You won't have any trouble with corrosion, and a black Sharpie should do a good "50-50" (i.e. looks fine from 50 yards at 50 mph) job of covering the scratch. Of course it'll need to be reapplied from time-to-time, but at the end of the day, who really cares, right? A watch is meant to be worn, and that means WABI.

Regards,
Adam

 

Corrosion will not be a issue. The best way to touch up black PVD is a gun bluing touch up pen. They sell them at any gun/outdoor store. You will find a good gun bluing touch up kit will match and be permanent. A black sharpie marker will work but will not be permanent.

Every PVD watch owner need one of these..;-)

https://www.lazaresbazaar.com/store/product.php?productid=38662

 

do those touch up pen for guns provide any level of protection (temperature? tougher paint?) or are they "just black color paint"?

 

A bluing touch-up paint is temperature stable. They have to with stand the temp of a hot barrel. I used one on my shotgun yeas ago and it still looks good. Its also flat black in color so it should match well.

 

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll pick up that pen.

 

You can also order industrial grade sharpies they are much more permanent than the garden variety you find at Staples and office supply stores, just google it.

 

That's what I ordered (industrial strength). Works well. Thumbs up!

 

:rodekaart We need to see before and after pics!!!!

 

Sorry to hear that happen, but it is one of the reasons I don't care for PVD. Perhaps I've just never understood the necessity for it. A black watch is no more "stealth" than a blasted or satin finish.

 

Other than, I guess, it's black.

 

LOL! I was thinking the same exact thing, but for once just decided to let it go, I've gotten myself into enough trouble on all these watch forums! :-d

 

That sucks man. I've already put three chips in the bezel on my PVD watch, sucks lookin' at it, but I'm gettin' use to it. Can't wait to see the before and after pictures, I'd be very interested in seeing how that gun bluing touch-up worked.

 

@Beyond: Dude, PM me your address and I'll send you one of those industrial sharpies. They work like a charm and they're cheap as hell to replace and reapply.

 

gun" bluing " is a controlled rusting process.nothing more.It causes a chemical reaction with a ferrous metal.A lot of the dive watches are made from 316 SS.303,304,316 Stainless is a very low ferrousity material which means it propably will never show signs of rusting.Therefore you cannot "blue" the bloody stuff.You can try all day and it will just laugh at you.Kinda like pouring water on a duck's back.I am not sure what BIRCHWOOD CASEY (primary manufacturer of gun blue pens) actually puts in their pen but I have used the ultra fine point SHARPIE on stainless watches,knives and other weapons for some time with satisfactory results.Remember,a finish is new once.All of the black finishes for stainless steel are coatings applied to the surface.Gun blue and parkerizing(manganese phosphate) are actually chemical reactions on highly ferrous steel such as 4130 cm and 4140 cm.( cm is chrome moly)

 

"A black watch is no more "stealth" than a blasted or satin finish." But matte black looks so friggen cool.:-!

 

Thanks for the advice.. I need one of these pens

 

A little black JB Weld wiped on and off will do the trick. It will never come off. They oughta' coat tanks with that stuff. They'd save on armor.