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sonicosa
·There sure are a lot of "C"s in that title.
I recently picked up this 166.017 from ebay, which had been posted in the "Recommended on Ebay" thread.
The bezel has a few scratches on it (one of which looks a lot like Harry Potter's scar). I am considering trying to clean up some of the smaller marks and hopefully reduce the deeper scratches (particularly around 4 and 7) with a Cape Cod cloth. I'd be curious to hear other members thoughts on that approach.
I've never used a Cape Cod Cloth before or done any case polishing, so I would definitely take it slowly. Also, I was considering using a piece of peg wood to hold the cloth as flat as possible against the bezel to not soften the nice sharp edge.
Another question I have: isn't the top of the bezel usually brushed on this model? It seems to be on most of the examples I see. Even if that is the case, this one is already polished, so I'm not worried about hurting the originality of the case finish by polishing it further.
Here are some more pictures that I took quickly after it arrived, I will try to post more later... It's hard to find the time with an 8 week old at home.
The pictures on this auction were not good, and I knew there was a good chance the bezel had some wear. I was hoping it was less significant than this, but you win some and... I wouldn't consider this a loss, but between the bezel damage and gross lume color, I'm luke warm on this watch so far.
Of course, on the wrist, neither of those are very apparent, and this hasn't gotten much wrist time yet. Mainly because the spring bars are seized, and I'd like to give the bracelet a wash before wearing it for an extended period of time. (Also, I'm pretty hooked on the 2254.50 I bought recently, which as been monopolizing a lot of wrist time.) I think I'd probably warm up to it after wearing it for a bit. Another potential positive – in its current state, I can certainly be less cautious around door jams.
So I would be interested in members opinions, should I try to clean up that bezel a bit or leave it be?
One last thing, I paid $750 for the watch - that usually seems to be useful information for these discussions. Thanks OF.
I recently picked up this 166.017 from ebay, which had been posted in the "Recommended on Ebay" thread.
The bezel has a few scratches on it (one of which looks a lot like Harry Potter's scar). I am considering trying to clean up some of the smaller marks and hopefully reduce the deeper scratches (particularly around 4 and 7) with a Cape Cod cloth. I'd be curious to hear other members thoughts on that approach.
I've never used a Cape Cod Cloth before or done any case polishing, so I would definitely take it slowly. Also, I was considering using a piece of peg wood to hold the cloth as flat as possible against the bezel to not soften the nice sharp edge.
Another question I have: isn't the top of the bezel usually brushed on this model? It seems to be on most of the examples I see. Even if that is the case, this one is already polished, so I'm not worried about hurting the originality of the case finish by polishing it further.
Here are some more pictures that I took quickly after it arrived, I will try to post more later... It's hard to find the time with an 8 week old at home.
The pictures on this auction were not good, and I knew there was a good chance the bezel had some wear. I was hoping it was less significant than this, but you win some and... I wouldn't consider this a loss, but between the bezel damage and gross lume color, I'm luke warm on this watch so far.
Of course, on the wrist, neither of those are very apparent, and this hasn't gotten much wrist time yet. Mainly because the spring bars are seized, and I'd like to give the bracelet a wash before wearing it for an extended period of time. (Also, I'm pretty hooked on the 2254.50 I bought recently, which as been monopolizing a lot of wrist time.) I think I'd probably warm up to it after wearing it for a bit. Another potential positive – in its current state, I can certainly be less cautious around door jams.
So I would be interested in members opinions, should I try to clean up that bezel a bit or leave it be?
One last thing, I paid $750 for the watch - that usually seems to be useful information for these discussions. Thanks OF.
