Do lug hole scratches bother you?

”It’s always weird the 1st time” and watches are no exemption. We need therapy. 

I used to care a lot about scratches. Now, as long as the watch is still usable, it's no big deal to me. 

I own no watch anyone would spend multiple hundreds of dollars to acquire from me, so that helps. 

Yes! You should throw that watch away and get a new one right away !! 😆 That’s how I feel everytime and the excuse I give my wife so I can get new watches …

Part of my love for pre-owned watches is driven by the fact that someone already scratched it up for me so I feel less like a psychopath when I do scratch the lugs or bezel....or everything else.

im sooo paranoid of doorknobs but that paranoia has now extended to literally holding my wrist to my chest whenever theres even a remote chance ill hit something.

hasnt happened yet but it will, and its going to suck.  

guess its best to get it out of the way before it turns into a full blown neurosis 

"This was the first time it's happened, I swear, honey!!" 

I just told my GF that this watch is ruined and I'll need to get a new Seiko wish me luck!

I know right? Even for my Vostok I was like oh noooooo what if I scratch it?!?! Then scratches started showing up on it even when I was careful, and I stopped caring for that watch and even thought it made it look cooler hahaha.

Yeah like on my Vostok and Casios I didn't care about scratches but man, this is the first nice Seiko I've owned so I'm like damn, I scratched it! The pain will fade in time....

I recently, without thinking about it, put a none spring bar into a watch that didn’t have the straight through holes like on your watch…..what an idiot. I played around with it for ages trying to get it out, scratching the case a couple of times and also bending the end links of the bracelet. I ended up having to pointed wire cutters. I could have kicked myself, extremely hard 😡😡 However, unless you look close you’d never spot the scratches….but I know they’re there. It wont stop me wearing the watch but my eye will be drawn to it every time! Still, little or nothing I can do about so I’m learning to live with it.

I won’t make that stupid mistake again!!!

I agree with the first scratch being like the first scratch on your car. 

When you do it yourself in a strap change or something similar (as opposed to an accident while wearing the watch), it feels worse because you really feel like it's your fault. My first self-inflicted scratch, I used tape and was very careful but my clumsy fat fingers slipped and I ripped the tape and gouged the case.  

My wife ran downstairs and thought I cut off my finger given all my loud cursing. She unfortunately did not look at it as a reason for me to get a new watch. 😢

If it really bugs you,  youcan buff it out with a drummel + disco compound.  Or you can have a watch repair place do it.

It's all based on the value of the watch. 

Yeah it's like a weird scratch, more like a chip than a hairline one. I have no idea how I picked it up. The one near the lug hole is almost guaranteed to be from one of the strap tools dinging it, but the chip on the side further down is just odd.

I'll ask my watch repair guy how much it costs next time I see him.

Don't sweat the little things because you will run out of bubble wrap fast. Besides the neighbour wants it all for her kids. 

It depends on the watch... But I just slammed my TAG 2000 on a door knob and kept walking because I know it’s gonna take it in stride 😂

It bothers me most specially if it happens during the honeymoon period. But time flies so fast that later on you just wear and enjoy the watch. Scratches, dings, gouges and all. Then it just becomes part of its story. Like when looking at those scratches individually I would try to recall how or when I managed to get them in there. It is quite fun actually and I just laugh about the memory specially reminiscing my reaction or the circumstances of that particular scratch. 😂

When it happens, it's super upsetting. I'm still smarting from a time years ago that I dinged the bezel of a very early Bellmatic on an aluminum door frame. The sharp scar on that bezel is an everyday reminder.  Put it down to patina!

I agree. Depends on the watch. If I bang up my Sinn, Serica or even my Divers 65, I'm OK with that. Brushed cases mostly hide a lifetime of scratches. But for the Santos and even my Mido, take a little more care, when wearing those.

Having said this, lugholes work for me! A good spring bar tool makes strap changes easier and I'm OK with scratching up this area a little - part of the charm of having watches with this feature.

Lovin lugholes.  I'm pretty inept at strap changes trying to force rubber and leather bands out of the way to access the little pins.  That produces scratches much more often than when there are some convenient lug holes to put a small pushpin into.  All that said - wish every company would just use those quick change pins that need no tools!!!

Scratches on the case don't bother me. When I scratch the crystal that's another thing. 

Scratches never bother me on other people’s lugs.

Scratches add character to the peice I don't care unless it's on the dial.

They happened even when I was careful, luckily on the back of the watch so completely out of view. I was annoyed at first then just told myself then can get polished out when the watch gets serviced. I also don’t plan on ever the selling the watch so it doesn’t really matter.

Some put on duck tape around the hole before working on it with a sharp tool.

 I don’t 🤷🏼‍♂️. It is part of that “charm” of doing this things by yourself ☝🏻

When people have a new and intact item, people will love it very much. After a period of time, it will lose its freshness and the scratches or attitude towards the item will change. …lol

When I scratched my first watch in my collection, I used a few choice words for my clumsiness. That was years ago. Funny thing, experience made me more careful and dextrous, but also taught me not to fret about little nicks and dents. They have a story of their own, and show that the watch is not a safe queen, but something you love to wear often, use and tinker with, the mark of a true watch afficionado. Every scratch is a story!

I really take care of my watches - but no regrets to scratch and and add dents ^^ .. that‘a life .. you get scarfs on your journey 

Not at all. Banged up my Sub ( ref. 16610 ) so many times that during the per-service list last year I specifically stated No Polish. Those scratches and dings are weirdly special, at least in this case.

It’s been in the daily rotation for 20 years and every mark is part of the watch now. IMO.

Good luck.

Unless it's something like a beautiful JLC or some other $$$$$$$$ watch, I could care less. A few scratches give character. My friend recently bought a Marathon TSAR and it's not in perfect condition, but that watch tells a story (it had belonged to a US Army soldier and the watch saw combat in Iraq and Afghanistan) and it bore the scratches from that story.