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nsguy · 9 September 2021, 01:31 PM

Hi friends. I came across this 5167 that I'm interested in. It seems most on the market are either unpolished and scratched up, or lightly polished. Hard to find a mint used one these days. This particular one is lightly polished and I'm curious what people think of it. Does it seem as sharp as new or is the polish noticeable? Let's keep the seller out of this as this isn't about the seller. Simply a second opinion as I've never owned one personally. Thanks.

edslee327 · 9 September 2021, 01:55 PM

probably not that helpful but i'd prefer a watch that's unpolished with light scratches over a light polish and no scratches. no matter how well a polish is done, you can always tell it has been... why not consider just buying one new if you really want no scratches and are worried about over polishing?

ramenlover · 9 September 2021, 02:35 PM

A polish is almost always going to look obvious on any sport Patek or AP. The question is whether it bothers you.

George58 · 9 September 2021, 08:34 PM

bezel is more rounded compared to my unpolished one should be more port hole shaped

Benzsiam · 9 September 2021, 08:43 PM

I saw the video of this watch at DavidSW's website, it looks really good. There is another TRF trusted seller that has one with unpolished. For my untrained eyes, I cannot tell the difference between lightly polished and unpolished, the lightly polished looks a lot better to me.

The price for unpolished seems better than lightly polished.

9 September 2021, 01:31 PM	#1
nsguy "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Earth Posts: 142	How Does This 5167A Look? Hi friends. I came across this 5167 that I'm interested in. It seems most on the market are either unpolished and scratched up, or lightly polished. Hard to find a mint used one these days. This particular one is lightly polished and I'm curious what people think of it. Does it seem as sharp as new or is the polish noticeable? Let's keep the seller out of this as this isn't about the seller. Simply a second opinion as I've never owned one personally. Thanks.

9 September 2021, 08:43 PM	#5
Benzsiam 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Watch: Rolex/AP/PP/ALS Posts: 5,958	I saw the video of this watch at DavidSW's website, it looks really good. There is another TRF trusted seller that has one with unpolished. For my untrained eyes, I cannot tell the difference between lightly polished and unpolished, the lightly polished looks a lot better to me. The price for unpolished seems better than lightly polished. __________________ Rolex: 116621, 126333, 126711CHNR, 114060, 116500LN White, 126660 JC, 126710BLNR, 126710BLRO, 116610LV, 126610LN, 126610LV, 116508 YG Green Dial, 124300 Turquoise, 126719BLRO Meteorite dial, 228235 Olive dial ,126755SARU, 116505 RG Black dial, 326934 Blue Sky D. Audemars Piguet: 15451ST Blue, 15500OR w/Bracelet, 14790SA, 14790BA, 26022BC(Salmon) Patek Philippe: 5524R, 5712G, ALS: Time Zone 136.032, Cartier: WGSA0030, WSSA0061, YG Oct. 2965, Carree 2961, Breguet: 7137BA, MontBlanc: 109996"

9 September 2021, 01:55 PM	#2
edslee327 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: New York, NY Posts: 173	probably not that helpful but i'd prefer a watch that's unpolished with light scratches over a light polish and no scratches. no matter how well a polish is done, you can always tell it has been... why not consider just buying one new if you really want no scratches and are worried about over polishing?

9 September 2021, 02:35 PM	#3
ramenlover "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: SG Posts: 103	A polish is almost always going to look obvious on any sport Patek or AP. The question is whether it bothers you.

9 September 2021, 08:34 PM	#4
George58 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Home Watch: Patek Aquanaut Posts: 837	bezel is more rounded compared to my unpolished one should be more port hole shaped

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