klt11 1 Posted June 24, 2016 As the titles states, i was wearing my Rolex Submariner V6s about an hour ago, i waved bye to a friend and as i waved my watch went flying off of my wrist into a garden bed, upon closer inspection turns out one of the link screws came undone...so weird. my question, any stories from anyones watching falling of or breaking apart in public??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WatchaholicMallorca 2 Posted June 24, 2016 Hilarious but could of been worse. Poor guy !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klt11 1 Posted June 24, 2016 Hilarious but could of been worse. Poor guy !! i was trying to search for this but could not find!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomtom1988 63 Posted June 24, 2016 I actually had this happen a couple of weeks ago, at my hotel in Vegas, was gambling in the casino and went to the toilet, sat down and my watch literally fell into my boxers! It was my Cartier ronde rep, pin had came out somewhere and bracelet just came apart, luckily I had my dj2 upstairs so a quick dash to the room and a swap over! Randomly happened though, easily fixed of course with a new pin but I'm just glad it happened at my hotel! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenTLe 1,501 Posted June 24, 2016 As the titles states, i was wearing my Rolex Submariner V6s about an hour ago, i waved bye to a friend and as i waved my watch went flying off of my wrist into a garden bed, upon closer inspection turns out one of the link screws came undone...so weird. my question, any stories from anyones watching falling of or breaking apart in public??? Pretty normal if you didn't check them upon watch arrival... I have never had a watch I got from any TD with well screwed bracelet and often also the case backs were lose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nikosaldente 630 Posted June 24, 2016 As the titles states, i was wearing my Rolex Submariner V6s about an hour ago, i waved bye to a friend and as i waved my watch went flying off of my wrist into a garden bed, upon closer inspection turns out one of the link screws came undone...so weird. my question, any stories from anyones watching falling of or breaking apart in public??? Pretty normal if you didn't check them upon watch arrival... I have never had a watch I got from any TD with well screwed bracelet and often also the case backs were lose. Exactly! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abe Fromen 1,620 Posted June 24, 2016 Just a couple of weeks ago I started a thread about how difficult it was to get a rep Rubber B strap on my SD4000. After some modding I got it on, pulled on both ends and it was secure... until I sat down and it fell like a sack of potatoes about 1 foot to the tile floor. Broken balance staff. :( I should get it back from the Spa today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainFantastic 509 Posted June 24, 2016 Humidity here in the Midwest causes my wrist to expand, last year to the point where my watch was so tight it popped a spring bar. Luckily I caught the watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klt11 1 Posted June 24, 2016 Humidity here in the Midwest causes my wrist to expand, last year to the point where my watch was so tight it popped a spring bar. Luckily I caught the watch. jesus thats painful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KayGee 0 Posted June 24, 2016 I have had that happen before and it made me never want a bracelet with screws (gen or rep). Although I realize that pins can come out also it seems that screws are much more likely to have that problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cansler1846 0 Posted June 24, 2016 That happened to me with a rolex explorer 1 21j cheapy, just ordered a nato strap hopefully that prevents that sort of thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andylaw1919 386 Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) It happened at least half a dozen times to me. Most recently I was wearing my gen Datejust with president bracelet when I went to pump some gas for my car when the screw near the clasp just came undone and the whole watch just fell onto the concrete resulting in a cracked crystal and numerous scratches. :( Other times the clasp just becomes undone and I find the watch dangling on my shirt sleeve. Edited June 24, 2016 by Andylaw1919 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WatchaholicMallorca 2 Posted June 24, 2016 Mind you I had my milgauss on a nato strap last summer and snapped a springbar whilst putting my seatbelt on. Had clients in the car so was slightly awkward. There should be a thread here for funny rep stories, I'm sure some there are some belters here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nunu78 1,741 Posted June 24, 2016 Happened to me with tag heuer calibe 36, went flying to kiss the wall :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klt11 1 Posted June 24, 2016 Mind you I had my milgauss on a nato strap last summer and snapped a springbar whilst putting my seatbelt on. Had clients in the car so was slightly awkward. There should be a thread here for funny rep stories, I'm sure some there are some belters here! that was a the point of this thread haha any funny rep stores, breaking in public, falling etc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReplaRoll 0 Posted June 28, 2016 I lost a rep that way on a motorcycle.......Friggin Harley vibes shook a screw out and down the road it went. did not bother going back. This was years ago when REPS were $100. Now when I get a rep I put blue Locktite on the screws. EEven my Gen went swimming around in my bed as if came off my wrist. Did the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUSH2112 11 Posted June 28, 2016 Got a PO shipped to my job and immediately slapped it on the wrist. Walking around the office over a tiled area and, kaboom, bracelet disconnects from watch case (too many pubes caught in there) and watch slams to floor. Pick it up and the 4:00 marker has fallen off and rattling around inside watch. Sent it to katt and came back good as new. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 281 Posted June 28, 2016 Happened to my cousin, he was riding his motorbike and felt his watch slipping out from under his glove so adjusted the glove and carried on riding.... When he got home the watch had dissapeared from his wrist. He was wearing a gen 2 tone daytona, so set off back out to try and find it. He did find some of it but after being repeatedly run over by cars bikes and trucks for a few hours it was totally destroyed.... He now wears a sub and regularly makes sure that the screws are tight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nashe_chung 0 Posted June 28, 2016 It happened to me when I was selling my DD 2 to a friend. Had sold it to him at a loss as a good gesture (RWG rules also apply to real life ) and as I was giving the watch to him the bracelet fell apart in his hands and so I ordered a new one from a TD and I'm just waiting for it to get here so I can get rid of the watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nashe_chung 0 Posted June 28, 2016 Happened to my cousin, he was riding his motorbike and felt his watch slipping out from under his glove so adjusted the glove and carried on riding.... When he got home the watch had dissapeared from his wrist. He was wearing a gen 2 tone daytona, so set off back out to try and find it. He did find some of it but after being repeatedly run over by cars bikes and trucks for a few hours it was totally destroyed.... He now wears a sub and regularly makes sure that the screws are tight The Daytona fan in me died after reading that story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adaptive 8 Posted June 28, 2016 Its happend on all my rolex reps really, need to tighten them yourself regularly, or glue them i guess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichardMiami 4 Posted June 28, 2016 Look.. this problem is a LOT better than the alternative!!! The watch could have stayed on your arm and your hand could have fallen off.... that would be terrible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave47 6,473 Posted June 28, 2016 As the titles states, i was wearing my Rolex Submariner V6s about an hour ago, i waved bye to a friend and as i waved my watch went flying off of my wrist into a garden bed, upon closer inspection turns out one of the link screws came undone...so weird. my question, any stories from anyones watching falling of or breaking apart in public??? Unfortunately, kosta, YES!! Same problem as yours -- link screw came undone! I've since learned (with help from the great mates here) to tighten ALL the link screws in any rep Rolexes I purchase -- AND to use a drop of Loctite on any that are problematic. dave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MoveAlong 23 Posted June 28, 2016 Any watch I get that has link screws gets loctite for this very reason. I use the red stuff, forget the number, but it works well and breaks loose easily when I deliberately unscrew them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abe Fromen 1,620 Posted June 29, 2016 I didn't have this one fall off, but this one time, in band camp... no wait, this one time, at an AD, I was wearing my gen PAM005 and as I took it off to try on a Ulysse Nardin diver, I noticed my buckle screw was almost completely threaded out. Of course the AD brought out a screw driver and happily made it right for me, even though I said i'd do the job. Catastrophe averted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
