Looking great

 

They do scratch quite easily, but the Santos has always been one of those watches that don’t look bad scratched up. Most of my aunts and uncles have been using a Santos as a daily beater for 20+ years and they still look good. I know it’s a slightly different design and bezel.
Yes it’s gonna get scratched, but I wouldn’t worry about it at all.

 

I’ve had mine for almost five months and it does scratch easily from the face but oh well. Like you stated it depends on the light but they also are noticiable. Sucks but things are tend to scratch.

 

Much of that depends on you.

 

I agree...much of this debate comes down to the individual. I wear my Santos Medium approximately 3 days per week and it looks just like the day it came out of the box. Why? I NEVER wipe the mirror-polished surfaces with my finger or with my shirt. I wash the watch twice per week using a gentle, clean-rinsing soap and I dry all my watches with compressed air or a very soft polishing cloth. If you constantly touch the bezel with your fingers, rub rough shirt/jacket sleeves back and forth over it or rub it with a t-shirt to clean it periodically during the day, it will show wear and tear in the form of swirls and micro-scratches like any other polished surface.

 

All that high polish is bound to pick up scratches eventually! But as long as they aren't deep ones they buff right out no worries.

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Yes. Of course, it is from the 70s.

 

It looks great. Lots of experiences are memorialized by that watch.

 

We can wear and enjoy watches as owners, or we can let them own us.


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