Hi, i have a omega seamaster aqua terra co axial 8900. I was thinking when sending in for service, should i polish my watch as well. Will you guys polish your watch when sending in for service. No dints and dents just hairline scratches. I am currently in Singapore so servicing will be done by swatch group. How are their polishing skills. Need more opinions on people that service their omega through swatch group. Thank you and have a good day
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Hi, i have a omega seamaster aqua terra co axial 8900. I was thinking when sending in for service, should i polish my watch as well. Will you guys polish your watch when sending in for service. No dints and dents just hairline scratches. I am currently in Singapore so servicing will be done by swatch group. How are their polishing skills. Need more opinions on people that service their omega through swatch group. Thank you and have a good day
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I'm interested to know; does omega polish watches to the standard they are when new?
If yes, I'd get my watch polished.
If yes, I'd get my watch polished.
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I am just afraid the polishing will remove the original factory finish
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Omega restores the original factory finish.
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Great to know, hope swatch group can do the same. Then i will let them polish when in time for service
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... Every time your watch is polished the lines are blurred. One of the reasons manufacturers love to polish is that reduces competition to new watches.
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There is a difference between a good re-finish and a poor re-finish. If done correctly, there will be no blurred lines.
OP if your watch isn't that scratched up skip the re-finish. If it has scratches all over consider telling them to do a very light re-finish. If there are dings, forget about them. They will remove so much metal that the case will change shape most likely. But, just like with everything, there is a risk that they will over polish it. People who have used that service center will need to chime in.
I sent my Planet Ocean to Omega for routine service and it came back looking like the day I first got it. There was even a small nick/dent on the case that I would stress over every time I looked at the watch. I can't even see where the nick was. The watch looks mint again.
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Yoda says, "Much inconsistency in your post I read."
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See what it says before that though? That's in reference to dings. They cannot be removed without a heavy re-finish. He's the customer. He can tell them to do a light re-finish and leave the dings alone so they don't "over-polish" it. Unless he wants to go laser welding route, but Swatch doesn't do that.
Edit: He said no dings or dents so that's irrelevant
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That's a physical impossibility. At least unless you reduce the size of case evenly, changing its proportions to the crystal - which will distort the lines rather than blurring them.
Like the actual expert watchmaker says, every time you polish, you damage. And in a few weeks the scratches will be back.
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For anyone finding this thread in the future...
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... Huge difference between the competently polished case and the virginal polished competently at most once case. If people say they can't see the damage done they're being honest. But it is there!
Vintage Rolex Buyer's Guide: Case Details To Look For When Buying A Vintage Rolex - ATELIER DE GRIFF
This first in the series will focus on the case, because it carries a high priority on value and it can be quite difficult to find information on its various critical value drivers. Future articles will cover dials, hands, and luminous; bezels and inserts, crystals and crowns, bracelets, and...
atelierdegriff.com
... Huge difference between the competently polished case and the virginal polished competently at most once case. If people say they can't see the damage done they're being honest. But it is there!
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There are people who's sole job is to re-finish watches. They went to school for this and that's all they do. They can re-finish a case to a degree that it would be very difficult to tell if it has been re-finished. Your local watchmaker does not have this expertise, and more often than not, they destroy edges and over polish. Swatch service centers MAY have these people, but it's hard to say. There are two different camps on re-finishing and each have valid points. There's something to be said when so many people receive their watches back from service and say it looks like the day it left the factory. However, there are also horror stories. Like I said before, everything is a risk. You never know who is actually going to be working on your watch when it gets sent away. See this link below. This is someone who knows what they are doing...
"Polishing" a Speedmaster case - insert horrified expression here...
Hey Everyone, Just thought you might like to see a Speedmaster case before and after refinishing :) Plus its an opportunity to do a but of gentle educating. Refinishing a watch case means reapplying the factory finishes to each surface, these finishes include but are not limited to; Satin...
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