I think user manual says to remove it, for fear of trapping moisture: e.g. Seiko Watch Care | Seiko

"PRECAUTION REGARDING CASE BACK PROTECTIVE FILM

If your watch has a protective film and/or a sticker on the case back, please remove it before use."

But I have a watch from my Dad that still has the caseback sticker on it. He wore the watch very sparingly, so the sticker still looks great, and I see no rusting. If one plans to wear it often, maybe best to remove sticker. If not, maybe okay to leave it on? For watches that I wear regularly, I take it off.

 

I think user manual says to remove it, for fear of trapping moisture: e.g. Seiko Watch Care | Seiko

"PRECAUTION REGARDING CASE BACK PROTECTIVE FILM

If your watch has a protective film and/or a sticker on the case back, please remove it before use."

But I have a watch from my Dad that still has the caseback sticker on it. He wore the watch very sparingly, so the sticker still looks great, and there's no rust to be seen. If one plans to wear it often, maybe best to remove sticker. If not, maybe okay to leave it on?

i never saw that before, makes sense...
i have thought about leaving it on Limited Edition watches just to protect the serial numbers...
but its good to know that my instinct to remove it matches up with Seiko's recommendations

 

I have an aversion to any kind of protective layer that hampers the overall enjoyment of the thing. Plastic covers on couches, plastic strips on the edge of car doors, even cellphone cases. You may be preserving it--but you're doing so by covering it up.

Here though more than anything I think this is just a bit of an odd idea.

 

Always remove it because it can feel nasty on the wrist and/or start peeling off anyway.

I actually save them and stick them to a big mirror in the guest bathroom. That goes over really well with the wife.

 

Some manufacturers give specific instructions that all the stickers MUST be removed before wearing the watch.

 

Or what?!

 

Is this a real question?

 

i figured there would be some nato users chiming in about protecting the case back...
plus i see used watches for sale all the time that still have the sticker on...
just seems natural to remove it though.

 

Of course you're supposed to remove it or else they would have affixed it with a more permanent adhesive at the factory. I see the same thing in the guitar world where people think their guitar is more valuable because they still have the plastic film on their pickguard or the "CE" and "don't throw in the trash" stickers on the neckplates of Fender guitars but they just look like crap or make you look like an idiot that didn't know you can take the stickers off.

 

Remove...It looks trashy, like the caps with the anti-theft stickers and tags on them.
Saw a guy wearing a suit with the silk sleeve tags still on it...:roll:

 

OMG someone voted yes

 

What about those tiny metal stickers on Orient case backs? I think it's a supposed to signify authenticity, but I whipped mine of my Mako straight away. It was a right son of a you know what to get off and it left a mark. In retrospect, I should have left it alone.

 

Duct tape and rubbing alcohol should get rid of the adhesive residue.

 

I like to leave them on. I love the feel of plastic against my skin. Plus, after six months, I get to experience an enjoyable hour scraping off the worn dirty sticker and cleaning the case-back.

 

And if you are lucky enough skin acids and sweat will remain trapped under the seal to start a dandy corrosion patch.

Worthy of a poll????

 

If you leave that, do you leave the plastic covering the bracelet also?

 

I always chuckle when I see a person wearing a suit or sports coat, with the manufacturer's label still on the sleeve.

 

Me too. I don't think they know that even though they are trying to look classy by showing off the brand of their ill-fitting, off the rack polyester suit they just look tacky. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt though and just assume they don't know they're supposed to take it off.

 

Always leave the plastic stickers on & normally use Sellotape over the whole watch just to make sure.

You can ever be to careful

 

I see some vintage Rolex's with that green sticker on for past 25 years.

 

I always take them off. My sister, however, has had a digital casio for more than ten years now. The resin band has snapped, the case is bamged up and dirty, but the sticker is still on the back.

The back's not pristine, it's utterly filthy. It's got a decade of assorted grime, dirt and all sorts of nasty wrist gunk trapped under it.

Yuck :-(

 

I remove them immediately, but am ashamed to admit that the case back stickers are still on my sub Nd and explorer 2...

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The only time I have had it on is when I did not realize it was still there. I think it is tacky to leave the sticker on. That was a pun. hmmm

 

It should be removed so you can become one with your watch.

 

I leave the plastic on the caseback and my furniture:

and my car:

and my boat:

and my plane:

 

Of course I keep it on! Why, I don't buy the watch for its stainless steel or gold case. I buy for the plastic film it comes wrapped in of course!

 

I might leave mine for a day or 2 but I always end up removing it.

 

Of the moment I get it..


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I also remove the Saran Wrap from my tuna sandwich


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Hahaha this is very funny! ... and why AM I reading this thread??? Glad I did.