Took a tumble....slight damage to my beloved Speedy

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sirish19

·Dec 3, 2019

I All,

I took a slight tumble the other day wearing my Speedy and found that I had scratches to my Hesalite crystal and a slight dent to my bezel (at around 58).

My question is, can I polish out the scratches in the crystal and is that dent repairable? I have tried polishing with polywatch for a bit but still some fairly deep scratches remain. Is this salvageable and if so, what would you recommend to proceed with? Also, for the bezel, is it possible to replace the bezel and keep the insert or are these things necessarily paired?

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Dec 3, 2019

First little scratch or bump on a watch seems important...
But the Hesalite plexiglass can be easily polished... for the rest of the "damage" ... don't worry as it's Your damage on Your watch...

 

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STANDY

·Dec 3, 2019·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

DON bezel 😲 just leave it.

Easy crystal replacement or more elbow grease on the poly-watch.

All added character 👍

 

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vbrad26

·Dec 3, 2019

Ouch. Nice piece. Sorry to see it in that condition.
A couple min with Polywatch should get most of those scratches out.
As for the DON...leave it. I would not mess with it.

STANDY

just leave it.

All added character 👍

Of course you'd say this lol

 

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steveb73

·Dec 3, 2019

Just leave it as it is...
Like the others have said, get some Polywatch. I'd not used it until recently but it's easy to use and does a great job.
I wouldn't worry about the bezel. You might end up with even bigger problems if you try to get it repaired!!!
Hope you are ok!

 

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gbesq

·Dec 3, 2019

Don’t mess with the DON bezel. That’s a significant component of the total value of the watch. Any competent jeweler should be able to restore the crystal to pristine condition as long as it’s not cracked.

 

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Deafboy

·Dec 3, 2019·His Holiness Puer Surdus

sirish19

I took a slight tumble the other day wearing my Speedy

I'm ok... but my Speedy!

 

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FREDMAYCOIN

·Dec 3, 2019

Did the beer survive the tumble?

 

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fraglerock

·Dec 3, 2019

Give Novus polish a shot. Buy a small bottle of Novus 1, 2 and 3. Work your way down from 3.

 

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Mossback

·Dec 3, 2019

Hopefully you were uninjured. The bezel is undamaged it simply tells a story.

 

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simonsays

·Dec 3, 2019

It is easier to sandpaper the crystal first to remove deep scratches. Mask off the bezel carefully with tape, then 2000 grit cloth going up to maybe 6000 to finish in a circular action over the whole crystal to keep it even. Lastly use the polywatch and you will get a great result.

 

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Uncle Meat

·Dec 3, 2019

Tell everyone it's the result of a fight with a Grizzly bear!!

 

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sirish19

·Dec 3, 2019

Thanks all for the replies. I have spent a little time with the polywatch already so may give the sandpaper a shot and see how that goes. Good idea to tape the bezel and watch first. Hopefully I'll be able to post some great before and after pics. Will definitely leave the DON as-is. That was the first thing I checked when I noticed the scratched crystal.

 

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sirish19

·Dec 3, 2019

FREDMAYCOIN

Did the beer survive the tumble?

Haha, Yes, I was uninjured and the beer did survive as it was cushioned by my belly.

 

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zinengineer

·Dec 3, 2019

I took a spill earlier this year, the knees and hands took the brunt, but I saved the watch. The veggies from the farmers market in wife's basket didn't fare too well either.

My story goes...."yea, I was doing a half pipe triple 360 double back flip"...it gets a good laugh. Reality = the sidewalk jumped up and tripped me 😀

 

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sirish19

·Dec 7, 2019

Thanks to everyone’s advice, I gave a shot at polishing out the scratches. Started with 1000 grit sandpaper then went to 1500 then to 2000, on to 4000 and then finished off with polywatch. I am quite satisfied with the results. Here is the before and after.

 

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fraglerock

·Dec 7, 2019

Nicely done!

 

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joe band

·Dec 8, 2019

¡Viva Polywatch!

 

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NYCwatchgal

·Dec 8, 2019

WOW. What great advice from everyone and happy you were able to get the crystal looking like new again! Thanks for sharing and hope you're ok as well.

 

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vbrad26

·Dec 9, 2019

Nice work!