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11 June 2011, 02:35 AM
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blown out lugs
has anyone had experience with blown out lugs from over polishing, to the point where they actually break?
is this fairly common or a rare occurrence?
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11 June 2011, 03:01 AM
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11 June 2011, 03:02 AM
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I've seen horribly and over polished lugs but never heard or seen "blown out lugs"!
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11 June 2011, 03:06 AM
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It is funny you mention this...I was walking across the street just yesterday and I had a complete lug blowout...pieces of 904L were thrown as far as 10 feet from where I was standing. Luckily the watch was on NATO, so I did not lose the entire watch head.
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11 June 2011, 03:07 AM
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11 June 2011, 03:09 AM
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I think the OP might be referring to the actual lug holes, as when the watch is polished a lot these start to appear more oval shaped than round.
BTW Michael, put up some images of the ones that you have seen 
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11 June 2011, 03:23 AM
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Never seen anything close. I saw pix of some overpolishing that actually shortened the lugs. It was severe but nowhere near failing.
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11 June 2011, 03:30 AM
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was actually wondering if they would crack at some point from being so thin? sometimes it appears like there is not much metal remaining at the pointy end of the lug. ie would the hole become compromised and just fail. Quote:
thanks for the insight....
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11 June 2011, 09:48 AM
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11 June 2011, 10:06 AM
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Considering how thin the spring bars are in comparison, I wouldn't be too concerned about polished lugs.
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11 June 2011, 12:03 PM
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