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Hairlines are nornal on polished steel case...
It's something that you should expect especially if you wear your watch frequently... Even if you are very careful wearing it, when you polish (wipe) your watch, some dust particles will somehow "scratch" your watch, that is how you got hairline scratches.. Probably that's what happened with your polished steel case...
It's not something that I would worry about..
But as for ceramic, its "quite safe" from scratches.. (even though I've heard some rare cases where 292 case got some hairline scratches) but on my ex 292, it was totally fine... what you should worry is if it got knocked very hardly... There are some cases where ceramic case cracked or even broke....
Best,
Sam
Polished SS and hairline scatches/durability issues
Hey all, I haven't been wearing much of the classic 111 style polished SS case. I did have the 127 on me and it does have a fair bit of hairline scratches but I have refrained from polishing it. However, I had received my SE boutique which is basically ju...
Hairlines are nornal on polished steel case...
It's something that you should expect especially if you wear your watch frequently... Even if you are very careful wearing it, when you polish (wipe) your watch, some dust particles will somehow "scratch" your watch, that is how you got hairline scratches...
There's not much you can do about hairline scratches on polished
stainless steel cases. Only thing I can suggest is to get some custom shirts where the cuffs are larger so the watch doesn't rub as much against the shirt cuff. But you'll still get hairlines either way though. - AT
tks Anthony, this is exactly what caused it, ridiculous yes...
I guess now I have to go get custom shirts to fit my PANERAI better but doing so means I am a real WIS... making shirts to fit the watch! I finally discover that the left side of the bezel gets hairline after a week's of wearing and I wasn't banging it. T...
All another reason why I usually prefer brushed cases
instead of polished cases. Brushed cases tend to maintain their look better and seem to not show hairline scratches as much. Cheers, Anthony
Agree, yet, to think of a cotton shirt cuff causing hairlines...
was a bit absurd to me on a military watch... I guess I never thought much about it until now mysterious hairlines start showing up. No choice it's life.
Isn't it the other way around?
...the absurdity of worrying about tiny cosmetic blemishes on a 'military' watch?
it is absurd but then buying same watches over and over and over again
is as close to insanity as you can get according to the wife... why on Earth would people buy 2 of the same exact models or the same luminor case with a torpedo without a torpedo with a little power reserve here and there... when they all look the same? T...