Folks,
I have a week old 16610 that I took with me abroad and enjoying it very much!
I have a question about something that I noticed. I would really appreciate if owners can chime in.
The crystal looks like it has a lot of white spots, most of them are scratches and look like they're from the outside, but some of them, I can not tell... My 114270 has a few scratches but it doesn't look like that... I wonder what it can be...? Appreciate the input guys!
Theres a chance it had a scuff against concrete. Sounds dramatic but that can then be polished to soften the scratches but debris can then get in the scratches and show up like that. I bashed one of my watches a few years ago and it had similar marks.
does not sound out of this world I'd say... Maybe it fell on the ground at some point... I don't know the history of the watch but what strikes me is that it's in such a good condition for its age, yet the crystal is in the worst condition... I provided another picture after some cleaning around the cyclops, it was just dry soap...
the watch is an authentic mate... Not sure why you're suspicious about it... The black hole effect I think exists with AR cyclops... Don't see anything wrong with that one...
If it bothers you it's easy to have a new crystal fitted but only get a gen' one. Personally I'd leave it as is. My old 16800 has a large chip at 5 o'clock. I still remember doing it with a huge wack on an aircraft door frame in the early 90's. I never had it changed as it still passes the WP test.
If it bothers you it's easy to have a new crystal fitted but only get a gen' one. Personally I'd leave it as is. My old 16800 has a large chip at 5 o'clock. I still remember doing it with a huge wack on an aircraft door frame in the early 90's. I never had it changed as it still passes the WP test.
really appreciate your response!
My sub passed its WP too and I am leaning towards leaving it like that. My Explorer 114270 has some of this too but not in this quantity... I think I have one spot on the underside though which really makes me think it was sealed like that back then in 99 when it was assembled. My dealer which is a watchmaker is extremely responsive and we keep really close relationship. If there's any problem, I am sure he will help.
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