Horological Meandering

because of watchthatman's thread about beater watches I would like to say this (and I'm talking sports watches now): Scratches=Character How do you feel about it?

If it's a new watch: Scratches = Pain else: Scratches = Character endif Now serious. I tried and succeed to educate myself that scratches are a fact of life, like scratches on a new car, and I just live with those. What I cannot deal is an over polished c... 

NT

the first one hurts the first one makes you want too slap yourself in the face but the first one is inevitable

... and even amongst sports watches, that you are referring to in this post. There are still plenty of highly polished sports watches that do not wear scratches and abrasions well. At least, perhaps, the first few scratches. Rolex, to my eye, are one of t... 

you are right that a Rolex handles scratches a little better then the Nautilus. But that partly could also be a mental thing due to the value. And I have to say that by now (many scratches later) I really don't care that much anymore and am wearing the Na... 

But even my beater watches are worn with love and care. I rinse them off with warm wart and gentle drop of liquid soap. I pat them dry with microfiber. So even a beater gets a lot of TLC, and scratches are kept to a fair minimum . In this way, most scratc... 

I'm totally careful with my daily (hate calling it a beater) watch the Nautilus. But it remains a scratch magnet (at least the bezel is) so scratches are unavoidable. Safe-queen it? That would be a shame... I do agree with you on being careful. But again,... 

Unless they are worn mindfully... Well, what can you do? You got a dream watch and so enjoy every last scratch. After a couple years or so, send it to Patek to clean it up, and start over again. What else can you do? Sometimes life has funny little ironic... 

It is close to impossible to avoid scratches on any watch that we wear, and anything that stays in the safe more than on the wrist would have no part in my collection. The scratches add character to my watches, and more than that, many of them remind me o... 

a scratch can indeed be a very nice reminder of a fond moment/memory