What watch are you wearing today?

Starbucks poolside today
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It's Submariner day for me!
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Not a watch pic, but went by the AP House in the meatpacking district yesterday to hang out and talk watches.

If you're in NYC and love AP, I'd recommend calling them to set up a visit. It's lovely place to chill and meet fellow enthusiasts and brand representatives.

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DJ + Blantons = Not a bad Saturday

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Sub for me today!
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Beautiful, the gold looks warmer on this generation. Wear it in great health.

 

Today, I begin to make good on a promise. This watch was given to me (not running) with the requirements that I can keep it if I get it running properly and promise to add it to my regular rotation of timepieces.

Yeaterday I finished cleaning, assembling, and timing since the parts I needed had finally arrived. Today, I will carry it with pride!

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Today I decided to wear a different vintage Vulcain. I have no idea how old it is, but I do know that it was refinished before I got it. The whole thing could be non-original for all I know, but I thought it was kind of cool with a 60s-70s vibe and the blue is really striking.


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I also spent some time yesterday doing cleanup work on my 1601. The crystal looks fantastic after maybe an hour of work using the Polywatch as suggested. It could use some more fine work, but I am quite pleased with how it came out.


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Who cares? It’s cool, nice piece.

 

I thought it was - it was just different than anything else I owned. I think I probably paid less than $30 for it. Vulcains have a pretty cool history if you dig into it, and even these days make less than 3000 watches per year. I just found it interesting.


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Thanks- Did you just use microfiber cloth or a tool?

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Super cool and unique IMHO- regardless of the originality-

 

I don’t freak out over originality on a vintage piece. It’s nice, but not a deal breaker. Lots of 50 year old watches have a story.
Wearing a fake/replica/tribute/whatever on the other hand is a big no-no.

 

I used a cotton ball and did most of the application with that. I did several treatments and just rubbed it in using circles, then going against the larger scratches. Once the majority of the polywatch was gone/absorbed back by the cotton, I went over it with a microfiber cloth that came in the packaging. I went through this cycle probably 4 times or so.

Before using it on my Datejust, I experimented a little while with my 1969 Caravelle Sea Hunter (Devil Diver). It looked fairly rough and cleaned up quite a bit. It still has a long way to go before its going to be as clean looking as the DJ though, but it started out much worse.


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I agree. I am understanding of the need to repair/replace parts on watches and cars.

I have ONE exception to the fake that I have is a fake Rolex GMT that was given to me by a fellow F-Chatter, so there is a story there. I don't wear it often, but I really think a lot of that individual - truly one of my F-Chat heroes. He had just gotten a new Daytona and I wasn't to the point of getting a Rolex at that point, but we met up and he showed it to me and knew how much I liked it, so he "got me one" as a gift. I never wear it and try to pass it off as an original though, but have had it for 10+ years now.


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Excellent- Thanks very much- I have some minor scratches on my GMT/Batman crystal- odd given that I have none on Daytona or DJ and those are both older- Anyway I would like to reduce them if possible and don't have any reason to send it in to Rolex so will give this a try- Thanks again- Cheers

 

POINT to pay attention to!! - Do NOT use polywatch on a sapphire crystal. If the crystal is acrylic, then polywatch would work, but they have other products for use with a sapphire crystal. The older Datejusts like mine have the acrylic. I would NOT use this on my Daytona or my Sub as those are sapphire.

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Thanks- This is the one I planned to use- Says it's for sapphire crystals- Thoughts?

Check this out!
PolyWatch 8541771529 Glass Polish Glass Scratch Remover/Sapphire Scratch Remover/Repair Cell Phone Screens https://a.co/d/4A5Zcw1

 

My recommendation would be to find some other glass or sapphire product to try this on first. I know this is stating the obvious, but the last thing you want to do is scratch up your crystal while trying to fix it. I had my Devil Diver to try it on which already needed a new crystal before I tried on my DJ - again, which could have used a new crystal - but plenty of aftermarket options if I totally screwed it up - so no huge loss if I did in my case. I know that sapphire is extremely hard, so I don't have experience to really tell you with this product. I will say that if the sapphire scratch remover works as well as the acrylic scratch remover did - then it would be a heck of a product!!

Just be careful and start slowly! And let us know how it goes when you try it!


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Will do- Thanks again for the thoughtful responses- Cheers

 

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Today I am wearing my recently cleaned up 1976 Rolex Datejust. I could still work on it some more, but I think it looks about 95% better than it did - at least in person it does. The date window is MUCH clearer. Let me know what you think.


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For comparison this is a before picture of the same Datejust.


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