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26 April 2024, 01:24 AM | #31 |
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Polish or no ?
Based on how you wear it and you have other watches, I would not polish.
Keep this one as your fun beater that you will throw into any situation and just enjoy the patina over the years. Baby the others. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
26 April 2024, 01:28 AM | #32 |
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Don’t polish
This is how well worn Rolexes are supposed to look
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26 April 2024, 01:37 AM | #33 |
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Yes for sure polish by RSC. Get a "new" watch back and start over again. At least, that's how I approach things.
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26 April 2024, 01:39 AM | #34 | |
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Agreed, it is a risk. And here’s an example, or proof as has been requested. The crown guards on the left have been overly polished down by RSC Dallas (~2018). The crown guards on the right is how the watch looked prior to servicing and polishing. My sense is this is an anomaly, and RSC Dallas acknowledged and corrected the situation by replacing the case at no cost (helps to have before pics!). Vast majority of the time it will come out great from an RSC. For the OP - in light of how you wear your watch, I would pass on the polishing. I don’t suffer from “anti polish syndrome”, and I’m not a member of the “pro polish police”, though I do believe the choice is personal and situational and not that big of a deal either way. Love the 126600, congrats! |
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26 April 2024, 01:56 AM | #35 |
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polish it and you get a new watch again
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26 April 2024, 02:25 AM | #36 |
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Unless you have "memory or legacy scratches" that add to the character of the watch, always polish so it at least looks like you got something for the money. It will fell brand new again.
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26 April 2024, 02:50 AM | #37 | |
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26 April 2024, 03:01 AM | #38 |
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Recently received my YM slate back from RSC for a service.
It was roughly 6 years old. I forgot all about polishing. It came back polished. Looking quite new. I was happy with it. Looks great. I can't seem to find that any harm has been done. |
26 April 2024, 04:22 AM | #39 |
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No polishing
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26 April 2024, 04:42 AM | #40 |
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26 April 2024, 05:04 AM | #41 |
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Polish the damn thing already! Then wear it like you stole it!
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26 April 2024, 11:06 AM | #42 | |
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The thing is 8 years old! How many times has it been serviced??? |
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26 April 2024, 11:09 AM | #43 |
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Or....sorry, Padi....there is nothing wrong with liking those factory sharp edges and points, and not wanting to get it polished. Its a tool watch for crying out loud. If you are asking, I vote for no polish with the service.
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26 April 2024, 11:16 AM | #44 |
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26 April 2024, 11:16 AM | #45 |
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When you get the insides all cleaned and tidied, there is nothing wrong with having the outside reflect a fresh new look too.
For those who are polishphobic, then you certainly don't need to take that step and lose sleep at night.
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26 April 2024, 12:03 PM | #46 |
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26 April 2024, 12:53 PM | #47 |
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Team Polish. This isn’t like “sharpening the corners” of a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card.
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26 April 2024, 02:52 PM | #48 |
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I always ask my watch not to be polished during service and made it written. Why? Because my watches are either unpolished or repolished but very well done so I don’t want to take the risks Rolex messing up with polish. Whatever people who are fan of polishing says a repolished watch would never look as good as a factory unpolished Rolex. Especially on 4/5 digits Sub/SD/GMT/Explo 2 where the case have bevels/ chamfers most of watches after a repolish lose these bevels/ chamfers that were originally there when the watch left the factory. It’s very common to see as well rounded lugs, lug holes surface not sharp, rounded crown guards, lug holes too close from bevel/ chamfer if still there etc. An additional problem is lugs not being V brushed as it supposed to be on 4/5 digits or with a grain different from Rolex factory finish. People saying a Rolex will come back as new after RSC are just not enough knowledgeable. On a 4/5 digits best case your watch has been repolished by an expert like Rolliworks or LAWW or someone very qualified at RSC and it will look decent / great (but not 100% orignal factory finish). Worst case your watch has been polished not by an expert (and it happens a lot even by Rolex RSC) and your watch has no more scratches so form a non expert looks new but someone who know about polish / repolish will be able to say watch has been repolished and it won’t look as good / not as sharp as initially
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26 April 2024, 02:55 PM | #49 |
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Don’t be sorry. Padi loves his watches to be polished and can’t understand some people don’t share his views
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26 April 2024, 11:02 PM | #50 |
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Sent off today I opted to polish :)
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26 April 2024, 11:44 PM | #51 | |
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27 April 2024, 04:53 AM | #52 |
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27 April 2024, 05:38 AM | #53 | |
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27 April 2024, 06:30 AM | #54 |
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I am Polish. So for me the answer is easy - Polish!
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27 April 2024, 07:06 AM | #55 |
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The polish job on that Sub is criminal!!
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27 April 2024, 08:20 AM | #56 |
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There is a good polish and bad polish, it all depends on experience and mood of the guy/girl who will do the job for your watch at RSC.
I wouldn't risk it, they won't care if they overpolish your watch. It's routine for them.
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27 April 2024, 07:40 PM | #57 |
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Attaching photos
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27 April 2024, 07:42 PM | #58 |
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This 3 years of solid solid hard 24 hours a day wear. (Minus occasionally wearing others in between) So for anyone who’s interested to see what a rolex worn without a care in the world for three years looks like it’s really not that bad :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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27 April 2024, 09:44 PM | #60 |
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Grande Padi !! .... we want you and your 16600 in our group. Alessandro is a scuba diving instructor for other simple enthusiasts including myself.
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