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jwesterby51
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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!
 
Aroxx
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A couple times a year sounds about right. I can鈥檛 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鈥檛 worry about removing too much material over the years.
 
Jones in LA
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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!
 
gbesq
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Nothing to be worried about. You鈥檒l never polish through it.
 
Foo2rama
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I鈥檒l tell you when I use poly on my 145.022-76 lol.
 
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jwesterby51 jwesterby51
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鈥檝e seen this question answered several times on this forum. What I haven鈥檛 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鈥檛 worry (at all) about overdoing it with only poly watch.

But let鈥檚 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.
 
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I think it depends how much you wear the watch. Once a month vs. daily makes a big difference.
 
STANDY
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You couldn鈥檛 wear a crystal out between services 馃憤
 
GrouchoM
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Unless you have arms like these, you won't polish through the crystal between servicings.
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jwesterby51
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GrouchoM GrouchoM
Unless you have arms like these, you won't polish through the crystal between servicings.
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ha - definitely not!
 
jwesterby51
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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.
 
140dave
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jwesterby51 jwesterby51
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鈥檛 even make the Top 10 Dumbest Questions of the week. 馃榾

Hope you get it and enjoy it for a few decades!
 
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jwesterby51 jwesterby51
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.
After 30 years, you could also replace the crystal.
 
Aroxx
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D drster
I think it depends how much you wear the watch. Once a month vs. daily makes a big difference.
I respectively disagree. I wear mine daily and hardly notice any scratches on the crystal from normal wear. No need to polish.
 
MauricioNO
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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.
 
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