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PRW
·I disagree. I polished off the ar on my first 8500 planet ocean and it made a huge difference. I ended up selling it off because I felt it really ruined it
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UCZ_15
·I disagree. I polished off the ar on my first 8500 planet ocean and it made a huge difference. I ended up selling it off because I felt it really ruined it
Ah - that's a shame! Did you replace it with a newer PO?
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drhombus24
·My goal was to replace it with a speedmaster, but I broke and ended up buying the exact same watch but with orange numerals. And an intact AR coating of course😉
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speedytoronto
·My goal was to replace it with a speedmaster, but I broke and ended up buying the exact same watch but with orange numerals. And an intact AR coating of course😉
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Pazzo
·There is a reason that camera lenses are coated both on the outside and the inside surfaces... it’s no different for a watch crystal. ...................
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Yes, but a camera lens is much less prone to get scratched.
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speedytoronto
·Yes, but a camera lens is much less prone to get scratched.
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Pazzo
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speedytoronto
·..we should quit posting useless remarks then. 😀
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·Well yes and no (I guess it depends on how you use/treat your watch or lens. The number one reason photographers put a filter on their lenses is to protect the front element from scratching. Cheaper to replace a filter than the front element. Maybe OP needs a protector dome over his crystal...jk
Now I've removed the AR, there should hopefully be no scratching issues?
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PRW
·Photo's show with scratched AR and with removed AR.
You can see how 'milky' looking the dial is with the AR, removed it's like the dial has been polished and IMO, no more or less reflections.
An improvement in my eyes.
You can see how 'milky' looking the dial is with the AR, removed it's like the dial has been polished and IMO, no more or less reflections.
An improvement in my eyes.
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ex-rolex
·Well done !
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ex-rolex
·Did not know, that autosol can do such a good job...
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savio.79
·Photo's show with scratched AR and with removed AR.
You can see how 'milky' looking the dial is with the AR, removed it's like the dial has been polished and IMO, no more or less reflections.
An improvement in my eyes.
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PRW
·I'm sorry, and I don't want to be rude, but... if you want to proof your point, you have to take pictures under a bright sky, not in a dark room with one light spot. It's obvious that a dark room doesn't makes reflections. Sorry, again. 😗
Like I said, I prefer it without.
Daylight photo just taken at the angle I view my watch when looking at it on my wrist...perfect!
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Nickyrods19
·I removed the ar too..
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PRW
·I removed the ar too..
Nice watch too.
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toolr
·Always prefered the older Seamaster crystals with AR on inside only.
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Commisar
·Actual message sent to my AD from Omega.
Hey Paul, just heard back from Omega. They say that it isn’t the first time they’ve received complaints about the coating but they do deem it down to wear and tear so it isn’t covered by warranty unfortunately 🙁
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Commisar
·That's all from me now.
Like I said, I prefer it without.
Daylight photo just taken at the angle I view my watch when looking at it on my wrist...perfect!
My little Hamilton Khaki Field auto has a silver dial and no AR on its sapphire crystal... Even then it's not too reflective as to be unreadable
I've had dive watches with glossy black dials (Christopher Ward) and only inner ar coating and they were fine to use in the Texas sun at noon in July.
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PandaSPUR
·I too prefer AR on the inside only, but none of my watches with AR on the outside look THAT bad lol.
Although now this makes me want to take the AR coating off of my Breitling Colt.. out of all of my watches that one probably has the most wear and tear.
Although now this makes me want to take the AR coating off of my Breitling Colt.. out of all of my watches that one probably has the most wear and tear.
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