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calibre1 · 31 July 2010, 02:19 AM

Hi guys,

I have just today sent in my Seamaster Titanium calibre 1120 for maintainance /service in Swatch Group Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. The watch has been in service since Dec 2006 and it was my daily wearer (till I got myself an Explorer II recently). It was running slow initially by -1 sec/day when I first got it, now it is running -6/day (a bit out of COSC standard).

I was told by the service department that the bracelets/ head can't be polished because it is made of Titanium. I was wondering it there is any truth in that. They said that only the stainless steel version can be polished and not the Titanium version. That's sad because I would be expecting it to return "like new" after service.

Anybody have any views on this? Thanks!!!

SLRdude · 31 July 2010, 04:11 AM

The part about polishing is semi true. It can be done, but it would kill the finish and take away quite a bit of the metal. Titanium is notoriously difficult to work with once formed in the final state.

Titanium self heals in time, and most of the scratches I had went away after a while unless they were really deep.

My Ti 1120 Seamaster went 9 years before going into service

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31 July 2010, 02:19 AM	#1
calibre1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Malaysia Watch: ROLEX, OMEGA Posts: 279	Seamaster Titanium in for service... Hi guys, I have just today sent in my Seamaster Titanium calibre 1120 for maintainance /service in Swatch Group Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. The watch has been in service since Dec 2006 and it was my daily wearer (till I got myself an Explorer II recently). It was running slow initially by -1 sec/day when I first got it, now it is running -6/day (a bit out of COSC standard). I was told by the service department that the bracelets/ head can't be polished because it is made of Titanium. I was wondering it there is any truth in that. They said that only the stainless steel version can be polished and not the Titanium version. That's sad because I would be expecting it to return "like new" after service. Anybody have any views on this? Thanks!!!

31 July 2010, 04:11 AM	#2
SLRdude "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Chip Location: Dallas TX Posts: 6,194	The part about polishing is semi true. It can be done, but it would kill the finish and take away quite a bit of the metal. Titanium is notoriously difficult to work with once formed in the final state. Titanium self heals in time, and most of the scratches I had went away after a while unless they were really deep. My Ti 1120 Seamaster went 9 years before going into service . __________________ Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. Yoda, Jedi Master CHIP Member # 87

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