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26 November 2018, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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Is this frog polished?
I bought a pre-owned Kermit that is supposedly unpolished, its a leap of faith really and I am a total amateur. Perhaps the more experienced amongst you can help? Has this ever been polished? I am no even sure if these are the best pictures for a good indication. Advice and comments much appreciated. Thanks!
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26 November 2018, 01:07 PM | #2 |
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Looks unpolished to me.
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26 November 2018, 01:52 PM | #3 |
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Those lugs look sharp to me
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26 November 2018, 01:56 PM | #4 |
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Based on the posted pictures, it looks unpolished. The lugs look pretty sharp.
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26 November 2018, 02:23 PM | #5 |
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I cant tell if the second picture has bad brush marks on the side of the case or smudges. Case lines look pretty crisp to me other than that.
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26 November 2018, 02:24 PM | #6 |
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Looks untouched to me. Congrats!
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26 November 2018, 05:11 PM | #7 |
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It appears to be unpolished based on the photos provided.
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26 November 2018, 05:31 PM | #8 |
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Looks good , any non macro shots of the whole watch ?
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26 November 2018, 05:43 PM | #9 |
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Looks crisp. Don’t worry about it. Wear it.
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26 November 2018, 05:49 PM | #10 |
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Looks great.
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26 November 2018, 07:20 PM | #11 |
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My 11610LV is unpolished and based on those pix I can’t give you an opinion.
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26 November 2018, 07:25 PM | #12 |
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If it was touched up or polished you wouldn’t be able to tell which is a good thing. That said, I don’t think you can be 100% sure but it looks like original lines to me.
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26 November 2018, 07:39 PM | #13 | |
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26 November 2018, 09:11 PM | #14 |
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Looks unpolished.
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26 November 2018, 09:14 PM | #15 |
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Looks great, enjoy!
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26 November 2018, 09:58 PM | #16 |
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Looks good. Enjoy.
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26 November 2018, 10:08 PM | #17 | |
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Unreal all the “unpolished” responses. Would love for for qualified folks like Bas, Rollieworks and LAW to do some test posts of polished and unpolished cases and see how many really pass.
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27 November 2018, 12:18 AM | #18 |
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Looks very nice indeed
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27 November 2018, 01:05 AM | #19 |
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If it was ever polished, it must’ve been done skillfully. And that, as Padi said, would not detract from owning/wearing it.
The pictures you shared look like those parts of the case are proper. Now if you were buying it for some other reason, and trying to flip it for profit, you might describe it as “appears to be unpolished”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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27 November 2018, 09:22 AM | #20 |
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looks great wear it in good health
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27 November 2018, 10:25 AM | #21 |
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Fine looking example. Congrats! Wear and enjoy. Miss mine. One of my favorite models. Love the maxi dial in the 5 digit case.
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27 November 2018, 10:45 AM | #22 |
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if it is it was well done and shouldn't be a concern.
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27 November 2018, 11:29 AM | #23 |
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I indeed concur - Unpolished
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27 November 2018, 07:39 PM | #25 |
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Of course it is polished, like 99.999% of watches on the market. How else a watch of that age does not show a mark ? Or you really believe you found the needle in the hay stack
Not that it matters, nice watch. There is a reason that on another forum the term unpolished is banned in sales ad's. All dealers touch up their watches one way or another
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Today the term unpolished is used mainly by sellers trying to extract more money from IMHO the fools willing to pay these hyped jumped up prices. Picture after last service
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27 November 2018, 10:38 PM | #28 | |
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Looks unpolished to me. Folks will say you can never tell, but if you’ve owned a NOS Sub or SD—you’ll know what to look for and will notice the difference between polished and unpolished, even if RSC did the work. That said, I agree the term “unpolished” is thrown around too liberally and have personally seen a number of watches for sale on the forums labeled unpolished that clearly had been collages or had the cases recut.
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28 November 2018, 02:07 AM | #29 |
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Looks like a crisp frog to me
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