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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:14 pm 
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It may some form of psychotic illness but are other members as fastidious with the appearance of their watch as I am? :oops: I have a feeling that at some point in the future my Breitling SA's will be considerably smaller due the constant buffing with my watch cloth.
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After a sweaty day in the sun or a warm evening out on the town I just put it under the tap, put some Dettol handsoap on it, give it a good rub and presto, good as new.

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Every time I take it off using my eyeglass rag. Takes 2 or 3 minutes and it is as good as new, minus the scratches of course.

And no, I don't think it's a psychotic illness. I don't know what's it's called though.

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I tend to just clean them with soap and water when I feel they need it : I don't have a set routine.

That said, I usually give the watch I've been wearing all day a quick wipe over with a very soft cloth (especially the caseback and inside of the bracelet) just to stop the build-up of "wrist cheese" and keep it nice and clean before I put it in the winder. The good thing about doing that is that it means I don't have to wash them so often.

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when i wear one then i often clean it a couple of times a day, just quickly with my shirt over the saphire, when i am going to sleep i make sure it is like new and give it a full clean with just water...
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Wrist cheese? Really? That is just awful.

Good advice though... I say as I am gagging.

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jjalcede wrote:
Wrist cheese? Really? That is just awful.

Good advice though... I say as I am gagging.

If you leave it long enough, then yes! I will just say mine never get like that, but I've seen a couple of truly hideous casebacks where all the engraving is full of some disgusting detritus. Image

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Wrist cheese? Really? That is just awful.

Good advice though... I say as I am gagging.

If you leave it long enough, then yes! I will just say mine never get like that, but I've seen a couple of truly hideous casebacks where all the engraving is full of some disgusting detritus. Image


And I was just eating my Club by the lake. 8)

Did you just add that lovely smilie D8? 'cause I don't seem able to locate it.

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F14D_Tomcat wrote:
Did you just add that lovely smilie D8? 'cause I don't seem able to locate it.



It's an image from the web.
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Define Clean.

I wipe down a watch whenever I put it on with a micro-fiber (eye glass rag as Tomcat put it) and start with a moistened corner. Then the dry part of the cloth. I guess I don't see that as cleaning really.

A full bore clean? Not very often at all. If you simply spend a few seconds wiping down a watch when you put it on, cleaning with soaps and soft brushes etc.. becomes almost superfluous.

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sharkman wrote:
Define Clean.

I wipe down a watch whenever I put it on with a micro-fiber (eye glass rag as Tomcat put it) and start with a moistened corner. Then the dry part of the cloth. I guess I don't see that as cleaning really.

A full bore clean? Not very often at all. If you simply spend a few seconds wiping down a watch when you put it on, cleaning with soaps and soft brushes etc.. becomes almost superfluous.

:yeahthat

I probably wipe my crystal and case down a dozen or so times a day. Nothing bothers me more than catching a glimpse of a print or smudge.
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when it is starting to smell then it is really a bit to late to clean...
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Roffensian wrote:
F14D_Tomcat wrote:
Did you just add that lovely smilie D8? 'cause I don't seem able to locate it.



It's an image from the web.


I LOVE the smilie. Shows exactly what I was feeling when I read the term wrist cheese!!

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Kind of like lint in the belly button!

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thomasenlow1 wrote:
sharkman wrote:
Define Clean.

I wipe down a watch whenever I put it on with a micro-fiber (eye glass rag as Tomcat put it) and start with a moistened corner. Then the dry part of the cloth. I guess I don't see that as cleaning really.

A full bore clean? Not very often at all. If you simply spend a few seconds wiping down a watch when you put it on, cleaning with soaps and soft brushes etc.. becomes almost superfluous.

:yeahthat

I probably wipe my crystal and case down a dozen or so times a day. Nothing bothers me more than catching a glimpse of a print or smudge.


Same here. I must have the cleanest crystal in town. LOL

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