Sniffylab Experimentals presents: "The manky watch"

People who wear watches tend to wear them day in, day out and never give them a thought until the battery needs replacing or the face gets destroyed in a drunken fall. But watch straps are disgusting things: over time, they accumulate bits of skin and God knows what else between the links, on the back and around the crown of the watch itself.

Dr Cakesniffer sports a Seiko these days, although she did favour a Tag Heuer for many years. The Tag Heuer has a rotating bezel and this is a great dirt trap, especially for people with lab-based jobs who wear powdered latex gloves.

Let's see what happened when Tina decided to treat her Seiko to a bath today...

This is what it looked like to start off with. I think this could be about 3 months' worth of cack.

The watch was suspended in a solution of fabric detergent and the effects were immediate; the dirt is visibly dispersing in the third frame.

After an hour or so and a quick rinse, the watch is much cleaner.

Unlike the bathwater:

Have you checked what's under your watch strap recently? Have you had a sniff?