WG scratch magnet

[golfski]

Originally Posted by Baco Noir

I’m having a hard time buying this. As someone with 2 degrees in metallurgy, a fabric is not going to cause scratches that deep in ANY metal. Butter sure, metal no. Many of those look deep enough to feel with your fingernail. Were you wearing bracelets too?

I can confirm that I have not worn any bracelets and that these are not deep. I can not feel any of them with my nail, other than one small teeny tiny spot that got bumped not scratched. These are at 10x zoom on my iPhone. I’ll give it a bath later today and remove any smudges and post some pics. I found the sweater cuff I posted above to be pretty abrasive and noticed the majority at the 12 and 6 sides where the cuff overlays.

[SL BRABUS]

All I could say is, you're being careless........

The 5524g is far more easier to take care compare to Aquanaut & Nautilus bezel....

[JorgeCCW]

Originally Posted by SL BRABUS

All I could say is, you're being careless........



The 5524g is far more easier to take care compare to Aquanaut & Nautilus bezel....

Agreed 100%




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[golfski]

Originally Posted by SL BRABUS

All I could say is, you're being careless........

The 5524g is far more easier to take care compare to Aquanaut & Nautilus bezel....

How am I being careless? I read on this forum all the time that a watch is meant to be worn and the endless slamming of people worried about scratching it. I have worn it daily for the better part of 3 months, mostly with long sleeve shirts. I’ve never seen martinr with sleeves in any of his pics, so I get that could be a big difference, but are you guys walking around in silk shirts or something? Again, that crazy scratched up one is not mine, but the one in the original post is. My bigger watches have no scratches, though they’re mostly summer watches. I just don’t believe mine is alone in this, this sucker is a scratch magnet. I’d love to see some others zoomed in shots.

I’m open to feedback on how I should be caring for such a wonderful watch and being a good host wrist. I guess I’ve been loving this thing all wrong

[martinr]

Sleeves. It’s cold in Florence in November.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by martinr

Sleeves. It’s cold in Florence in November.

Beautiful

[locutus49]

Starched fabric like a laundered shirt can be abrasive. How much depends upon how tight the sleeve is and the type of material. Think about it, we use soft cloths to polish metal. Well, how about stiff, rough cloth? We need a materials physicist to advise.

[martinr]

Florence

[golfski]

Originally Posted by martinr

Sleeves. It’s cold in Florence in November.

Nice!

[Fat_ninja]

I never wear nice watches with sleeves :). And if it’s in a jacket...it’s a shearling :)

[Baco Noir]

Originally Posted by locutus49

Starched fabric like a laundered shirt can be abrasive. How much depends upon how tight the sleeve is and the type of material. Think about it, we use soft cloths to polish metal. Well, how about stiff, rough cloth? We need a materials physicist to advise.

Soft cloths can clean metal (remove fingerprints, dirt, etc), but an abrasive is needed to polish metal.

[RollinMoses]

Hang on - is the sleeves scratching watches a thing?? Might have to rethink my wardrobe choices.

[RollinMoses]

I have found the bracelet taking more scratches on gold - WG Daytona and centre links on TT DJ pick up micro scratches pretty easily, while I haven’t notice anything on 5205g over 6 months of light use.

[locutus49]

I think the contents of this thread have declared shirt sleeves to be "a thing." So in the far future when horological historians are debating the effect of sleeves on watches they can triangulate the beginning of the discussion to here, today.

Originally Posted by RollinMoses

Hang on - is the sleeves scratching watches a thing?? Might have to rethink my wardrobe choices.

[italiafan]

My gawd...I didn’t think it possible but you guys are far worse than Ferrari people worrying about their garage queens.

[macrowatch]

Originally Posted by italiafan

My gawd...I didn’t think it possible but you guys are far worse than Ferrari people worrying about their garage queens.

Wait, but maybe a starched shirt also scratches the steering wheels of a Ferrari... =)

[MP5]

I think that well worn ad one is spectacular

[Josh1000]

Guess a thread on whether wearing sleeves can damage your watch beats another are watchwinders safe for your watvh

[italiafan]

I wonder if just the UV light and O2/CO2/Nitrogen in the atmosphere can diminish the finish...
Maybe the best thing to do is set up a remote camera in the safe pointing to the watch face and then access that via your phone when you want to know the time.

[impinth06]

Originally Posted by italiafan

I wonder if just the UV light and O2/CO2/Nitrogen in the atmosphere can diminish the finish...
Maybe the best thing to do is set up a remote camera in the safe pointing to the watch face and then access that via your phone when you want to know the time.

May I join you on filing a patent on this

[ap1]

I picked up a “nice” down jacket online and didn’t realize that it had metal snaps In the cuff.
Now the Burberry jacket just collects dust. It’s NIB lol

[toucan]

You’re all crazy! :)

[LaLaLife]

For what it's worth... and to add to the madness... I noticed number of new hairline scratches on the polished section of the bezel on my WG aquanaut after recently wearing it under a reasonably snug fitting dress shirt. Glad to hear I'm not going crazy thinking this is a newfound risk!

[Fat_ninja]

Originally Posted by Josh1000

Guess a thread on whether wearing sleeves can damage your watch beats another are watchwinders safe for your watvh

I’m waiting for someone to start a thread about buying watch winders for their manual wind watch.

[martinr]

There was a thread not that long ago about Rolex bezels damaging shirts.

[toucan]

There are automated winders for manual watches.

[Fat_ninja]

Originally Posted by toucan

There are automated winders for manual watches.

Some one tell Josh1000 lol

[toucan]

If you venture down to the collectors lounge of Wempe they have some
amazing winders/safes etc and can custom
make anything for you including manual winders. Quite impressive.