Years ago a collector told me that he paints a thin coat of clear fingernail polish on his bracelet clasps and the backside of lugs for protection.

I never did it, but the bracelet is so nice on my 145.012-67, that I tried it out. Can't tell that it is on there, and a few dabs of a cotton swab with acetone and it is gone.

Does anyone else do this? Any negative side effects that I am missing?

 

that sounds crazy.

 

You may see a boost in estrogen levels.

 

A fella on TZ tried something similar once...

 

But that guy might want to talk to someone
For at least 20 sessions......

 

There weren't until you posted it on a public watch forum.

 

Cheese anyone?

 

So I guess the answer is no

Did I say I tried it??? Um, actually...I was thinking of trying it. Yeah, yeah...just thinking of trying it.

So glad I didn't, otherwise I would be banished to WUS for at least two weeks.

 

Nice try.

Of course, you could always use the method some of us have adopted:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/39548/#post-459868

Sadly, that OP cried, deleted his posts, and ran back to WUS. Some of them are quoted though.

 

Haha that was a funny read. He sounds like a total nutjob. I'm a huge fan already

 

Scotch tape seems to work just fine. I'm hanging this one out over the plate. Anyone wanna take a swing?

 

I use the clear door edge guard film that is applied to the edge of car doors. It works great on flat clasps.

 

We had that come up once, didn't we?

 

Oh crap. Now I'm going to have to send you more wine to make up for revisiting it.

 

Hahahaha!

Or should I say Muah ha ha ha haha!

 

@ulackfocus thanks for sharing that classic thread...completely forgot about that!

Clasp in question...

 

A few seconds on a buffer (satin in the middle, polished on the edges) and that will look like new. Okay, not new, but well-cared for.

 

Im not a fan of bracelets due to the look, weight & inevitable ugly scratches. So when i got a watch with bracelet, i immediately swap it for hirsch strap with rubber lining on inner side, leather on the outer.

I travel a lot to the tropics. The inner rubber lining is a blessing since i can just wipe off the sweat, which would ruin leather. So no more worry about bracelet scratch. Time comes when the strap gone thru wear & tear, i just replace with new one, while keeping the original bracelet pristine.

 

I haven't tried anything like it because I am not concerned about normal wear and minor scratches on the clasp of my ss bracelets so much.... (I just use a green Scotch Brite pad and Cape Cod cloth to maintain my ss bracelets.) If you are a collector and sell or trade your watches frequently, your concerns would probably be different....