is there a preferred method to remove a few light scratches from the crystal of a mid fifties seamaster? Nothing major, just annoying in the right lighting. Or just leave it alone.

 

if they are surface scratches-you can polish them out with polishing compound-and some elbow grease....

 

I use toothpaste

 

I have had success with polywatch.

Lots of people seem to use toothpaste, but I just can't bring myself to do it.

 

Toothpaste..............with fluoride? brightening? colgate or crest?

 

For light scratches Polywatch works well, and for heavier work I start with abrasive paper as course as 400 grit, and work up many steps to 2500 grit usually. Then again finish with Polywatch.

Cheers, Al

 

I use anything from 400 grit to 1200 grit, depending on the depth of the scratches, then change to lapping film - anything down to 0.3 micron, then finish off with Polywatch. There again, unlike a professional such as Al, it's a hobby, so my time costs me nothing.

 

http://omegaforums.net/threads/not-a-longines-but-decent-anyway.8706/page-3#post-107724

 

One example - as it arrived:



In process:



Almost done, but already you can see a large improvement:



Final result:



Cheers, Al

 

I have only used polywatch and whilst it can take a while to get results, its well worth the effort. I did try toothpaste once but didn't really see any results to be honest. It's amazing what a case clean (usually Cape cod for me finished with a small felt buffing stick) and a crystal polish can do to a watch. The results can be huge and the crystal is defo key as the scratches cast shadows on the dial and really pull the watch down. I find it very satisfying work.

 

I solely depend on Polywatch. Might take a while for the results to be as wished, but it definately does the job!

 

I learnt the hard way not to put polywatch on a Dremel in order to speed things up. One melted crystal a few seconds later.