David,
I don't know the answer to your question but I can't imagine that would be good for the mov't.
I have seen many sales associates act harshly with Rolex's. Once, I asked to see a watch towards the front of the case and as she was haphazardly removing it, it banged into other watches and the actual case itself. I was thinking 'there is no way I am going to buy that'..... and after I inspected it closely there were a bunch of small scratches on it probably from going in and out of the case over and over again. I pointed that out to the sales associate and she said "oh, we can buff those out for you". There was no way I would purchase a buffed watch (even lightly) and pay full price.
Its unbelievable to me that sales associates would do this even if not harmful to the watch, especially in front of potential customers.
