What time do you wear?

had rolex explorer two for 10 years. in i989 they cost around 1000 dollars, in 2010 they cost 5000. i sold it for more than i paid for it and it was heavily used to say the least. but the crystal is 600 plus i believe and tuneups every 3 years are very expensive. so best cheap cool watch is the sieko orange monster. can be found for 160 dollars. my current favorite is the hamilton khaki frogman. can be found for 600 dollars and uses a swiss movement installed in many 3 to 4 000 dollar watches.i really enjoy it and its not overly large as is the current industry style. so many watches so little time ha. interesting thing about the rolex is that it sliced me open chopping wood several times. anybody else have that happen?

You really shouldn't be wearing your Rolex (or any other mechanical watch for that matter) while chopping wood. I know the Rolex movement is extremely robust but the incredible shock and impact of wood chopping is sure to but severe stress on the movement. Also, you really don't need to tune it up every 3 yrs, I waited 18 yrs to tune up my Oyster Perpetual Date and it keeps fantastic time.

i was an iron woker and wore it every day for ten years to see if it could take it,,, never a hitch except the clasp will slice you chopping wood or swing a golf club or hoisting sail at the regatte. what are you takinf=g about?, you got 18 years,, i know people that got 2 yrs ok? you think your experience defines every user? what did you do, wear yours to the opera to test its robust movement? i buy good stuff to use it. talk to a factory trained tech and see how often he recommends a tune up

This reminds me of a costumer of mine who wore his Breitling to the Symphony, and while applauding a pieces ending...broke the balance staff! Apparantly this model had smaller pivots in an attempt to raise amplitute.
Rolex has always been known for their sports oriented models and do have a unique engineering, not to mention the Oyster case design. As to swinging a golf club, I recall Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer always sporting Rolex Presidents. As for chopping wood,...well I dont see them being worn in the Lumberjack contests. All kidding aside, I think that severe shocks to the movement resulting from chopping wood could displace the oil from the jewel sinks. I believe Rolex recommends 5-7 years for an overhaul. Rolex turns away any watches with any generic parts fitted or any previously unauthorized serviced watches. Rolex or Rolex Authorized Service only.

when a watch says EXPLORER 2 on it and is touted as a progeny of a watch that was used[with others] to climb mt everst i am going to see if it works. severe shocks to my body hurt too. ha. but really i.m a typical human/male that goes camping, motorcycling/works for living and i,m not gonna take my watch off if i need to do something normal like build a campfire. if it breaks oh well i can fix that. i,ve broken bones but that didn,t stop me either. babying all this jewlery/ audio gear is too much. i try to be gentle with my child. thanks,,i do try to take care of lps however/ thanks