You say a single wear, but how 'hard' has is been worn? Slide the wrist roughly on the table top? Does it impact with the desk/keyboard when you sit down to type? Desk diver marks will happen.

I would say that this is just the nature of the kind of PVD your watch has - I've got some PVD watches (including an Orient Star) and I've never had this problem, but I attribute that to the fact that I'm crazy careful with the damn things, the ones with the PVD bracelets doubly so - the clasp has never touched a desk/table surface = no scratches or marks. It's such a hassle to be conscious of it at all times that I often forgo wearing it, especially if I'm not wearing a long sleeved shirt.

These are just desk diver marks IMO, made worse because there's now a coating that's to be scratched off first - but then again, having never scratched mine, what do I know?

 

I wore the watch only once, and it did indeed come in contact with my desk surface. However, I wasn't banging the watch around and I think that its a bit ridiculous if a PVD coated watch cannot come in contact with the wooden surface of a desk without scratching. After all, PVD coatings are designed to be tough and scratch resistant. Also, none of my stainless steel watch bands show marks like this at all... so it seems that the PVD coating is more of a liability than an asset on Orient watches.

I have a friend with a black PVD Nixon watch that has been bashed to hell and even the Nixon doesn't show wear like mine.

 

Damn, sorry man. I love the look of the dark watches, but I can't bring myself to buy one because of this issue right here.

 

I think you should wear the watch on strap, personally I wouldn't exchange a watch just because of the bracelet if the watch runs fine.

 

Most of my diver's are on Nato straps... for this watch, I was excited because I would wear it on the matching black PVD band. I think it would look strange to wear a black PVD watch on a strap.