Tudor: Scratches after using Cape Cod polishing cloth
Hi guys,
I know, I know. We should not polish a watch by ourselfs at home but I did it. The victim is my latest addition to my watch collection, 4 months old Tudor Black Bay GMT S&G, which had some light/hair scratches on the left (crown-less) side of the case, which is highly polished. Until now, I had very good experince with using Cape Cod polishing cloth. I used it on my all Edox watches with fantastic results. But now I used it on this Tudor watch and in normal light conditions, the surface is now like new, no sratches visible. But when I look at the case in bright light and specific angle, the whole side of the case is scratched. Is there any softer polishing cloth to remove these fine schratches. While considering an age of the watch, professional service, which can solve my problem, seems to be totally premature and useless.
Thanks for your advices.
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Post a photo please.
It isn't an easy task to capture it. Two photos posted. Watch looks perfect in one photo but you can see scratches in the other photo.
Hmmm, I use car polish to polish my bracelet. As scratches can hide until you polish it and it will be much more visible on near hold.
Sad to see you’re getting scratches. But again, are you going to sell it or keep it and use it as daily watch?
+1 for car chrome polish. I’ve used Autosol with a soft cloth and buffed out those sort of scratches.
Hmmm, I use car polish to polish my bracelet. As scratches can hide until you polish it and it will be much more visible on near hold.
Sad to see you’re getting scratches. But again, are you going to sell it or keep it and use it as daily watch?
Thanks Erik. Car polish sounds interesting and I have one. And this watch is my daily wearer with no plan to sell it anytime soon.
+1 for car chrome polish. I’ve used Autosol with a soft cloth and buffed out those sort of scratches.
Thanks James. Definitely worth considering it.
Thanks Erik. Car polish sounds interesting and I have one. And this watch is my daily wearer with no plan to sell it anytime soon.
If you use it daily, then scratches will show up either you like it or not 🫣
I hate it myself, but have accepted it’s part of using a watch.
Brasso brass polish works wonders for these sorts of fine scratches. I use it for my acrylic crystals too. It's a little labour intensive, but definitely worth a shot.
Good luck!
Pretty visible scratches. I’d cut my losses and see if AD can polish in-house. Mine does. They do it for free.
Are you polishing it in a circular, non repetitive manner?
If you are using straight front to back movements you may end up with marks left over.
Are you polishing it in a circular, non repetitive manner?
If you are using straight front to back movements you may end up with marks left over.
I caused it with front to back movement but when I do it in circular, it's even worse...
I caused it with front to back movement but when I do it in circular, it's even worse...
I had something like this happen with Cape Cod cloth. I believe that there was some dust on the watch when I started polishing and it acted like an abrasive. Took a fresh piece of CC cloth and made sure the surface was free of dust and tried again. It came out almost perfect the second time. Never leave you cloth out exposed to air where dust can settle on t as wall. I always take a fresh piece from the plastic wrapper for each application.
I had something like this happen with Cape Cod cloth. I believe that there was some dust on the watch when I started polishing and it acted like an abrasive. Took a fresh piece of CC cloth and made sure the surface was free of dust and tried again. It came out almost perfect the second time. Never leave you cloth out exposed to air where dust can settle on t as wall. I always take a fresh piece from the plastic wrapper for each application.
The truth is I used an older cloth (clean not used place) but it was stored in the original package with re-openable closure. Watch was dirt free before polishing. I can try it one more time with new one and I see. That's the simplest way to find out. If it won't help, I will visit my AD to fix it. Thanks
This with an all cotton rag, old undershirts work best.
SOLVED: I have just visited my AD and they polished it for free. It is not like new, some very very light visible scrhatches in very difficult angle are still visible (it is very difficult to polish it without diassembly) but it is 90 percent better than used to be.
SOLVED: I have just visited my AD and they polished it for free. It is not like new, some very very light visible scrhatches in very difficult angle are still visible (it is very difficult to polish it without diassembly) but it is 90 percent better than used to be.
Did you find out how they polished it?
Did you find out how they polished it?
The main difference is direction of polishing. While I polished it horizontally, they did it vertically. But it now doesn't matter because on Monday when I was on business lunch, the waitress hit the watch with a ceramic plate and the case has to be changed. Luckily, they have insurance for these cases.