Just banged my watch for the first time..
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Rob D
Have a love of dive watches and vintage mostly but a fan of all things horological. I also love the outdoors; mountain biking, hiking and water sports
London, UK
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17.78 cm
Welcome to the club! I banged my then brand new Baltic Aquascaphe within the first day of unboxing 🤣. I made a tiny crack at the 12:00 area of the inner sapphire.
That sucks Rob.. Well at least there was no damage! Was it your Tudor? You have on a big winter coat for shock absorption 🤣
It’s gonna happen
Ugh. I dread the first drop.
I know the feeling, but I see it as a badge of honor now
Welcome to the club... But tell yourself, it makes your watch a piece unique! Why meteorite, MOP or aventure to make your watch 1 of a kind, when a good old bang makes your case shape assymetrical and completely original!
Within two hours of putting my Submariner on for the first time I managed to scrape it on a brick wall 😞. I've never done that with my G-Shock 🤯
The worst!😭
Sh*t happens
Stevie Nicks or some other DID say "the first scratch is the deepest." Must make sure you have a strong support group of friends and family with you during this difficult time man 🙏
Used to dread the first nick, scratch, ding… but then I read “A Man And His Watch” and saw what well-loved and well-worn watches actually look like. Not such a big deal to me now. Still try to keep my dress or special occasion watches looking nice though.
Yeah it sucks. Albeit better than dropping it on a tile floor. 😢😢😢
As i recieved my grail i got nothing better to do as to drop it on the table🙈 what a luck nothing happend. But it has to be serviced anyways
The first is the worst
Hahaha this is Gold. I bumped my Timex Q gmt and scratched the crystal 😭😭
The two times I banged my watches, smashed the glass completely - 2 Edifices 🥲
Now, here in the present time, it's that first ding or scratch... and it's infuriating.
60 years from now, when your great grandson is looking at dinged up, scuffed up watch he inherited, he's going to say: "Yeah, my great grandfather really lived his life. Mountain biking, hiking, sailing, skiing... and look at this watch! It probably went with him on many adventures! I'm not gonna get it fixed. I'm gonna' keep it just like this, in his honor, and in honor of a life well-lived."
So every new ding or scratch, think ahead to that time. 😎
That first drop / slam is like ripping the badaid off. It sucks but it’s freeing, makes me realize the watch is supposed to be used and abused!
I read the title wrong
Glad to have that in common…
Now, here in the present time, it's that first ding or scratch... and it's infuriating.
60 years from now, when your great grandson is looking at dinged up, scuffed up watch he inherited, he's going to say: "Yeah, my great grandfather really lived his life. Mountain biking, hiking, sailing, skiing... and look at this watch! It probably went with him on many adventures! I'm not gonna get it fixed. I'm gonna' keep it just like this, in his honor, and in honor of a life well-lived."
So every new ding or scratch, think ahead to that time. 😎
Love this take!
Hey Rob,
Yeah the first bang/scratch/ding always sucks. The silver lining is it becomes part of the watch’s character and it will serve as a memento of the adventures you’ve had with your timepiece. But that doesn’t change the fact there’s still the scratch/ding 🥲.
A bunch of people have said G-Shocks are the answer. My Square has a tiny glossy part (I guess where it got rubbed off or banged or something) on the top right corner so apparently I’m careless enough that not even G-Shocks are safe with me 😅.
Pictures or it didn’t happen
I feel your pain. I feel like when this happens the watch (or whatever new thing I have) is truly mine though. I scratched the crystal the first day I wore my Certina PH200. Had the crystal replaced when I warped it trying to polish the scratch out. I can never get back my total investment in it so it is truly mine. Good thing I dig it!
That said, this is precisely why I bought a Damasko DSUB3 for my everyday watch.
A student of a Buddhist monk broke his bowl that was given to him from his teacher. “Already broken!” was his response. So, in reality, all of our watches are already scratched even if they have never come out of the case.
Now, here in the present time, it's that first ding or scratch... and it's infuriating.
60 years from now, when your great grandson is looking at dinged up, scuffed up watch he inherited, he's going to say: "Yeah, my great grandfather really lived his life. Mountain biking, hiking, sailing, skiing... and look at this watch! It probably went with him on many adventures! I'm not gonna get it fixed. I'm gonna' keep it just like this, in his honor, and in honor of a life well-lived."
So every new ding or scratch, think ahead to that time. 😎
Exactly this.
I feel your pain. I feel like when this happens the watch (or whatever new thing I have) is truly mine though. I scratched the crystal the first day I wore my Certina PH200. Had the crystal replaced when I warped it trying to polish the scratch out. I can never get back my total investment in it so it is truly mine. Good thing I dig it!
That said, this is precisely why I bought a Damasko DSUB3 for my everyday watch.
A student of a Buddhist monk broke his bowl that was given to him from his teacher. “Already broken!” was his response. So, in reality, all of our watches are already scratched even if they have never come out of the case.
I get the desire for an every day watch that doesn’t matter if it gets beat up, but why have any watch if we don’t wear them. Which compliments your Buddhist story. :)
Hey Rob,
Yeah the first bang/scratch/ding always sucks. The silver lining is it becomes part of the watch’s character and it will serve as a memento of the adventures you’ve had with your timepiece. But that doesn’t change the fact there’s still the scratch/ding 🥲.
A bunch of people have said G-Shocks are the answer. My Square has a tiny glossy part (I guess where it got rubbed off or banged or something) on the top right corner so apparently I’m careless enough that not even G-Shocks are safe with me 😅.
My gshock has a scratch down the “glass” 😎
Glad to have that in common…
I had to re- read it before I got it 😅
Wait till you get a Grand Seiko. Scratches and nicks appear just by breathing on them! 😆
We feel your pain. But now it’s over and you can enjoy the watch. Heck, you might even look forward to the next scratch!
I get the desire for an every day watch that doesn’t matter if it gets beat up, but why have any watch if we don’t wear them. Which compliments your Buddhist story. :)
Well, I clean windows for a living so my watch gets banged several times a day against ladder rails, window frames and so on. I wanted a watch that would take that kind of abuse, wouldn’t have me thinking about how much I spent on it all the time and still give me the goochie goos when I check the time. My answer was the Damasko. Largely because my aesthetic is soothed by teutonic design language and the dsub hits that mark so well. It has yet so suffer a scratch or ding. I flat out love the watch!
Apart from that I wear what the mood dictates on any given day. Some days I wear the dsub. Even when I am not working.