Hi all - I've been looking forward to buying a Speedy Pro for a long time, and will likely finally pull the trigger later this year.

I'm almost certainly going to buy a hesalite, but one unanswered question is whether there's ever a danger of polishing the hesalite too much over the years. How frequently do you all polywatch your Speedmasters?

I am assuming I would be doing this once or twice a year max. I've had a Moonswatch for almost a year now, and have yet to feel the need to buffer out the small scratches, but I expect I'd be way more aggressive about a Speedy.

Thanks!

 

Not an issue.

 

A couple times a year sounds about right. I can’t remember the last time I felt the need to Polywatch the crystal. It only needs it if you really whack it on something and put a scratch in it. Even if you do polish it frequently, I wouldn’t worry about removing too much material over the years.

 

I give the Polywatch treatment simply as needed. Sometimes I can go over a year between polishing, then just weeks. I'm not sure if any of us would live long enough to polish the crystal 'till it's dangerously thin. I continue to be amazed by how nasty a scratch and even gash, can be completely buffed away by hand in less than five minutes.

Best wishes on your Speedmaster quest, looking forward to wrist shots on Speedy Tuesdays!

 

I probably hand polish the crystal 2-3 times a year at most.

 

Nothing to be worried about. You’ll never polish through it.

 

I’ll tell you when I use poly on my 145.022-76 lol.

 

I’ve seen this question answered several times on this forum. What I haven’t seen is someone actually compromising their crystal by polishing it too much simply by using poly watch. You can obviously overdue it by wet sanding (IE using sand paper), but I wouldn’t worry (at all) about overdoing it with only poly watch.

But let’s say, worst case scenario, you over polish it and compromise the crystal- You will get a new crystal when you send the watch out for service.

 

I think it depends how much you wear the watch. Once a month vs. daily makes a big difference.

 

You couldn’t wear a crystal out between services

 

Unless you have arms like these, you won't polish through the crystal between servicings.

 

ha - definitely not!

 

Thanks all - really helpful. I realize it seemed like a dumb question, but since I'm hopefully going to be wearing this thing for 30-plus years, I had been wondering.

 

No worries! Heck you didn’t even make the Top 10 Dumbest Questions of the week.

Hope you get it and enjoy it for a few decades!

 

After 30 years, you could also replace the crystal.

 

I respectively disagree. I wear mine daily and hardly notice any scratches on the crystal from normal wear. No need to polish.

 

I kid you not I purchased my watch in late 2020 and to this day I have two units of polywatch that are still closed in my drawer. In over 3 years I have not polished it once. It does have a tiny scratch here and there, but only noticeable when looking up close in certain light conditions.
Granted, I only wear it about 3-5 day out of every month I'd say.