And I’m glad you’ve raised it, because this to me is the difference being trampled here.
On your watch, note at the blue arrow the
interior edges of the crown guards - which are still essentially sharp, and at 90 degree angles (see yellow arrow)
As far as “sleeve polish” goes, the reason these specific edges and angles are retained is obvious: no sleeve (or even delicate “jewelers cloth”) has any purchase on these recesses. Scratches, dings, an intermittent rounded section due to this-or-that wear - sure! But in the main, these recessed edges and angles are roughly there, no matter and in contrast to the “sleeve polish” that may have occurred at the outer facing faces and edges of any well worn watch.
Contrast yours to the same features of OP’s watch:
Notice that even the recessed edges (blue arrows), in stark contrast to the watch
@Larry S posted, are - not dinged, or scratches here and there, but instead -
uniformly softened.
Moreover, notice (at yellow arrow) that the once 90 degree angles are now more boomerang shaped.
Whatever someone wants to call these differences, they amount to a justifiable
difference worth noting - having
something to do with some form of “polishing”
None of which is say anything about whether it’s not still worth a price!
