Am I a fool?!

I am on the same page as you being someone who likes things to stay looking nice. Traska may be your best bet with their hardness coating! I have a Seafarer on preorder from them. They said they will have stock even for those who didn’t preorder.

I would just not worry about it. Any watch band with a high polished will scratch even with a bar of soap LOL. My Astor Banks, Laco, Seiko have scratches. My titanium Citizen hides them better. When you move to a Tudor maybe you can buy a aftermarket strap if you want to keep it shiny and new.

I have wondered how Nano Clear works for light scratches.

I think it happens to all watch bracelets not just Lorier. I've heard that Traska has the scratch-resistant stainless steel, so I really want to see what that's like. My Grand Seiko SBGE255 gets scratch up a lot at the clasp, too, and that's supposed to be a "premium" brand. Same with my Omega Seamaster AquaTerra. I just figure it's a part of owning a watch. I'm not too worried about it.

It'll buff out. Are your shirt cuffs fraying to hell as well?

Simple solution is to not wear your watches at all.

There is nothing wrong with the clasp in your photo unless it is being sold as mint.

If your watch looks pristine after a couple years of ownership then you're wearing it wrong.

You just need a lot of bubble wrap. Its the new wave in personal protection but i'm bad and can't stop popping the bubbles.

I thought taking care of things meant no damage could occur, ever.

After a few months of protecting everything in this manner, I saw a shrink and got better.

I used to read about people who said they wouldn’t buy or wouldn’t wear their GMTII because of fear of scratching their polished center links. When I got my GMTII, I deliberately wore it for many days straight. After several days, it did start showing signs of wear. Once it was worn in, I wear it whenever I feel, including as the only watch I take on vacation.

Use them and enjoy them.

My viewpoint on all the scratches and dings a watch gets is just part of the experience of watch ownership. I remember an interview with a guy who inherited his dad's watch. The piece was in very rough shape and ran poorly (A seiko). He had the movement serviced and the crystal polished but kept all the dents and dings in the case. It connected him to the watch his dad wore every day. These objects we wear everyday become a part of us.

Desk diving issues🤣you bought the watch and not the other way around. All those can be buffed out, if that is a problem buy the sticker for the clasp. But eventually bracelwt and case will get some scratches too so no way to avoid this, just enjoy them

Yeah, that’s what makes old watches special. If I buy a watch, put it in a drawer, and give it to my son in 20 years, he’ll have a watch that was never mine. Maybe he’ll like it and maybe he won’t, but it won’t remind him of me.

Agree that scratches are an inevitability. Having said this, some bracelets scratch up a lot more than others. For example you only have to look at my Aquastar BOR bracelet and it will mark up, whereas you can smash my Oris bracelet and the thing looks untouched.

Watches are made to be worn, not admired from afar like some priceless work of art in a national gallery. Scratches will occur. If they get too bad you can either polish them out or buy a new bracelet.

What you need is a ceramic watch. You don’t have to worry about scratches anymore.

Two cheap and easy ways to get light scratches out: For brushed areas get a green scotch brite pad (green is the one to use) and buff them out (go in the direction of the grain). For polished areas use a Cape Cod silver polishing cloth. For both methods try to apply even, light pressure and go a little at a time.

The worrying part has nothing to do with steel clasps showing some wear.

It's that you seem to seriously believe that your watch-feast will last 18 month, when we all very well know that any good video by Jody from JOMW will immediately have you reach for your credit card 😉

Hey thanks, man!!

This is why, for the office, I wear watches on MN or Nato straps. Watches on bracelets - like my Seamaster - I simply don't wear to the office. It might sound limiting in some ways but, honestly, when I still have several watches to choose from for the office, it's no hardship and I seldom miss not wearing the Omega.

their bracelets are all brushed. take a green dish scrubby and brush in a single direction on the clasp about 100 times and it'll look 99% new

No, #lorier bracelets are not rubbish.

Yes, you should buy nothing but #traska.

No, this advice doesn’t apply to other people, unless they also are worried that steel bracelets scratch in normal wear.

Thanks.

The 58 won't be any better. Haha

I have to remove my watch when sitting at a desk. It's just inevitable that the clasp will get dragged on the desktop, particularly when typing at a computer.

In my opinion they tend to scratch just as much as any other stainless steel watch band. Unless the band comes with some sort of proprietary coating like Seikos Diashield, it’s going to scratch and scuff.

Just do your best and don’t get overly concerned about it. If you don’t want them to get wear marks then don’t wear them 😀. If some get real bad, buff ‘em out otherwise save up and you’ll love you BB58 more than redundate bracelets. You could also put a little piece of clear shipping tape and change it from time to time as needed, just an idea.

Take them off when at a desk? Set it down in 'desktop mode', and then you've got an excuse to keep looking at it.

The clear sticker idea is good. I think I'll buy some clear thin adhesive film and start cutting them myself.

Clasps are made to be scratched - are you never planning to wear a watch?