Do you shower with your watch?

2514484 said:

Solution: Buy a forearm wound protector on Amazon and just slip it on every morning over your watch. Simple, easy and does the trick!

That sounds like a recipe for a disgusting stinky wrist. It's not hard to take the watch off, why in the world would you avoid washing part of your wrist forever to save those 2 or 3 seconds?

I keep the band a little snug. It is also stretchy and doesn't come off so easily. You may have a different band with your model. YOUR wrist my be stinky, but mine is nice and clean! So is my watch, so speak for yourself sir. Wash my hands numerous times a day and allow water to get under the watch and sometimes over it. This is not the same as shower washing due to the difference in water pressure.

When I used to wear Casio G-Shocks 24/7, the minerals in the water accumulated in edges and seams on the watch and caused white deposits which took effort to remove.  Stopped showering with watches on after that. 

For those doubting Thomases:

https://theslenderwrist.com/watch-in-the-shower/

theslenderwrist.com/.../

So you've resurrected a thread from 5 months ago but clearly didn't take the time to read the replies, in particular from Garmin. It might be a good idea to do so. 

Absolutely no problem with replying to a five month old thread; that's preferable to starting a new one. However, any credibility you might have had from your experience with

2514484 said:

numerous dive watches and G shock watches rated to depths far beyond the depth rating of my 6X solar.

was lost when you suggested

2514484 said:

shower water hits the watch under pressure

Given that the depth rating of the F6 is 10 ATM (~140 psi) it's hard to believe that the water out of any shower is going to impact the watch anything like.

Good on you for replying to the existing thread but perhaps next time write something that is at least plausible.

I have for years, it keeps me from taking too much time in the shower.

• Morning workout
• Take watch off wrist to weigh in
• Put watch back on but loose so that soap and water can get under watch
• Shower/dry me off
• Take watch off and thoroughly dry with bath towel making sure all surfaces get wiped down
• Dry my wrist where watch was
• Return watch to wrist at normal snugness

I have done this for decades (well, the workout maybe not so regularly ) and my watches have always stayed pristine.

Mike