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Old 4 October 2021, 10:50 AM   #1
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I’m going to try and fix a scratch on my watch crystal tonight
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Old 4 October 2021, 10:59 AM   #2
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Use a scrunge sponge or 400+ gritt sandpaper! Pics or it didn't happen!

Seriously... how are you going to try and fix it? Please Post Before & After Pictures.
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Old 4 October 2021, 11:32 AM   #4
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Use a scrunge sponge or 400+ gritt sandpaper! Pics or it didn't happen!

Seriously... how are you going to try and fix it? Please Post Before & After Pictures.
I’ll take some

I’m going with Colgate and a micro fiber cloth. I don’t have your bank Larry

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We are all on the edge of our seats CJ…
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Old 4 October 2021, 12:05 PM   #6
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We are all on the edge of our seats CJ…
I can do this!

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Old 4 October 2021, 05:29 PM   #7
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good luck with that, it will turn out
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Old 4 October 2021, 05:39 PM   #8
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Plexi?
I did the sandpaper and then copper polish method once, results were pretty good.

Nowadays I just use the polishing machine, works great.
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Old 4 October 2021, 09:35 PM   #9
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CJ, if you notice it is approximately 4:30AM as I write this… I could not get to sleep, I have been pacing the floor all night (morning) in anticipation of the outcome of your polishing endeavor. For the sake of what is left of my sanity CJ, please… I beg you…. Reveal the results!
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Old 4 October 2021, 09:52 PM   #10
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Plexi?
I did the sandpaper and then copper polish method once, results were pretty good.

Nowadays I just use the polishing machine, works great.
Just gotta be careful what paste you use IME, we swapped Rouges once and I melted a crystal on accident first time using it lol 😆

Never had luck with Colgate myself
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It ain’t easy taking pics of a scratch
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Plexi?
I did the sandpaper and then copper polish method once, results were pretty good.

Nowadays I just use the polishing machine, works great.
Hardlex or the Seiko version of plexi I think.
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Before you try anything crazy, run it through the ball polisher down at the bowling alley.
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[QUOTE=Chewbacca;11738178]. Got into some beer /QUOTE]

Isn't that the best time to do it?
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It ain’t easy taking pics of a scratch
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I wore the same till the crown broke off.


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Similar, yours is the Camper quartz, Mines the MacGyver manual wind. I'm rather fascinated by them. The MacGyvers are relative bargains. But they're still just a Timex. This one served a tour in Iraq and Afghanistan and I have all the soldiers accompanying challenge coins with it. The watch itself isn't worth much but its priceless to me.
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Similar, yours is the Camper quartz, Mines the MacGyver manual wind. I'm rather fascinated by them. The MacGyvers are relative bargains. But they're still just a Timex. This one served a tour in Iraq and Afghanistan and I have all the soldiers accompanying challenge coins with it. The watch itself isn't worth much but its priceless to me.

Yeah, I got mine for $1 and it lasted a couple years.

That’s awesome, I love the stories behind items. Makes you feel that much more connected to them.


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I’ll take some

I’m going with Colgate and a micro fiber cloth. I don’t have your bank Larry

At least your watch won’t have bad breath.
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I’m going with Colgate and a micro fiber cloth. I don’t have your bank Larry

Careful so you don't get too white index's.
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Careful so you don't get too white index's.
Don’t listen to hi CJ!!!! He told me how to polish my watch…. With a Brillo pad!!!
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Start off with 60 grit and a grinding wheel!!


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Scratches over the 1 o’clock marker
Finally have an opportunity to try this on one of my own watches.

You can feel the scratch with your fingernail and it’s quite visible. Let see how we can do with some toothpaste and a cloth.
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I’d start with Novus 2 Plastic Fine Scratch Remover.

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