What I am Wearing and Repair Question for the Community!
Good morning, Everyone! For WRUW, I have my 38.5mm Aqua Terra today, but last time I wore it, I banged it against the underside of my desk and scratched the crystal at 12:00ish. Can anyone tell from my crappy picture if I cracked the crystal or just scratched it and suggestions for a fix? I do not work on my own watches. Thanks for your help!
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Matt
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Looks like it would polish out to me. Have you tried?
It might be a crack. Tough to get that kind of scratch on a sapphire crystal. I'd have it looked at by a qualified watch repairman. Too nice a watch to play around with.
With the V shape crack line, I'd think it's cracked. Unintentional scratches normally take a straight line path.
what year is it from? because there was a time when omega put AR coating on both sides and possibly yours is from those years just like mine and what you scratched was the AR and not the glass
Doesn’t look like a crack to me. A crack shines with a very defined line when light passes through. Perhaps the AR coating has been damaged.
Will be painful but I would take the watch to a Swatch repair centre, hope for the best.
I’d take it to the AD/professional to get it checked. Would not want a water damaged watch, would we?
Womp womp. Does it catch your finger nail? If so it’s more likely to be a scratch, and also as others have pointed out, a crack will catch a lot of light at different angles, and you will see it through the depth of the crystal. This looks to be on surface only from your second pic. Hard to tell tho, I’d have to see it in person/ under magnification
It looks like a crack. Sapphire crystals rarely if ever scratch. Most likely cracked. They are fairly easy to replace. Take it to the AD. they will do it properly, and test the water resistance to make sure it is good as new
Polishing would tell you right away. You can do it yourself easily,but for a luxury watch, I'd have it done by a professional
what year is it from? because there was a time when omega put AR coating on both sides and possibly yours is from those years just like mine and what you scratched was the AR and not the glass
I once had a watch with terrible hazing on the crystal - turned out it was just damaged AR and I was able to polish it all of with some car paint renovator (done carefully and slowly of course). Looked perfect when finished 👍👍
It takes a LOT to crack a 150m rated saphire crystal by banging it on something, and if it does happen, it'll be quite obvious. likely you've damaged the table more than the watch.
Such great recommendations, THANK YOU to everyone who contributed! It just so happens that a jeweler near me just became an Omega AD, so I will run it over there to see whT they have to say. Thanks everyone! #bestcommunityever
It looks like a crack. Sapphire crystals rarely if ever scratch. Most likely cracked. They are fairly easy to replace. Take it to the AD. they will do it properly, and test the water resistance to make sure it is good as new
I agree with you, it is easier to crack it rather than scratch it.
It looks like a crack to me. Sorry!
Best case, you scuffed the AR coating and you just need to rub it out with some polywatch. Worse case, you cracked the sapphire and it'll need to be replaced. Go see a watch repairman.
Sapphire breaks before scratching usually
Damn + ouch-that is sapphire and probably needs to be replaced... Bring it to your Omega dealer and ask - was it a slide or a direct hit? If it the latter vs the former, I woudl have them put it on a time grapher to check beat rate and accuracy...