, and landed on a very hard floor. That sort of rubber coated concrete you only find in airports.

Amazingly, not a scratch, not a mark and no issues at all with the timekeeping ever since. I think NASA were on to something with these watches ;-)

Did you watch it fall in slow motion? One of those "life flashing before your eyes" type situations? 😀

wayneG · Apr 12, 2016

Absolutely! I think there was a slow motion "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" going on in my head as well lol. It was some thud when it landed!!

Egatdagi · Apr 12, 2016

I always do the sit on the bed thing. Once I knocked my Longines Ultronic Tuning fork watch off my desk and it fell onto a carpeted floor. It jammed up the innards pretty good and took three trips to the watch maker to get it running right. Now it sits nice and cozy in the watch box.

karalhoin · Apr 13, 2016

wayneG
That's nothing! I never take my watch off at Airport security, but one day I did so at the request of a rather stern security person. My watch that day was a Hesalite Speedmaster as well, and I rested it on my coat as it went through the scanner. I then managed to totally forget I'd done this, lifted up my coat after the scanner and my watch flew higher than my head in to the air, and landed on a very hard floor. That sort of rubber coated concrete you only find in airports.

I know this is exactly the type of thing I would do, so I always put it inside a jacket pocket that can be closed. For the paranoid, having something like an Oakley travel case helps.

Better yet, I've heard people say they go through security with the watches on. Never tried that since they always nag me even for little stuff like an aspirine in a pocket (in those stupid scanners where you put your hands up, the thing rotates and a body figure gets marks in places with...hmm, "stuff").

mokofoko · Apr 13, 2016

karalhoin
I know this is exactly the type of thing I would do, so I always put it inside a jacket pocket that can be closed. For the paranoid, having something like an Oakley travel case helps.

Better yet, I've heard people say they go through security with the watches on. Never tried that since they always nag me even for little stuff like an aspirine in a pocket (in those stupid scanners where you put your hands up, the thing rotates and a body figure gets marks in places with...hmm, "stuff").

While waiting in line, I put my watch in a red omega service case, and have that inside my carryon bag. Take it out again after finishing with security. I last flew a month ago, and a TSA lady yelled at me from like 40 ft away when she saw me a lifesaver candy back in my pocket. As small as a quarter. I was told you can have NOTHING on your wrists or in your pockets. YMMV I guess, but I don't think it's worth the hassle to keep your watch on. If my watch gets nicked from my bag, I'm going to know within 60 seconds of clearing security.

Archer · Apr 13, 2016

karalhoin
Better yet, I've heard people say they go through security with the watches on. Never tried that since they always nag me even for little stuff like an aspirine in a pocket (in those stupid scanners where you put your hands up, the thing rotates and a body figure gets marks in places with...hmm, "stuff").

I have never, ever, been asked to take my watch off at security checkpoints...my last trip was 7 flights, through the full body scan every time, and no one did anything other than ask me to pull up my sleeve so they could see that I had a watch on.

Safest place for it is on your wrist.

STANDY · Apr 13, 2016

On way to Europe from Aus in December we could not get around not taking watchs off in KL airport with stopover there. ( both ways )

karalhoin · Apr 13, 2016

Guess Archer looks a bit more honest than we do. 😁
I'm going to try it the next time and see what happens. Regardless of having to be taken off or not, one thing is for sure, having it fly off over your head should be avoided if possible. 😁

wayneG · Apr 14, 2016

I usually try and hide it under a sleeve of a jumper or what have you, but the next time I travel, I'll most likely be taking my current favourite. It'll be on a NATO and won't be easy to hide.

I won't be putting it on top of my coat again whatever happens :-D

pascs · Apr 14, 2016

At most airports I've been to recently you are requested to remove your watch at security but since I have to remove my laptop from my bag and my phone, keys, coins etc from my pocket, they can all go in the same tray. I've done this dozens of times and never had any problems but since most of my watches use a clasp or deployant, there is minimal chance to drop the watch

Flingit1200s · Apr 14, 2016

It's interesting how people navigate airport security. My plan is to have a TSA Precheck before I travel next. As of late I just go through security with everything (watch, belt, wallet etc) in my carry on bag and just pull out my laptop at the last minute.

relaxer7 · Apr 14, 2016

I'd just keep any eye on time keeping... I dropped a Seiko divers a while back and all seemed right until I noticed how fast it was gaining time over a few days.

lukajur · Apr 21, 2016

Thanks for all the feedback guys, after a few days I am happy to report that there are no problems!!!
The Speedy is alive and kicking. It looks great, and works great.
Gotta Love this watch!

Japanred · Apr 21, 2016

Hijak
This is some of the worst advice I've seen on this forum😲...

All well and good offering a counter-opinion but would be useful to those not in the know, the reasons why you think this.

Dropped Speedy!

Perseus

citizenrich

Badwolf

karalhoin

pascs

wayneG

mokofoko

wayneG

Egatdagi

karalhoin

mokofoko

Archer

STANDY

karalhoin

wayneG

pascs

Flingit1200s

relaxer7

lukajur

Japanred

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