Questions about a scratched 5513 crystal

[etp]

I'm looking at buying a 5513 that has a scratched crystal. It isn't a big deal, but as I'm looking at it, I'm thinking I would clear it up. Off the top of my head, the only options are replacing or buffing it out.

* Should you buff it out and keep the original acrylic crystal?
* Replace it?
* Costs for each?
* Do something else?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

[Kingface66]

If it's not a deep scratch, you could take care of it with a daube of toothpaste, a soft cloth, and minute or two of rubbing. Easy.

[etp]

Ok great, thanks for the heads up

[Innocenti]

save yourself some time and buy a small tube of polywatch, its about $5 and works 10x better than toothpaste.

if the scratch is deeper go and buy to wet n dry sandpaper (car body sand paper)
start at 1200 grit then use 2000 or 2500 then polywatch. it will come up like new

[DHC8]

polywatch is the best. Try not to replace the crystal, they are expensive.

[Kingface66]

Originally Posted by Innocenti

save yourself some time and buy a small tube of polywatch, its about $5 and works 10x better than toothpaste.

if the scratch is deeper go and buy to wet n dry sandpaper (car body sand paper)
start at 1200 grit then use 2000 or 2500 then polywatch. it will come up like new

10x better? Not sure how you concluded that, but I’ve been using both for years and have found that they work equally as well.

[05carbondrz]

Originally Posted by Kingface66

10x better? Not sure how you concluded that, but I’ve been using both for years and have found that they work equally as well.

I agree 100%,I actually think toothpaste works better,And smells minty fresh.

[SubKing]

The whole toothpaste thing, every time I used toothpaste in the past, my crystal came out with a haze. Was I doing something wrong? I have tried different brands as well and same result.

that's when I myself resorted to poly watch and always have a couple tubes on hand. One tube lasts me 5 years, using on multiple watches. never had a problem with poly either.

[nadavgalimidi]

Here's how it's done:

https://youtu.be/nnWRKYFZ8n4

[springer]

Buy some headlight polish, you get much more than the thimbleful found in the Polywatch tube. Also any Meguire's Scratch and Swirl Remover works very well on crystals too.

[sgk]

Before and after pictures please :)

[fastfreddie]

Beats me that they did not try to mask the rest of the watch off before setting to with abrasives.

[nadavgalimidi]

Originally Posted by sgk

Before and after pictures please :)

[sgk]

Fabulous results! Wear it in good health.

[sensui]

Originally Posted by springer

Buy some headlight polish, you get much more than the thimbleful found in the Polywatch tube. Also any Meguire's Scratch and Swirl Remover works very well on crystals too.

Going to have to try this. Thanks JP.