AR Scratches

rahul718

Do scratches on the AR or crystal itself impact the water resistance in any way?

dekevain

On the subject of what’s better: I love it on the Omega, the reflections on the Rolex are awful and sometimes annoying and blinding, and my BB58 seems to reflect a bit softer and is what I consider a decent alternative to AR. Not the same as the Omega but not as annoying as the Explorer.

Archer

I service watches for many collectors, but also from a lot of "regular people" who only have one nice watch and are not watch collectors or enthusiasts in any way. They come in with varying levels of scratches on the outer AR - none to very scratched up, and this is across many brands of watches. In my experience it's only the collectors who whine about this (and ask me to remove the outer AR coating), and the regular folks don't really mention it.

It's so easily removed, that if you don't want it there it only takes a few minutes to get rid of it. Certainly nothing to complain about or generate conspiracy theories about it being some sort of scam on Omega's part IMO.