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Scratches on a watch are a constant reminder that the watch is damaged, A reminder every time we check the time and look at it. The pride of owing it when we first put it on our wrist has gone. That our expensive investment has gone down in value & esteem. Even a work watch with an acrylic crystal watch face that is scratched and worn can be difficult to read the time. These watches generally have some sort of sentimental value to us, Heirlooms, Men more than women seem to have & value their watches and are prepared to spend great amounts of money on a watch collection. As a form of mans fashion, jewellery ,Their fathers watches generally pass down to their sons, And are held in great esteem by the sons. And these of course may again be passed onto their children.
There are three main types of watch face. Acrylic crystal watch faces. generally a type of plastic watch face. Used on mass produced watches, These types Acrylic watch face are very easy to scratch but. They are the easiest type of scratch on a watch face to remove.
Mineral Crystal Watch faces. Generally a type of glass watch face Since watches and clocks were first developed glass has been the best type of cover to use with watches & clocks, These are seven times harder than the acrylic crystal ,Therefore making it quite hard to scratch and thus seven times harder to remove the scratches from, Cerium oxide has been the easiest /cheapest form of polishing compound used until the development of Diamond polishing paste used by www.Scratch-Genie.com
Sapphire crystal watch face or Gorilla glass is the ultimate choice for protecting the expensive watch face, Being three times harder than mineral crystal, Again makes it three times harder to scratch, therefore three times harder to remove the scratches from, Cerium oxide would take a very long time to remove from sapphire crystal watch faces.
Www.Scratch-genie.com diamond polishing paste which is used to polish diamonds is the ultimate polishing paste.
Therefore using it on Acrylic crystal, Mineral crystal, Sapphire crystal is the obvious choice.
The minimal cost of the polishing kit which is the : Diamond paste the polishing head and the instructions. When used to polish out scratches from expensive watches can save vast amounts of money, A new sapphire crystal for a Rolex wrist watch can easily cost $300-$400 or £250-£350 with the amount of polishing paste supplied in the Scratch-Genie syringe enough to polish out scratches from 10 to 20 watches makes it a huge money saver, The paste also polishes out scratches from the steel case and the wrist band, Also from gold or silver watches. If the watch is very old or vintage then finding a watch maker with a vintage replacement crystal face can be impossible. it is either get a custom one made or the watch is vastly downgraded in value. Or of Course scratch-genie.
