I came to the thread hoping for pic and was disappointed

To your point on the Mido AR coating. Interestingly enough, I had to polywatch/dremel the outer AR coating off my Mido All Dial last year as it was splotchy and driving me crazy.
I don't know why any OEM would put AR on the outside of the crystal, that's just a problem waiting to happen. The good news I was able to get the AR off the outside using the combo very carefully not to heat up the crystal. Now it looks awesome once again.
Let us know your thoughts after you've worn it a bit.

 

I came to the thread hoping for pic and was disappointed

To your point on the Mido AR coating. Interestingly enough, I had to polywatch/dremel the outer AR coating off my Mido All Dial last year as it was splotchy and driving me crazy.
I don't know why any OEM would put AR on the outside of the crystal, that's just a problem waiting to happen. The good news I was able to get the AR off the outside using the combo very carefully not to heat up the crystal. Now it looks awesome once again.
Let us know your thoughts after you've worn it a bit.

The crystal can almost disappear with AR on the inside and the outside. My Sinn 556 accumulated a few micro scratches on the outer layer but I felt like I could reach in and grab the hands it was so clear.

 

Pictures please!

 

my first gen Planet Ocean had a double AR coat i think. it was gorgeous. yeah eventually i got scratches but the crystal was sooo clear. it's clear again after getting it serviced a year ago.

 

A lot of my watches have double AR. I wear them as I would any other watch. If something happens, I'll deal with it, but I don't let it affect my use or enjoyment of the watch.

The Mido is an awesome watch. Use it and enjoy it.

 

Yes, scratches, scuffs and dings add character and add to story of the watch. If it really bothers you at a future date, and you still love the watch, just send it in for service and parts replacement, but I would think that watch will still look great years down the road...

 

Here’s a quick photo I snapped. Full review/photoshoot coming soon……

I cannot describe how “nice” this watch looks and feels. Pictures absolutely do not do it justice. Even the bezel action clicks precisely and lines up perfectly

What I like most is how everything lines up and there are no apparent quality control issues. Coming from Seiko, I cannot describe how satisfying it is to have a watch that just feels so well-built.

This one is a keeper. Mido is a massively underrated brand. I still cannot believe I only paid $500 for this.

 

It's a $500 dollar watch and you bought it for beater duty so I say wear the heck out of it! Seriously!
Stop worrying about smudges on the crystal or scratched AR coatings already. It's a watch, it's meant to be worn! Pun intended!

 

Nice looking piece! I've admired these in the past, but they're a bit too big for my wrist. I say wear it and enjoy, don't worry about the coating. Cheers!

 

Congrats on your Mido. I've owned dozens of Breitlings (SuperOceans and Chronomat), Omegas (Planet Ocean), IWC (Big Pilot and Chrono 43) , Archimede (XLA and Deck) and Raymond Weil (Freelancer, Nabucco and Sport models), all with outside AR coating, and I have yet to see a scratch or spot on them. I don't baby them either, but wear them everyday.

I do use a soft microfiber rag to wipe them from time to time.

As long as you don't use the Mido to sand down steel, I think you will be OK.

Hope this helps.

 

Thank you, that is great to hear!

 

If you are legitimately worried about scratching it up, then it doesn’t sound like a good beater option.

but you found a gem of a watch, paid more than a fair price for it, and it brings joy to you when wearing it becAuse its so nice. Id wear it like you planned to when you had the Seiko and just be really thrilled that even your beater brings you that much joy.

I just sold my beater (g shock) because it didn’t bring me any joy. It was useful and functional but I want the experience to be better.

 

It probably sounds crazy for someone outside the watch bubble but 500$ is next to nothing in the watch world. I bought a Tissot PRX 80 as a beater two weeks ago for 560€. It’s less than the service cost for the most luxury watches. Wear it. Go crazy. If it looks **** in a year or two buy a new one.

 

It probably sounds crazy for someone outside the watch bubble but 500$ is next to nothing in the watch world. I bought a Tissot PRX 80 as a beater two weeks ago for 560€. It’s less than the service cost for the most luxury watches. Wear it. Go crazy. If it looks **** in a year or two buy a new one.

It's not "next to nothing" for everyone. Let's have a little compassion for those of us who are more fiscally challenged.

 

It's well-made watch that you got for a good price. Congratulations.

If you bought it to use as a beater, then stop faffing about, slap it on your wrist, and use it.

It's what it was made for, remember...

 

I will say this. Probably an unpopular opinion. If this is a beater watch.....it's a beater watch. It should be worn because if will get "beat up" as the name suggests, and you shouldn't feel too bad about it. If you can't feel that way, it's not a beater, and you should really get a real beater watch for that purpose.

I think a true beater watch gains character as you nick it, scratch it, ding it, etc.

 

Maybe it won’t be a beater on the level of abuse my Seiko saw. Maybe I won’t throw it in a drawer or wear it on the beach. Who knows. But it’ll start out as an all-purpose “go-anywhere” watch and will probably become more of a beater as I become more comfortable with it 🤣🤣

This is the problem I have buying watches. I search and hunt and agonize for years over which one I want for a particular purpose. And then when I finally buy something and am satisfied with it, I become so attached to it im afraid to wear it lmao

The price and specs of this watch, it should really be a beater. But I just like it so damn much lol

 

Just to make the point clear I like posting these photos of my Tudor Heritage Ranger. It was purchased brand-new from an AD when it was first introduced in 2014, and I wore it doing anything.
For what it's worth, there's no AR coating on the sapphire crystal, but I managed to put a scratch on it anyways. That should put your "AR coating issue" into perspective? 😉

Like I said before, it's a watch.

 

If you really want a beater, I’d recommend Seiko. As in Seiko 5.

 

If you wear it daily, things are going to happen.

Just part of the life of a daily worn watch……

 

G'damned it. Just wear it. Show it some love WABI style. Worry about it, if the scratches bother you .
Enjoy that damned thing. We don't post no safe queens here. Well at least I don't

 

The crystal can almost disappear with AR on the inside and the outside. My Sinn 556 accumulated a few micro scratches on the outer layer but I felt like I could reach in and grab the hands it was so clear.

Yah, Sinn and Damasko do it right.

Odd that some people don't known if they have it or not. if your crystal reflects white light back with a bluish tint, you have it. If it is white, you don't (on the outside at least). Its harder to tell on the underside unless there is a different curvature to it.

 

I'm afraid you're missing the whole point of something being a beater.

 

I buy watches to wear them. And if you wear them, they will show signs of wear. Decay is inherent in compounded things. So my advice: just wear it.

 

Wear that thing out!

 

Wear the watch. Do not let the watch wear you. Enjoy it.

 

On some TV show, there was a gentleman that rode dirt bikes. They recently built a decked out, pristine motorcycle. There was nothing left untouched.

Absolutely beautiful bike. To prepare it for it's very first time being rode. The rider pushes the bike off the tallest burm. The bike flops end over end. All kind of scratches.

The last thing the rider said before taking off on it. "Now I can enjoy riding it".

In other words. Once it's scratched. You won't have the stress of trying to keep it perfect. Acting like you're going to live forever and that watch will somehow stay the same.

 

Don't worry. I have an ocean star GMT since last October (double AR, Ceramic bezel), and I'm yet to see ding or scratch on it, given that I don't baby it. I make sure to clean it with a cleaning cloth I have for my watches and that's basically it.

Beautiful and clear

 

Great-looking watch. I think the moderately-priced Swiss watches, particularly grey market, offer outstanding value.

Aluminum bezel inserts are pretty durable, depending of course on how much abuse they absorb and how much common sense you exercise. I wore a pair of dive watches for 15 years, and the aluminum inserts had a stray mark or two - that’s it. I wear a Certina dive watch, also has an aluminum insert & is a sister company, and it’s in excellent shape after a few years. If i anticipate situations where a watch might get hammered, i either wear work gloves with a gauntlet that covers the watch or wear a $50 Casio like a g shock or a duro (MDV-106, analog dive-style).

 

Great-looking watch. I think the moderately-priced Swiss watches, particularly grey market, offer outstanding value.

Aluminum bezel inserts are pretty durable, depending of course on how much abuse they absorb and how much common sense you exercise. I wore a pair of dive watches for 15 years, and the aluminum inserts had a stray mark or two - that’s it. I wear a Certina dive watch, also has an aluminum insert & is a sister company, and it’s in excellent shape after a few years. If i anticipate situations where a watch might get hammered, i either wear work gloves with a gauntlet that covers the watch or wear a $50 Casio like a g shock or a duro (MDV-106, analog dive-style).

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The nice thing on this Mido deal was that it was from an AD with a two year Mido factory warranty not a grey market deal.

 

Just making sure I got this straight: you bought it to serve as your beater, but you're concerned it'll get beat up.

 

I bought it to use as a beater. But now that it arrived I almost like it too much to beat on it.