Tips/guidance on how to polish a vintage King Seiko crystal?

Gabigolz

Hello community,

Any good guidance on how to polish a vintage King Seiko crystal? Have some minor scratches that I’d love to get off the crystal, but not sure what polish materials and method to use.

Thanks 🙏

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ThirdWatch
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I’m assuming it’s mineral?

If so you can wet sand with an ultra fine paper like 1500 or 2000 grit. Diamond infused glass polish also works well but you’re going to be using a lot of elbow grease either way.

skxcellent
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You could check out JOMW on YouTube, if I remember correctly, Jody has a video on polishing a Seiko Hardlex crystal.

For me though, I always ask myself, "how upset would I be if I made this worse?" If the answer is very upset, I bring it to a watchmaker.

PoorMansRolex
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Is there a reason it cannot be replaced? Round crystals are so inexpensive and simple to install that I, a total preservationist, don't see the point in these polishing efforts.

Spartan247
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If it’s acrylic use PolyWatch and microfiber cloth. If it’s mineral have it replaced

Gabigolz
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PoorMansRolex

Is there a reason it cannot be replaced? Round crystals are so inexpensive and simple to install that I, a total preservationist, don't see the point in these polishing efforts.

I think that it's actually not that straight forward to get an original King Seiko crystal

Gabigolz
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skxcellent

You could check out JOMW on YouTube, if I remember correctly, Jody has a video on polishing a Seiko Hardlex crystal.

For me though, I always ask myself, "how upset would I be if I made this worse?" If the answer is very upset, I bring it to a watchmaker.

Thank you!

Gabigolz
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Spartan247

If it’s acrylic use PolyWatch and microfiber cloth. If it’s mineral have it replaced

I believe it's Hardlex