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Jason71 · 31 August 2011, 12:56 AM

I saw some pictures where Bob Ridley did a laser weld job on a 16710 on one of the case sides. It was UNBELIEVABLE the before and the after pictures.

I would probably give him a call.

scarab007 · 31 August 2011, 02:03 AM

lets see some pics of this dent in the watch.

mrbill2mrbill2 · 31 August 2011, 03:04 AM

There was a post a while back where Bob Ridley repaired a deep gouge by, if I remember correctly, laser welding and polishing. After the repair you could not determine where the gouoge was.

padi56 · 31 August 2011, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ldiggy

Hello everyone, first let me say thank you all in advance for your wisdom and advice regarding my troubles.

I recently bought a brand new 2011 Rolex DateJust. Sadly, the day has come where I have chipped it on one of its sides (alcohol+expensive watches apparently do not mix very well

). I have tried polishing it out with a cape cod cloth, and while it worked for a small hairline scratch, it has so far been a no-go on the 2 chips the watch has. At this point, is there basically nothing I can do? Will a service buff be able to get this out, or for example, taking it to my local Tourneau and having it buffed?

Thanks again for any advice you can give.

I would attach pictures, but admittedly my DSLR camera can't focus in close enough to make the chips noticeable. Essentially my question boils down to, if you have a chip instead of a scratch, is there anything that you can do?

Well if your camera cannot focus on it it must be quite superficial just learn to live with it.Watches to get scratched and the odd ding thats a fact of wearing any watch.Myself would wait till normal service if Rolex cannot satisfiable get it out, then its just part of the history of your watch. If its really bad and without a picture cannot tell, there is laser welding but thats normally for quite deep dings..

dysondiver · 31 August 2011, 03:26 AM

if there was a link to the laser welding case repair id like to read it , many thanks

ldiggy · 31 August 2011, 03:52 AM

Hello everyone, so I went ahead and attached some pictures of the watch. As I mentioned, it is very difficult to tell with the camera shot, as I cannot get it to focus close enough (don't have a macro lens).

31 August 2011, 12:56 AM	#31
Jason71 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Real Name: Jason Location: USA Watch: Rolex/Tudor Divers Posts: 7,973	I saw some pictures where Bob Ridley did a laser weld job on a 16710 on one of the case sides. It was UNBELIEVABLE the before and the after pictures. I would probably give him a call. __________________ Best Regards, Jason Just Say "NO" to Polishing Card-Carrying Member of the Global Association of Retro-Grouch Curmudgeons LIfe is too short to wear inexpensive watches PLEXI IS SEXY

31 August 2011, 03:04 AM	#33
mrbill2mrbill2 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Real Name: Mr. Bill Location: South Florida Watch: 16610 Posts: 6,148	There was a post a while back where Bob Ridley repaired a deep gouge by, if I remember correctly, laser welding and polishing. After the repair you could not determine where the gouoge was. __________________ Card Carrying Member of the Global Association of the Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons - ID # 13

31 August 2011, 02:03 AM	#32
scarab007 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Fran Watch: SS Daytona Posts: 385	lets see some pics of this dent in the watch.

31 August 2011, 03:26 AM	#35
dysondiver "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Real Name: tom Location: northern ireland Watch: my fins Posts: 10,063	if there was a link to the laser welding case repair id like to read it , many thanks

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