Scratches in Sapphire Crystal

Do you have a rough idea of cost? It’s a Tudor Pelagos 39mm

My guess is, I wash it with soap and water, every few weeks, when I got done washing it I dropped it into disposal. The disposal wasn’t on…but that is to me the only time it could have happened at. You can see in picture, tiny scratch at around 5pm marker.

Have you ever heard of Polywatch? someone on another forum recommended it. It is a paste type remover/cleaner.

Replacement

Unless it’s some goofball size crystal it shouldn’t cost a fortune. Maybe the dealer will upcharge, but in reality a crystal swap is a crystal swap. Shop around.

You can try some diamond infused polish paste. A ton of elbow grease. I’ve never polished a sapphire but worth a shot.

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It’s definitely an expensive watch. The same can be said with the vehicles we drive. $50-60,000 maybe more, maybe less. Some folks take it to the dealer religiously for every maintenance item. Some use independent shops. Some do it themselves. Options.

I tend to be a do it myself type for most things. I go through a lot of parts suppliers for watch parts and most have an entire catalog of Rolex and Tudor parts. Not really my market so I can’t speak to specific details.

Are you sure it isn’t a scratch on the AR coating? The only thing harder than sapphire is diamond.

There is a myth that sapphire crystals are expensive to manufacture that is perpetuated today despite that things are very different in their manufacture from decades prior. As proof, you can test a $60 Steeldive crystal with a sapphire tester and confirm it’s sapphire but still that $60 must cover, movement, case, bracelet, dial, labor and profit which translates to Sapphire crystals are super cheap. It might require an aftermarket to realize a price closer to production costs.

Ouch that hurts😭

Fair enough 😄 funny coincidence, I posted yesterday lol

I know that force will shatter sapphire, and that would be the expected outcome if you damaged the crystal, whereas hitting metal and not shattering should leave the crystal unscathed.

Now I’m not saying your watch isn’t chipped or scratched, just that I would check for exterior AR before considering crystal replacement.

So update: I took my Mono Sand Eraser 512A to crystal. Well it cleaned about all of the marks. I think the damage must have been done to any coating that was on crystal. If I look really closely I can see a very light mark where the worst damage was. I know it sounds crazy but it seems most of damage was removable.