By all means don't shower with your watch if you don't want to but this is much ado about nothing IMHO. I have showered with sport watches including the apple watch daily for a decade or more and never had an issue with water intrusion or build up of soap or hard water. This watch is designed to handle daily swimming in chlorine and ocean salt water its entire life and not fail, your tap water and neutrogena isn't going to kill it.
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Just to add some clarification to your post, because it's more generalized and didn't mention specifics. The first generation Apple Watch/Series 1 is splash resistance rated at IPX7, which many have worn their watches in the shower without a problem or when rinsed with water for cleaning. That's the risk you take with showering with the first generation Apple Watch/Series one.
Series 2/Series 3 is 50 m water resistance rated, which the Apple Watch is rated for submersion or shallow water activities/swimming. Apple actually advises you can shower with your Apple Watch with the Series 2/Series 3.
However, every situation will vary, but the two recommendations Apple states would not to be exposing the Apple Watch to lotions (Likely excessive) or sauna/steam rooms. Those two conditions alone can degrade the water seals and be problematic.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205000
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Why in God’s name would you install a screen protector on the face of a sapphire glass watch? That makes zero sense. A waste of money.
Why? You're clearly clueless as to how easily the coating on the sapphire display can get scratched and cause hairline scratches on the display making it seem like the actual sapphire display has been compromised when in reality its the coating that is scratched, You also don't seem to consider the fact that not everyone works at a desk job all day where their wrist is safe and secure from the forces of nature, the ignorance of some people..
And just for the record, The ArmorSuit screen protector is literally invisible when properly installed.
All of the sapphire crystal watches I have owned have never suffered a scratch. Ever. And I am not easy on my watches. They go diving (smashing a Sub on coral is always a blast), racing, hiking, etc. I've smashed my various watches (we are talking everything from Seiko to micro brands and from Nomos to Rolex, so a variety) against concrete in the City on many occasions. All of these are coated sapphire crystals.
You're simply not remotely taking care of your Watch if you're scratching the coating on a sapphire crystal.
The idea of someone putting a screen protector on a watch with a sapphire crystal is laughable.
You are more than likely to scratch the SS casing during the life of the watch than the Sapphire Crystal, at-all. That's how good it is. It's just below a Diamond in hardness.
High-end watches use Sapphire. Would you really use a screen protector on a Rolex?
High-end watches use Sapphire. Would you really use a screen protector on a Rolex?
To be honest, there are some weirdos that would. I recently met a guy who used one on his Panerai. One of the dumbest things I've ever seen.
I have the normal $350 Apple Watch 3 GPS 42mm and I felt compelled to comment that I've smashed my watch into walls, cement parking barriers, and metal doors - my watch face is still 100% perfect like the day I bought it. This "ion" glass is amazing - I can only imagine what you guys with the SS and sapphire crystal are dealing with. I couldn't imagine putting a screen protector on this thing - but whatever makes someone happy, go for it.
I wore my SS S0 daily for 2.5 yrs (no micro scratches). It was perfect when I sold it. In fact, I still have an SS and SBSS watch and they are both perfect as well. The sapphire screens are extremely scratch resistant. It’s a personal preference but, I see no reason to apply protection to my SS watches. That’s why I paid extra for sapphire. If I’m in an environment that I fear my watch might be damaged, I take it off but, that is extremely rare.
I tried to put on a screen protector on my first AW, an aluminum Series 3, and when I couldn't get it to fit properly, I said to heck with it, I'm going for the Sapphire screen, so I returned the aluminum and got the sapphire. The very next thing I did was get the security of AppleCare+, and I'm so glad I did. I'm careful with the watch, after all, I paid a chunk of cash for it, but at least I know that if I fall into the realm of "stupid", I can get back to where I want to be, at least with the watch. Just my 2c, never, ever, NOT buy Applecare, for $50, it's probably the best bargain in the Apple Barrel.
Apple care should be a no brainer with the watch. I have it on both of mine. Even if I never use it I have the peace of mine.
I swim with the watch in the ocean often. It is about as weird as men who wear undergarments on-top of board shorts. I will never understand some things.
I don't even buy AppleCare+ for most Apple products anymore, but the watch always made sense to me. This thing is more exposed than an iPhone, even the most unconventional purposes.
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Same. I am selling my Series 0 Sport and just looked it over, and it is PERFECT. And I am really not graceful. I always ruin iPhones. Wore my watch every day all day for a year and a half. Accidentally banged it into things many times. I am really not worried about my Series 3 Sport.
You have 60 days to buy it. I guess there are advantages to both buying right away & waiting. If you wait, you can see if you are hard enough on a watch to need the apple care (especially with people's different experiences with the glass face). If you wait though, you run the risk of having something go wrong with your watch that won't be covered. AppleCare won't cover a pre-existing condition. In order to buy it after you buy the watch, they have to run a diagnostic on it. I think it's safer to buy it right away if you plan to buy it.
I bought it at purchase for my first apple watch (a Nike model), but probably won't buy it again, as my watch is still in pristine condition, screen included, after 11 months of use.
You've been lucky. I had a Series 3 Nike Plus. 4 days after buying I scratched the face while opening a steel door. I ended up taking it back and upgraded to SS with sapphire.
It was one smack on a door and it was all over.
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You have 60 days to get it. The advantage to getting it right away is you are protected right away versus not.
[doublepost=1513358415][/doublepost]I didn't buy Apple Care for my iPad. Dropped it on the floor after about 1.5 years. Since I didn't have Apple Care the cost to replace the screen was $450. Lesson learned.
As careful as you can be it only takes one unexpected incident to incur an expensive repair bill without Apple care+. I have come close to dropping my watch on occasion.
It appears you don't have a lot experience with Sapphire. The Sapphire display can scratch, but it's extremely difficult to do and very rare at that. I have owned and used the Apple Watch since it's inception in 2015 with the sapphire display and I have never had a single scratch or Mark on the display. It's that durable. I don't recommend the use of a screen protector on the stainless model, its highly unnecessary, unless somebody wanted it as personal preference.
I just did the same last weekend! I had heard the come off easily. Mine is still adhering well!
You don’t work next to rotary diamond abrasive hand-piece tools and miscellaneous abrasive materials so don’t come here telling me what experience i have and what will and what will not scratch an Apple Watch’s sapphire display as you don’t know me nor do you know where I work and what environment I am in daily. There are many instances and situations where the sapphire display and coating can get scratched and the only thing “laughable” here is your ignorant comment.
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Excellent, it’s a really great product.
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In fairness, neither do the majority of the other forum members who wear the stainless model Apple Watch. Nor is that the point, which I was indicating that the sapphire is extremely difficult to scratch as it is and I can attest to owning multiple Apple Stainless Watches. And if you're in a position where you're using your stainless Apple Watch around tools that can damage the sapphire display, then perhaps using common sense would suffice.
This is a place for discussion and I can tell you what experience I have, so being dismissive telling me otherwise what I can and cannot post isn't relevant, so your point is moot. And of Course I don't know your work environment, But that doesn't change the susceptibility of the Sapphire being durable for the majority of every day uses others won't have issues with scratching it.
Aside from the ad hominem, It has already been discussed that sapphire can scratch, but it's very difficult to do. There are dozens of threads on the Apple Watch forum where others have not Scratched the Sapphire in many scenarios, We are discussing the durability, not the fact that sapphire can't scratch. I would suggest you read back the previous post(s), because you're on an entirely different tangent.
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The issue with your comment was you judging my decision to use a screen protector on my apple watch as "laughable" and i think that you still do not comprehend what it is that you did wrong.
The Sapphire display itself might be hard and scratch resistant to most materials that people interact with daily but there's a coating on the sapphire display that can get scratched rather easily and once that gets scratched it can give the impression of the sapphire display being scratched when in reality the coating is what got scratched, I want to keep that coating in pristine condition therefore i have the ArmorSuit Screen Protector installed period.
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Ladies, ladies, can we please get back on topic here, rather than compare "hand sizes"?
Wrong. You seriously need to re-read post #31,
You're quoting the wrong member. At NO point did I event use the word "laughable" at all in my discussion with you. You're confusing me with another forum member, so It's you who doesn't comprehend the context of the discussion. This was my original Post to you listed below.
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Again, you didn't read the Post thoroughly. Which is why I stated:
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