CptTripps Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 You ever buy a used watch and the smell of the watch is so offensive, you can't wear it? I bought a watch a month or so ago (not here) and the smell of Pachouli was so strong, I could hardly stand it. I ended up selling the watch (for other reasons) but had put the rubber strap on another watch. I put that Panerai on this morning, and in the car on the way to work, caught a whif of the band, and it nearly knocked me over. (And time-warped me back to my hippie high-school girlfriend!) So I scrubbed and scrubbed the rubber strap in the kitchen here at the office, and I can't get it out. I'm about to throw the strap away. ...and I'm feeling REAL bad about the guy I ended up selling that watch to. I hope it didn't smell like this. (Or worse yet, I hope he doesn't think I'm a non-showering hippie.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxter Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 ahh pachouli oil - that takes me back !! i quite like the smell - well i did 20 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptTripps Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 All of the above Mike. I graduated HS in 1993. That means that I was too late for the 80's hairspray and sexual promiscuity, and too early for "PINK" and "ABERCROMBIE" written on the back-side of tight sweat-shorts. I blame Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vetter for the "5 layers of flanel" fashion craze I had to endure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 That stinky watch reminded me of a watch I owned several years back, a gen Breitling Chronomat with a leather strap. The deployant buckle straps were expensive so I wore the heck out of them. During the summer, that strap got dirty, sweaty and it stunk like a teenagers tennis shoes!!! Not much you can do with a nasty stinking leather strap except throw it away. And , no it never reminded me of any of my early girlfriends, some of them got pretty sweaty, but they never smelled like that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptTripps Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 So I'm thinking its the rubber they use. I ran home to swap the rubber strap for something else (yes, it's that bad) and the other rubber rep strap smells bad too. Different bad, but still awful. Guess that is something to say about 2nd-hand rep rubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I had an Omega Railmaster and the strap reeked of an old musty, dingy, moldy warehouse for weeks! It went away eventually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdubis Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Rubber straps smell vanilla/coconut and make me nauseous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike@tommys Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 A good remedy is to put the strap in a bag of baking soda.leave it there for a day Or so and it soaks out that shitty smell.worked for me and is especially good with leather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptTripps Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I'll try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBuys Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Will it work on my girlfriend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpz5142 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Guess that is something to say about 2nd-hand rep rubber. Well on general principal I find that used rubbers are smelly... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsxces Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 That stinky watch reminded me of a watch I owned several years back, a gen Breitling Chronomat with a leather strap. The deployant buckle straps were expensive so I wore the heck out of them. During the summer, that strap got dirty, sweaty and it stunk like a teenagers tennis shoes!!! Not much you can do with a nasty stinking leather strap except throw it away. And , no it never reminded me of any of my early girlfriends, some of them got pretty sweaty, but they never smelled like that!!! hahaha.....got my first leather strap a month ago and i'm tend to sweat a lot. sounds like that'll be me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankt Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Think about the math......China has strict birth control laws, 2 billion people, at least 1/2 of them having sex nightly, most use condoms, China recycles everything, do you think they throw all those used condoms into the trash...?? Next time you put a Chinese made rubber watch strap on, remember this post!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 As mentioned. Baking Soda, or Dr. Scholls shoe powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernsurfer Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Think about the math......China has strict birth control laws, 2 billion people, at least 1/2 of them having sex nightly, most use condoms, China recycles everything, do you think they throw all those used condoms into the trash...?? Next time you put a Chinese made rubber watch strap on, remember this post!!! I.... I.... I never thought about it like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masmannan Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 An acquaintance of mine used to sell used panties online. He would buy a load from the cheap shops and leave them in his dog basket for weeks on end.He had many happy customers willing to believe they were genuinely belonging to sexy office secretaries. Just sayingMasmannan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3nj4min3 Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Well on general principal I find that used rubbers are smelly... Yeah, I tend to opt for the vanilla-treated rubber. Although the smell can be rather sickly I find it's vastly better than the pungent odour of natural rubber. Oddly, I've found that cheap rubber straps don't seem to have much of a smell if any at all. It's mainly the more expensive (natural) rubber straps that whiff a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.the.marvelous Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 you could also give it a nice scrub down with a tooth brush and some concentrated hydrofluoric acid haha (don't actually do this) <---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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