What is the dirtiest watch you have serviced?

[HectorLooi]

I recently picked up a Seiko Kinetic from eBay that was described as "second hand moves when shaken.

I managed to revive the battery and started cleaning the watch. It has to be the dirtiest bracelet I've ever come across. The links felt "gummy".

So I let it soak in a beaker of ultrasonic cleaning solution for 30 minutes before turning on the ultrasonic. This is what came off.

I couldn't even see the bracelet anymore. And the huge pieces of gunk swimming in the solution.

Yucks.

[thor447]

I've had some pretty filthy watches on my bench, but that easily surpasses any that I've ever done!  Wow!

[oldhippy]

Lots of farms around where I worked and loads where I now live. One I had was an old watch dropped in cow shit, the famer did wash it off before he brought it to me but muck had got inside and it was all in the expanding bracelet which broke. 

Have you got a few tadpoles in that jar? 

[HectorLooi]

1 hour ago, oldhippy said:

Have you got a few tadpoles in that jar? 

Maybe not so high up in the evolutionary chain but there were definitely stuff moving around.

[rehajm]

Yuk. I had this one…

…DNA, dirt, wax, grease, tar. Three times thru the ultrasonic. I think I got most of it…

Edited December 17, 2024 by rehajm

[Neverenoughwatches]

10 minutes ago, rehajm said:

Yuk. I had this one…

…DNA, dirt, wax, grease, tar. Three times thru the ultrasonic. I think I got most of it…

That guy certainly knew how to wear a watch,  looks like it never left his wrist from the first day he strapped it on. 

[Knebo]

I have a competitor, too! 

Rolex Lady Datejust... 

[RichardHarris123]

Very disappointing, all of them could of been added to my post about wrist cheese.  Hehe.