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I attempted to polish my SS Apple Watch Series 0
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You should definitely not do this too often. Every time you are literally wearing away a surface layer of the metal. And I have seen polishes that actually change the shape of the surface (it produces a very subtle concave shape to the surface).
I would only do it when necessary. If you have a special affair and need to look sharp, or when you sell the watch; otherwise once per year, or something around that time scale.
Like November said, you shouldn't do it very often.
As I mentioned in my post it was the first time I did it since launch date of the AW0. On my previous watches, I was polishing them once every 18 or so months. It's a matter of taste. But once every 5-6 months wouldn't reduce the lifespan of the watch much.
Hard to tell since the pictures are taken on different places of the Watch.
No polishing needed on the Stainless black huh?
And the 316 L is also a very soft metal that is more susceptible to scratches. But t does buff out rather easily.
Yes my pictures weren't very revealing. The back one was the most obvious, hence why I added it.
Here's one from this morning (would be much clearer with a macro lens). If you zoom in you'll notice a couple of small imperfections still there. But again, I spent very little time as I only wanted to remove the prominent hairlines and scratches. When you look at it at standard arm length, you immediately see the result.
Generally not needed, because the DLC coating is super scratch resistant, but IF you'd ever scratch it, it would be impossible to polish.
An old Omega. Would love to see a picture of that. Nice classic that will last forever
Autosol would work great (i used it on stainless steel and chrome) and it always removed scratches and made it look like new (suzuki bike).
It's doing pretty good. I don't change the strap on it these days, though, just because I broke my only springbar tool.
It's doing pretty good. I don't change the strap on it these days, though, just because I broke my only springbar tool.
There is something attractive about the simplicity of that Omega. Never gets dated or old.
I don't believe this is true. You would need to polish the Watch with a cape cod cloth every day for a year and even then I doubt you could see any difference in the 'shape' of the Watch with the human eye.
You can believe what you want. But it's true.
Polishing is not magic. It is wearing down the most superficial layer. When the metal turns from dull to shiny and new, that is because it is new. It's the layer underneath the layer that was dull. When you polish out a scratch, you are not "removing" a scratch. You are removing the metal surrounding a scratch, so that the metal is more even. That's why you polish against the axis of the scratch. Not with it.
Check your cloth after the polish. It's black for a reason. That's the metal you just removed.
Anyone that works on cars knows you need to use a paint meter if you polish your car's paint surface to make sure you aren't taking off too much clear coat.
So yes, you can most definitely re-shape the surface slightly with this type of polishing. You can
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It's almost as if it is time resistant...
The bold being the key word. I do agree that the cloth is black when I polish my Watch, but, it's never going to be enough to mishape the Watch visually. Perhaps you'll notice the difference if you measure it with a digital calliper. I think that's a slight exaggeration and a lot of polishing!
Well you said you should definitely not do this too often. I've polished mine every week and yet to notice an subtle concave shape....a year later. I really doubt anyone would ever notice, I just think your 'warning' in as many words, is a little much. It only takes 10-15 rubs with a cape cod cloth to remove a slight scratch, so I doubt it makes any real difference to any surface. If one is polishing it for 15 mins a day one might see the effect you speak of. I have yet to, with mine, online or anywhere else.
