removing divers watches prior to taking a shower

I bought mine purely because I like the look of them. That is the same with all my watches. I would not wear them in or near water because I don t like wet watches on my wrist.
Another quirk I have is that when I am in the house I take my watch off pretty much straight away. I don't like wearing a watch at home. I don t know why this is, habit I suppose.

mine get wet without hesitation. I'm also happy to wash with soapy water.
Part of it is habit, from not wanting my watch stolen when swimming. That's probably still a consideration, sometimes.

I don't like losing my watches and I find the best way to keep an eye on them is to keep them on my wrist. The more times they come off the more likely they are to never come back on.

1) You're at the beach with a watch on since you'd like to know what time it is. Do you take it off and roll it into a towel before going in the water hoping no grubby hands swoop it up?

2) You're at the pool and the significant other says be back in 2 hours. You figure a watch would be helpful but you're afraid to go in the water so you leave it in a bag next to your towel (see above).

3) You decide to leave it in your hotel room so it won't get stolen at the beach/pool but alas the cleaning lady has swept your watch away.

For me personally if I am traveling near a body of water I'll be sure to bring a watch that can withstand the water. I no longer sleep in a watch because I think it prematurely stretched out the bracelet. Other than that I usually have one on.

I think we can all agree that Rolex is no longer a "tool" watch if we would rather wear a G-shock in the water 😀

This is very true Patrick... One of my part time jobs involves walking and sometimes wading on windy, sandy, salty, UK beaches.

I can't imagine it would cross my mind to wear my vintage Omega to the beaches where I work. Particularly on the days when my grandchildren visit and are in 'excavation mode'. Here's my latest addition, at my place of work in Dorset, demonstrating her new found talent for 'sand hurling'.

Quick hide the watches and cover the Sandwiches.😲

My daily watch is a Seamaster 300 and it never leaves my wrist only to get serviced. I wear it swimming , in the shower and have never noticed any stretch in the bracelet. Dive watches are named so for a reason . Rugged and tough wearing. Come on , leave them on.

When I saw the title of this thread I avoided reading it because I was sure some poor soul was being lambasted for asking if it was ok to wear a dive watch in the shower. What a relief to see the question was much more broad than just the shower, and everyone (almost) is playing nice.
Since you asked, I bought a Submariner a decade ago to wear in the water. The old Speedmasters or other vintage watches were not going to be exposed to more than drizzle. The Sub was great for swimming, cycling, etc. and since it often became very sweaty, I would shower with it mostly to clean it up. I can live with soap scum, although I never noticed that being an issue. It was nice to get it and the NATO squeaky clean after a good sweat. Since, I've pickup up the MKII Nassau and the Watchco SM 300,(the sm300 master coax gets babied to avoid scratches) and both are used for swimming and water days, and both go in the shower to get clean along with me. Yes, I could have bought a cheaper dive watch, but cmon, none of us needs these watches when modern quartz watches would make much more sense. We like the look, and we like that we can afford to waste money on frivolous things, and many of us want others to know, too. I highly recommend showering your Sub or SM now and then. They all get dirty.

I bought my SMPc to wear under any wet condition: pool, sea, shower, or other body fluids from self or others. Only remove it with severe violent forces are likely.

I wear watches in the shower. Was at the beach this last weekend and I must say sand in the adjustable clasp on my seamaster is a real pain. Super difficult to get out too. Actually think the next time I might swap out the bracelet for a rubber or NATO strap.