My First Scratch (Sport)

[TypeMRT]

I wish I had a cool or exciting story but I'm pretty sure I got this scratch by accidentally swinging my arm into the granite countertop in my kitchen. The Apple Store says it's cosmetic damage so I'd have to pay and the repair would be done off-site.
Not sure if the sapphire screen would have done any better. I'd already planned to get a rugged case for camping and outdoor activity so it's not like I would have been using the case in the house.
Oh well, it's not new anymore

 

[techno-Zen]

Rub a small amount of toothpaste on it in circles for a couple of mins, let dry then buff out the dried tooth paste with a t-shirt. Rinse and you shouldn't be able to even see that.

 

[jds4300]

I wish I had a cool or exciting story but I'm pretty sure I got this scratch by accidentally swinging my arm into the granite countertop in my kitchen. The Apple Store says it's cosmetic damage so I'd have to pay and the repair would be done off-site.
Not sure if the sapphire screen would have done any better. I'd already planned to get a rugged case for camping and outdoor activity so it's not like I would have been using the case in the house.
Oh well, it's not new anymore

$350 down the drain

 

[Brian Y]

As above, just looks like the coating.

Either toothpaste (plain white), of some plastic watch scratch repairer (about $3 off Amazon) will do the trick.

You'll lose the oleophobic coating around that area, but it's better than a scratch.

 

[bgdrew]

Or you could pick up a screen protector and it'll most likely cover up the scratch.

 

[jds4300]

I wish I had a cool or exciting story but I'm pretty sure I got this scratch by accidentally swinging my arm into the granite countertop in my kitchen. The Apple Store says it's cosmetic damage so I'd have to pay and the repair would be done off-site.
Not sure if the sapphire screen would have done any better. I'd already planned to get a rugged case for camping and outdoor activity so it's not like I would have been using the case in the house.
Oh well, it's not new anymore

Same thing happened to my neighbors. She fixed hers perfectly this way.
1. Buy 1500 grit sandpaper. It's extra fine.
2. Soak sandpaper 5 minutes.
3. Rapidly buff the watch for 3-5 minutes. Repeat procedure once.
Towel dry. The watch will be like new.

 

[01silver4]

I wish I had a cool or exciting story but I'm pretty sure I got this scratch by accidentally swinging my arm into the granite countertop in my kitchen. The Apple Store says it's cosmetic damage so I'd have to pay and the repair would be done off-site.
Not sure if the sapphire screen would have done any better. I'd already planned to get a rugged case for camping and outdoor activity so it's not like I would have been using the case in the house.
Oh well, it's not new anymore

Yes the sapphire screen would have done better.

 

[PegasusTenma]

Same thing happened to my neighbors. She fixed hers perfectly this way.
1. Buy 1500 grit sandpaper. It's extra fine.
2. Soak sandpaper 5 minutes.
3. Rapidly buff the watch for 3-5 minutes. Repeat procedure once.
Towel dry. The watch will be like new.

That genuinely sounds like the scariest idea for a screen.

 

[dannyyankou]

Not sure if the sapphire screen would have done any better.

It would have.

 

[mavis]

Same thing happened to my neighbors. She fixed hers perfectly this way.
1. Buy 1500 grit sandpaper. It's extra fine.
2. Soak sandpaper 5 minutes.
3. Rapidly buff the watch for 3-5 minutes. Repeat procedure once.
Towel dry. The watch will be like new.

I would STRONGLY recommend against this!1500 grit is NOT that fine (I have 4000 and 8000 at home, which I use on aluminum - not even glass). The glass WILL be messed up if you do this.

 

[dannyyankou]

Same thing happened to my neighbors. She fixed hers perfectly this way.
1. Buy 1500 grit sandpaper. It's extra fine.
2. Soak sandpaper 5 minutes.
3. Rapidly buff the watch for 3-5 minutes. Repeat procedure once.
Towel dry. The watch will be like new.

I think the technique you're thinking of applies to the stainless steel case.

 

[Tom G.]

When I got my first scratch on my Pebble watch I put a screen protector on it to see what effect it would have on the scratch. You could hardly see it, even I, who knew where it was, had to sometimes look very close to find it.

It's something you might want to try even before the toothpaste.

 

[jds4300]

I think the technique you're thinking of applies to the stainless steel case.

My neighbor did this very successfully on her Apple Watch Sport. I checked again with her. She used 1500 grit sand paper soaked in water for 5 minutes. It removed the scratches from her screen and aluminum case. Her watch looks great. She repeated the procedure not one, but twice. Buffed 3-5 minutes each time. Towel dry, then VOILA! Her Apple Watch Sport was back in mint condition! LOOKS GREAT!