Polywatch to the rescue

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It depends on the scratches.

The entire kit is $12, no hardship to buy them all.

The cleaner is perhaps not 100% necessary, but it's good to finish.

Whether you use the rough scratch remover depends on how deep you gouged your crystal. For most minor dings, the fine scratch remover is enough. Polywatch is approximately the fine scratch remover.

In no case does either of these scratch your bezel if you happen to slop over a bit but be aware that it doesn't take a lot of abrasive to polish a crystal; in fact, too much is actually worse. I use a tiny dab and then a gun-cleaning patch, which is basically a 5cm square (2") piece of cotton flannel.

Please do ask more questions if you are not sure!
 
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Polywatch is less than $8 delivered on Amazon in the US. A tube of Polywatch will last a mighty long time. Cost per drop is really of very little concern to me.
 
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It's less than $8 delivered on Amazon in the US. A tube of Polywatch will last a mighty long time. Cost per drop is really of very little concern.
You of course make your choice. You alone determine what is of value to you.

Me, personally, if something cost 3000X what i think it the equivalent sells for, I should share that.
 
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Your taping game is strong!
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When I was deciding between getting my Speedmaster in either Sapphire or Hesalite the forum helped me decide .... I've had mine for a little under a year and yesterday got my first real "oh shucks" scratch on it....

Yeah, when you get a good scratch on your mineral or sapphire crystal. "oh shucks" becomes "Oh f***!... this is gonna cost me.." Love the ease of polywatch..
 
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Your taping game is strong!
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Haha! The photo you selected gave me a good chuckle into my morning coffee! Yes, I've spent a lot of time taping stuff off on expensive airplanes. That's why I've got the good 3M edge lock stuff. Really good tape if you need a tight edge that won't bleed under.
 
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Just buffed out a couple of scratches this morning on my speedy. Didn't get them to show in a photo but the finished product looks great. I hadn't used polywatch to this point. Happy with the result.

Strange observational side note: the poly crystal on my Hamilton Field is proving to be very reluctant to scratch at all. I've worked on cars, planes, and homes with it and there's still no scratch! Just thought it was interesting.
I suppose you can see the scratch just barely. It's located at the subdial at its 8th hour marker. Inboard of the 33rd minute mark on the outer scale.
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Who said poly, if you take your time can do amazing job. On the timex, I used sand paper before hand. Well you can see a perfectly clear 40 year old dial.