Using Rolex for Intended Purpose

[texan_guy]

Does anyone here actually use their watch for what they were designed for? Any spelunkers out there using their Explorers? Divers? Pilots?

[Antwon412]

I use my DJ to check the date daily!

[texan_guy]

Originally Posted by Antwon412

I use my DJ to check the date daily!

[996marty]

Originally Posted by Antwon412

I use my DJ to check the date daily!

And don’t forget the time also

[watchboynyc]

i use the GMT function all the time while traveling..

[phrede]

Yes:

[Sublovin]

I have climbed mountains with my Explorer II and dove with my Deepsea and Pelagos. I have worn my day date on many special occasions. So, yes

[S.Explorer]

I own a GMT but I'm not a pilot. I do wear my Explorer when exploring the great outdoors or urban jungle.

[2000-NJDEVILS]

DSSD and Sub for SCUBA….

[Yobber76]

I use my my VTNR and/or my BLNR to show how cool I am.
And I do this on planes, so yes I use them for their intended purpose.

[Wingman244]

It’s all a marketing story. I have a Ford Raptor F-150 pickup that I love and it has never seen any high speed Baja desert off-road runs. I have a Daytona in which I use the chrono to time the steaks on the grill - works great.

[BETRNSX]

Originally Posted by Wingman244

It’s all a marketing story. I have a Ford Raptor F-150 pickup that I love and it has never seen any high speed Baja desert off-road runs. I have a Daytona in which I use the chrono to time the steaks on the grill - works great.

LOL. I use my chronos to time steaks too. It’s true purpose. Who’s racing around in a car timing laps with their watch?

[richardlo]

I like being outdoors hiking, swimming, surf, offroad with my Jeep, sports and I do wear my Exp II for that. Although, I have not climbed Mt Everest nor explored any deep dark caves.

[Colorado_kid]

Just got back from an overseas trip to Asia for my company , many flights and time zones etc … and my GMT Master ii was so handy. With one glance I knew my kids schedules. If only I knew what they were actually doing!


Did I need it? No, but sure was nice as a travel buddy.


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[csaltphoto]

I take mine diving since it's safer with me than on the boat or in my hotel/condo. But use a computer with a dive timer for backup. I guess if my computer took a dump I could time my safety stop. Hate to do a deco dive with it but I'm sure they used to back in the day with tables. These days with better gear and bigger tanks it's also not unusual for a dive to exceed one hour. Hitting the water in a speedo, no BC, and double hose regulator with a j-valve tank was literally another world compared to today. But that world was when the Submariner was designed.

(A j-valve was a primitive "Time to go up" feature in the early days of scuba diving. There weren't even pressure gauges. But the tank itself had a reserve partition. You basically breathed it dry and when you ran out of air you pulled this wire thingee attached to the valve and it opened up a reserve supply.)

[Starhutch]

My trusty Explorer 2 has seen 30 states in the last 2 years. Does that count?

[Scottyboy]

Originally Posted by Starhutch

My trusty Explorer 2 has seen 30 states in the last 2 years. Does that count?

Were you spelunking in those 30 states? If not, then it's a firm no.

[sah]

Some tentacles of a Portugeese Man O War on my Sub crystal while diving in Molokini

[m4rty]

Originally Posted by sah

Some tentacles of a Portugeese Man O War on my Sub crystal while diving in Molokini

West-end/side of Maui? Did that about 15 years ago... Great trip!

[ltmgeller]

All the time

[Mr. Superlative]

I take the explorer 2 on the slopes when skiing. Does that count? It is the white dial. :)

[thegrandseirolexguy]

I use my yacht-master to tell time. Does that count?


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[JSCP]

Except diving, or racing, so most to see date, 2nd hour or plain time!

[padi56]

Originally Posted by texan_guy

Does anyone here actually use their watch for what they were designed for? Any spelunkers out there using their Explorers? Divers? Pilots?

Yes used 5513 and 16600 SD for many hundreds of hours underwater fresh and salt. But today doubt if out of all the dive type watches bought today if 90% of them will ever see water other than a dip in the pool or shower.

[CaptT]

Originally Posted by padi56

But today doubt if out of all the dive type watches bought today if 90% of them will ever see water other than a dip in the pool or shower.

I think this number is way off, but understand the sentiment. It's something like 1% of the US population is dive certified. If that's directionally close (and feel free to extrapolate world-wide), with the overlay of who buys dive watches in general it's probably safe to say 99% will never be used for diving. Factor in how many are buying $10k+ "dive" watches and using them for something other than pool or shower, and that number gets smaller.

This shouldn't be surprising, though, and it's nothing to be bent about, as Rolex knows this and the majority of their watches today serve a different function than they did 30-50 years ago, especially - in the case of diving - with the proliferation of more capable dive computers.

[fskywalker]

Originally Posted by padi56

Yes used 5513 and 16600 SD for many hundreds of hours underwater fresh and salt. But today doubt if out of all the dive type watches bought today if 90% of them will ever see water other than a dip in the pool or shower.

That’s true Peter!


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[jimcameron]

Does anyone here actually use their watch for what they were designed for?

I wear mine because it closely matches the color of my Grey Poupon Mustard whilst dining.

[Robf52]

Originally Posted by jimcameron

Does anyone here actually use their watch for what they were designed for?

I wear mine because it closely matches the color of my Grey Poupon Mustard whilst dining.

[EzraPound]

I think the intended purpose of modern Rolex is to gloat, trumpet, crow etc. and the majority of Rolex owners use their Rolex for this purpose.

[Marcjvr]

Originally Posted by EzraPound

I think the intended purpose of modern Rolex is to gloat, trumpet, crow etc. and the majority of Rolex owners use their Rolex for this purpose.

You beat me to it

Gold sea dwellers aren’t made to impress fish and octopus