Sounds like something may have gone wrong with that sticker. I normally have to be extra careful to keep them from peeling off just handling them for photography.

 

Wow. Did he try removing the stickers with sandpaper?!? I've never dealt with stickers on a brand new Tudor, but are they any more difficult than stickers from other brands? I've just peeled mine off without difficulty.

 

I've never dealt with stickers on a brand new Tudor, but are they any more difficult than stickers from other brands?

They are the kind of sticker that used to come with windows laptops, even if you manage to get them off they leave nasty residue which is a pain to get rid off without using chemicals or patience + hot soapy water. I took mine off, foolishly assuming they will come off as easily as the Rolex ones and then spent another 25 min getting rid of the residue trying not to scratch the finish, like the guy here did.

I feel you VHD. Took forever to clean the sticker off of my BBN, and it smeared the adhesive all over the side of the case. It was like it was held on with gorilla glue or something...

That's the one. The adhesive was nasty and I almost managed to push it into the gap between the bezel and the case. WTF is the point of that.

 

Never had a problem myself, just peel the sticker off with your fingers, then remove any adhesive residue by gently wiping using a cloth with a little oil on it (WD40, olive oil, etc applied to the cloth not the watch).

 

I feel you VHD. Took forever to clean the sticker off of my BBN, and it smeared the adhesive all over the side of the case. It was like it was held on with gorilla glue or something...

 

I think a belt sander was overkill though.

 

Why not use a q-tip with a dab of wd40 or lighter fluid/naptha? Both will cut the gunk and if you go easy on it when you apply it to the q-tip it shouldn't affect the watch at all.

Speaking from experience, a little bit of Ronsonol will do wonders on stubborn sticker glue.

 

The question is why do you need to apply anything that could potentially mess up your brand new, still unworn watch just because some bright spark decided to use "insane" grade adhesive.

 

Rubbing alcohol will take it right off.

 

That's adorable but the point is WHY does one need to apply any potentially harmful to finish chemical when there should be no need to do it.

 

Do people still use QR codes? What on Earth for?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

I didn't know that people could be irritated by that sticker. It would come off itself one day, right?

Sent from my LG-H630 using Tapatalk

 

Nope. Those things would last longer than the ice age. Strong sticky b....date!

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

Why not let the AD take the sticker off? That's what I did. If they scratch it, then it's their problem and can grab me a fresh one. I just sat and enjoyed my espresso.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

Why not let the AD take the sticker off? That's what I did. If they scratch it, then it's their problem and can grab me a fresh one. I just sat and enjoyed my espresso.

That's a good point, in hindsight I should have done that (I did wonder why he took almost all stickers except that one!) on the other hand they only had two pieces in stock the other one was display piece so if they messed it up I'd have to either get the display piece or wait for a new one.

 

Got to point out the irony of a tool watch being defeated by QR sticker.

 

Bought two in the last couple years, my AD never failed to take them off... clean as a whistle.

Sent from my F8132 using Tapatalk

 

Yeah it took me a while to remove the sticker from my Pelagos. Since the Pelagos have horizontally brushed sides, the residue is impossible to remove and leaves a "shadow" in the brushing. I left it at that since I didn't want to affect the finishing (like the OP's picture).

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

 

"very faint marks"....yeah, nah

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

 

C'mon people, this isn't rocket surgery.
It's a freaking tiny little sticker.

If the sticker is stubborn, warm it with a hair dryer before peeling it off with your fingernail.
If there's any sticky residue left dampen a Q-tip with lighter fluid and lightly rub it away like magic.

I swear, some people could screw up making ice if they had a recipe and a YouTube tutorial.
:roll:

 

C'mon people, this isn't rocket surgery. It's a freaking tiny little sticker. If the sticker is stubborn, warm it with a hair dryer before peeling it off with your fingernail. If there's any sticky residue left dampen a Q-tip with lighter fluid and lightly rub it away like magic. I swear, some people could screw up making ice if they had a recipe and a YouTube tutorial. :roll:

Jody, it appears that some people - i.e. you - struggle with comprehension of written words. There should be no reason to use a hair drier, lighter fluid (dafaq?????????), traces of plutonium or indeed sweat from the balls to remove a freaking sticker. Unless you're suggesting that it would be ok for bakeries to wrap bread in foil which has to be blow torched or treated with jet fuel before it can be unwrapped. Let that sink in before hitting reply.

 

The AD took mine off for me. Didn't seem like they had much trouble doing it.

 

Same with mine. Clean as a whistle.

 

Another vote for rubbing alcohol. Absolutely will not damage the case and no worries about abrasion.

 

I had this same problem. It was stuck on there so well I thought that it might belong on there. It was my first expensive watch so I actually looked up pictures online to make sure that it wasn't on ones I've seen before.

 

Resurrecting this thread to thank Tudor for fixing this and integrating the QR sticker into the easy to remove, protective plastic covers that come on the side of the case.