How do people deal with this?

[Chary]

Last night's dinner with the wife was ruined by this tiny little hairline scratch!! Aarrrrgghhh to top it off my wife was laughing... she kept saying her Daytona had more and she didnt care...she obviously doesn't understand her husbands' love for perfection!
Anyways felt like I had to vent... Here is a pic of my daily 26470or with it's new battle scar...




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[locutus49]

I personally would not be bothered. You can always have the dealer buff it out.

[APRolex]

I completely understand but always know it can be taken care off at its next service. Beautiful watch. Wear & enjoy !

[dysondiver]

its ruined ,,,, just put it in the original packaging , and ship it to me ,,,, ill wear it on your behalf...

as above , wear it and enjoy it , next service it will be back like new... enjoy.

[Chary]

@aprolex I know I just hate being away from my babies while at service
@dysondiver Thats exactly how I feel!! Ruined... 😔😔😔😂😂😂
I should have listen and gone for the ceramic to match the carbon, but couldnt resist the gold lol



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[s14roller]

Haha, still looks great. For some reason, I'm more paranoid about scratches on my watches than even the cars. Love the gold, but need the ceramic bezel. 44RG for me only.

[dysondiver]

omg ,,, theres a pair of them ,,, best send them both

[GB-man]

Yeah I hate when that happens. If anything let Clearwater sort it out for you...maybe when it goes in for 3rd year water test? Otherwise, just wait until it's due for service.

[bayerische]

"It's just a watch" comes to mind...

[el1125]

I know how u feel as I hate scratches as well. Just understand that these things DO Scratch.

[tcheeco]

Originally Posted by bayerische

"It's just a watch" comes to mind...

It's more than a watch... I never look at it to see what time is, only at my phone. So...

[Hairdude1]

Stay strong until service time

[subtona]

Match made in heaven:)

[texex91]

It's a watch, it will scratch.

Never fun but part of the program.

Go enjoy it and don't let the wife wear it

[rebel_1]

Did you remember how it happened?

[Vipes]

Ouch. I hate scratches especially where you can directly see it. Still a gorgeous niece though.

[xeal]

Originally Posted by rebel_1

Did you remember how it happened?

This.
Curious as well how it happened.
I got a pretty bad one on my Hublot Classic Fusion a long time ago (when I owned one).
I had her polished, and then sold. I just wanted a reason to get rid of it really.

Honestly yours doesn't look bad. You may also start to enjoy it more without having to be too careful after the first little scratch.
Nothing a service won't take care of. Just enjoy that beauty for now my friend!

[AK797]

That's actually bigger than I was expecting and on gold it does hurt a little more but you'll get over it, won't be the last sadly, it's character building.

[benlee]

Scratches happen. That's life for a watch. Initially surely it's painful especially on a new watch but over time you just stop noticing.

[Soly20]

Thats fine. Just choose not to see it!

[SamGMT]

Things like this will eventually happen, it's just sooner or later no matter how careful you are! If it really bothers you so much, just sent it to APSC to polish it off.

[Muzz]

Awesome watch!! Unfortunately these things happen. The first one is always the worst. Either way, looks like a light one and only you will notice.

[Speed]

Originally Posted by locutus49

...You can always have the dealer buff it out.

Not really. Unless the dealer has a watchmaker with a special AP tool / set up to use just the right abrasive to refinish the bezel in one stroke.

If you try to touch up that spot...it will look difference from the rest of the bezel.

That insert needs to be swiped by special sand paper in one direction - by someone with the right set up and know how. Another thing that makes APs more sensitive / why it hurts when they get nicked!

[bar2020]

AP Clearwater is simply outstanding. If it bothers you enough, send it for a quick brushing of the bezel. Otherwise, wait for the next service and try to ignore it for now.

[997.2]

Originally Posted by dysondiver

its ruined ,,,, just put it in the original packaging , and ship it to me ,,,, ill wear it on your behalf...

as above , wear it and enjoy it , next service it will be back like new... enjoy.

clearly your .... works, why use the apostrophes?

[Chary]

@rebel1 thats what upsets me the most!! i dont remember, i have never dinged any of my steel AP's and that bezel on the offshores is super sensitive so I would know. it's not deep at all but it's no longer flawless

[Abdullasaif]

My ocd is going off.. And yes it is very painful to look at


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[tough]

Originally Posted by Speed

Not really. Unless the dealer has a watchmaker with a special AP tool / set up to use just the right abrasive to refinish the bezel in one stroke.

If you try to touch up that spot...it will look difference from the rest of the bezel.

That insert needs to be swiped by special sand paper in one direction - by someone with the right set up and know how. Another thing that makes APs more sensitive / why it hurts when they get nicked!

I assume this applies to all brushed finish watches?
Like some Hublots, the PP Nautilus/Aquanaut, etc?

[AK797]

Originally Posted by 997.2

clearly your .... works, why use the apostrophes?

After 7K posts I think our Tom has his own style.

[KVG]

I would try to "deal" with it as long as I could and have it taken care of with the next service. I've got two screws on my AP Diver that have been chewed up by door jam dings / bezel scratches that bother my any time I wear it-- probably going to send it in early for it's service and bite the $1k bullet.