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Sapphire vs hesalite regret?

foreignexport
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I'm curious to know whether owners of a sapphire speedy regret not purchasing a speedy with hesalite and versa. I had a sapphire sandwich which I sold partly because the sapphire felt a bit clinical. I'm now considering buying a hesalite speedy but wondering whether the lack if scratch resistance will annoy me. Be interested in feedback.
 
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Both have pluses and minuses. If you chip, crack or scratch the sapphire (and you can surprisingly easily) be aware a replacement is eye wateringly expensive, like about the same as a full service. At that point you will wish you had gone for Hesalite. I have both and I prefer sapphire but each to their own.
 
Evitzee
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Dislike of sapphire is overblown, imo. The scratch fear of plexiglass is overblown as well, imo. I have had plenty of both, don't think the sapphire is clinical, and I haven't really scratched up a plastic crystal either. Both are fine for me, I certainly wouldn't buy one over the other if it just came down to sapphire vs hesalite question.
 
ahartfie
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Sapphire sandwich owner since 2017. No ragerts so far. Anytime I think I might have preferred plastic I just flip it over and look at that beautiful movement. I mean come on.
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Crate046
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personally I instantly knew the hesalite was the better looking crystal.
 
bsowers34
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I have both, though one is the white one. IMO the black dial looks flat and plain with a sapphire crystal, while the hesalite dome shape seems to bring it out in more detail.
 
Gael.Bx
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once you have a hesalite moonwatch, you can buy many more in sapphire
 
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Evitzee Evitzee
Dislike of sapphire is overblown, imo. The scratch fear of plexiglass is overblown as well, imo. I have had plenty of both, don't think the sapphire is clinical, and I haven't really scratched up a plastic crystal either. Both are fine for me, I certainly wouldn't buy one over the other if it just came down to sapphire vs hesalite question.
New it's the thousand dollar question though.
 
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