Anyone else feel oosty about this? I mean, splashing/sizzling oil, droplets of stuff, or tiny, flying pieces of fresh herbs or onions that hide in bracelets...Ick, right? I even put my most hardy and inexpensive pieces back in the box before I start.
Or am I just way too fastidious and protective of my little buddies?
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I'm with you always remove my watch but they sit on a table I'm not that OCD 🧑🍳
I cook very little, but I always wear a watch.
I have no watch that's irreplaceable (all sub $500). Some with the same model, others with a different brand.
I cook with mine. It's not a big deal if a little oil or whatever splashes on the watch. Easily cleaned up.
I'm with you always remove my watch but they sit on a table I'm not that OCD 🧑🍳
Oh, good! Well, "watch box" was a bit literal. They usually sit in a basket on the table until the mess is done.
I have no watch that's irreplaceable (all sub $500). Some with the same model, others with a different brand.
I cook with mine. It's not a big deal if a little oil or whatever splashes on the watch. Easily cleaned up.
Good perspective. I do have a couple of vintage ones that feel irreplaceable, so they will keep being protected. But maybe I'll give it a go with some others.
I don't worry too much about it. But I don't cook anything too crazy or messy.
I don't worry too much about it. But I don't cook anything too crazy or messy.
Hahah-- I can't seem to make anything without frying up some hot olive oil 😕
Good perspective. I do have a couple of vintage ones that feel irreplaceable, so they will keep being protected. But maybe I'll give it a go with some others.
The whole protect your watch vs. use your watch thing boils down to this for me; "Don't baby them, but don't be dumb with them."
The whole protect your watch vs. use your watch thing boils down to this for me; "Don't baby them, but don't be dumb with them."
That's the right balance, but I do tend to lean dumb.
That's the right balance, but I do tend to lean dumb.
I've done some dumb stuff with mine.
Sledgehammering out a wall wearing an analog quartz.
Worn a watch into the pool with the crown open.
Forgot to take off a watch (different watch) before swimming when I didn't know it's WR rating (I tend to forget details like this after purchase).
Worn one too loose and broke a springbar from the back & forth shock of clapping too hard for too long.
It's a live & learn thing; as most of life is.
I only put my watch away if it involves sizzling oil
I do cook with my watch on and I love doing so. I do take it off when working with flour; that stuff get all over everything!
I have a watch stand 🙈........I harp on about water resistance being a factor and then I take it off before I shower! We are an odd lot 🤓
I wear a Casio and use the countdown timer for baking.
I have a watch stand 🙈........I harp on about water resistance being a factor and then I take it off before I shower! We are an odd lot 🤓
I use my water resistant Casio with a vibration alarm to make sure I don't daydream in the shower too long :)
(no reading glasses in the shower, sadly)
I sometimes switch watches before cooking, so I have a timing bezel. If I'm doing anything really messy I take my watch off, but I put it right back on after washing my arm/hands.
I wear most of my straps on MN or NATO straps, so when they get dirty I just give them a scrub with a vegetable brush, and some dish soap.
I make my delicious meals in a microwave
I make my delicious meals in a microwave
Really me too, which is why actual cooking is such a messy, spritzy time for me and my watches
If there is any chance of me damaging a watch (apart from my cheap beater) I take it off.
The question is, why aren't your wives doing the cooking?
I do. Which means I worry about induction hobs and magnetisation.
We're so behind in the states that induction barely exists here. Love it when I go to Europe. Anyway, I guess one less thing to worry about, but moot point since I'm going to continue to cook naked-wristed.