Comments on: How to Remove Scratches From Your Sapphire Crystal

By: Cole

Cole — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:24:25 +0000

Taylor - used your method on my omega seamaster XL and it worked perfectly. Just wanted to thank you for the tips. Mine is flawless after using 0.5 to polish the entire crystal. Thanks again

By: justhideandwatch

justhideandwatch — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:00:40 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys! This method is not foolproof, and if the scratch is too large or too deep, there’s a good chance it won’t work. This is primarily good for very faint hairlines, or very small marks. You might try taking it to a local watchmaker to see if they can get better results. Good luck!

-Taylor

By: sam colby

sam colby — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:25:00 +0000

I tried your recommendations on my watch, but have not been successful, can I send this to you and pay you to fix this for me?

By: xer8x

xer8x — Wed, 25 May 2011 04:48:09 +0000

i followed your advance but it didnt work on my tag heuer. the scratch is still there

By: justhideandwatch

justhideandwatch — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:50:10 +0000

Bob, you are correct…I noticed this awhile after doing mine. What I ended up doing was masking off the bezel, and hitting the entire crystal with a fine micron paste to soften the edges where I masked off the crystal originally. Good catch!

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:27:14 +0000

I’ve used this method to remove 2 scratches from a sapphire crystal. These repairs were made on different locations on the crystal and approximately a year apart.

At first the results appeared to be perfect - close scrutiny under various lighting and angles show no imperfections.

However I’ve recently discovered that if you wet the crystal or breathe some water vapor onto it, the repair sites (squares formed by the masking tape) become clearly visible. Once the moisture is wiped off it is invisible again.

Therefore the results are not flawless.

By: justhideandwatch

justhideandwatch — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:11:34 +0000

To the above poster…sorry, but you are mistaken. All current Panerai watches have AR coating on the inside of the crystal NOT on the outside.

By: Yirmin Snipe

Yirmin Snipe — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:26:13 +0000

A/R coatings are on the outside, not the inside. So if your watch has one the diamond paste will take it off along with the scratches…

The best way of doing the scratch removal is to pop off the dive bezel first, you do this by putting a blade under the bezel and just popping it up. This is safest because the metal is always very soft compared to the paste.

Also you normally will only need 3 pastes sometimes only 2… If you have any deep scratches you need to start with 360 mesh or 50 micron paste… if you have very light scratches you should skip right to 600 mesh or 30 micron paste…. finish with 1200 mesh or 15 micron paste.

If you have major scratches it is also easiest to get pieces of plexiglass for each grade of paste you will use. Put your dab of paste on the plexiglass and then press and rub the watch onto this… the idea is to forced the diamonds into the plexiglass which will then create a sort of sand paper out of the plexiglass… This will work much better than trying to do it with your finger. The only thing you must remember using this method is that it only works with crystals that are flat.

By: justhideandwatch

justhideandwatch — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:38:20 +0000

Your best bet would be to check with either your Cartier AD, or Cartier directly!

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:19:58 +0000

Hello, im interested in trying to take out a light scratch on the sapphire for my cartier roadster chrono. would you know if this watch carries 2 sided A/R coting or just on the inside? I know that i would only be able to try this if its on the inside alone. Thanks.