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Today, 12:57 PM | #1 |
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What causes this kind of pitting on case?
And is it ever able to be remedied? Seller is trying to sell 16610LV M serial with box and papers with price drops from 13500 all the way to 12000 USD over past few months. I am not buying, but I've never seen anything like this.
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I imagine something like this:
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That is not pitting, those are dings and scratches from rough treatment.
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Dings aren't uncommon on tool watches.
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Across my 20 years of various steel watches, I've always found my case ding or gouges are mostly along the chamfer/line angles of the lugs. The sides of the case seem to get mere light scratches in comparison.
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As mentioned they are bangs and scratches and definitely not pitting. And surely the wearer would have known they were making a real mess of the sides and to keep doing it is a little bonkers
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Some people use toolwatches as toolwatches
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Some people think that because it's called a tool watch, you can wear it while using tools (left), rather than for its intended purpose as a precision instrument/tool (right).
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Exactly that expect it was worn daily and not pampered like most of todays Rolex watches.
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I had a watch that had almost those exact same markings. It was from dropping it on pavement/gravel in my driveway.
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