Oh the irony...a few days ago I started a thread 'How Tough is a 2000s Railmaster?' Last night while relaxing with the wife, my trustworthy Railmaster collided with her diamond ring! A slight scratch on the crystal but a scratch nonetheless

Doing some research I do not believe there is an AR coating on the outside of this watch.

Thoughts? Does diamond polish and elbow grease really do the trick?

Cheers,

G

 

Should have never bought that evil diamond.

Jk

Sorry to hear that. I have two labs and figure eventually one will scratch mine.

Mike

 

Maybe consider it a war wound. Diamond polish and elbow grease is hard enough to have any effect on a mineral crystal, let alone sapphire. I'm guessing replacement will run several hundred dollars.

 

Kinda need to see a photo.

 

Oh no! Think you'll probably just have to live with it, or, of course, replace it.

 

"Finding the threshold of the durability of a watch can cost you a lot of money. If you smash a watch, be sure it is one you won't mind throwing away."

And I quote myself from the previous post on the ruggedness of this watch. I won't say I told you so! A scratch doesn't constitute "smashing" a watch, of course. I think I also said something about there being no such thing as a indestructible watch. Today, a scratch. Tomorrow, .................?

 

Id call your friendly neighborhood OB to see what they'd suggest. I'm sure they've encountered this before. Good luck!

 

Certainly your opinion is your own, But a brush up of my watch against my wife's ring hardly constitutes abuse of a watch!

 

Do you wear your watch on your right wrist, by any chance?

 

As a leftie, yes I do! Smart man...

 

They will most likely suggest crystal replacement. If the scratch is not that bad (let's see some pics), just let it be. Afterall, if you wear the watch, scratches are inevitable.

 

My wife and I were in a particularly good mood the other day, snuggling on the couch, and I felt her wedding band clink on the sapphire of my watch. I told my self, "Don't ruin this moment," so I didn't mention or say anything, and just let it clink around a time or two. Well, the gods were with me, because her wedding band's diamond had shifted over to the side enough to not make contact itself. Now, this was a wedding band with a small diamond, rather than a big engagement diamond, but I still feel lucky!

 

Amazing how the greatest risk to our timepieces are diamond rings, that ironically we have also likely purchased

 

So here is a shot of the damage..pretty light, not very deep, but certainly there...

 

I'd call around to folks who repair these and get their input.

 

I don't know, I'd probably just leave it. Nice to get first battle scar out of the way, although it is a big tougher on the sapphire.

 

Hard to tell from a photo, but pretty sure that could be polished out. I've done a few using several different grades of diamond lapping paste. You might be able to find someone to do this, or you can try it yourself...

 

But it does partially answer the OPs question about how tough his Omega is. Today, a scratch. Tomorrow,........?

 

Today a scratch. Tomorrow? Sell the watch

 

You can buff out with different grades of diamond laping paste and a Dremel with buffing wheel on low speed,

If you run your fingernail, and it catches , better replacing crystal, in my experience