Cool! Thanks for the tip -- I have a Seiko Ti bracelet that can use this treatment...

 

Does it have Seiko's diashield coating? Because think it won't work in that case. Though if it did have diashield, then probably it wouldn't be in such condition.

 

The blue eraser trick worked similarly for me on a MM300 clasp (Ti) a few months back when I tried it.

But I don't whether it has a diashield coating on it [emoji2371]

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very cool trick- thanks for sharing. I have a few old TI watches that I'll try this on. Nothing fancy, but we'll see.
My Mings are polished, so who knows about that- no scratches on em yet tho.

 

Guess it should have some effect on polished surfaces as well. Just not as dramatic, simply because scratches are just more visible on polished surfaces.
But its relatively easy to polish scratches out again.

Giving a watch a new brushing, isn't so easy if you want the brush to match the original. So that's where the blue eraser is helpful, to some extent

 

Rusty told me about the eraser trick and it works a treat on my Pelagos.

 

Ya think thats where I heard it. Thought I'd give it a try as well, didn't expect it to work as well as it did!

 

It does work......but....you lose the showroom shine. Its hard to describe but you can make out a non-brushed titanium watch from a brushed one if you put them side-by-side.

 

You lose the directionality of the brushing or the grain of it. Particularly a problem where you have say circular brushing.....

 

Isn't this just using something abrasive to smooth it down?
Maybe you would get better results using a fine grade of abrasive paper? I would assume the "rating" on a pen eraser would be quite rough if it was translated to sandpaper.

 

pretty good. I can see curved in the direction you have been rubbing - try to use the eraser in straight lines in the same direction all the time for a better finish. At the stage you are at now though a light one way rub with a scotchbrite would finish it better now. Just be sure to cover the polished parts. You saw my Pelagos earlier (very) in the thread for my own results. Good luck and well done.

 

I suppose you are right. Though in the condition it was, i had to rub quite aggressively to remove most scratches, didn't care much about direction in that. Suppose a scotch brite to re finish it might be a good idea, but its honestly not that noticeable. The original finish was also more satiny than a coarse brushing.

 

I’d heard of the ink rubber trick before but it’s always good to see photographs of the finished job.

 

And after

 

The level of scoffing on that Pelagos is very unusual. What did the previous owner do with it? There's even wear on every single bracelet link.

 

he wore it like a normal person lol