It was bound to happen. I de-flowered my Sub!!!

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Just noticed it this morning as I was admiring my V series 16610. To my horror right there in the most obvious place-on the highly polished case side opposite the crown-was a cluster of small scratches!! They don't appear to be deep, and I have no idea how they got there. That's a pretty protected location, and I'm not a cuff link kind of guy. Mind boggling. I know the inevitable scratch was going to happen sooner or later, but would have preferred later. Cripes, now I might be forced to pick up a Milgauss or something to put in the rotation so my Sub doesn't get all the abuse.