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Not sure what exactly we’re supposed to be looking at here?
Zips can scratch.
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Last edited by Nealywheelie; 21st April 2025 at 17:52.
Not sure what exactly we’re supposed to be looking at here?
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Scratched my bracelet on the brass zip no less.
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I think it’s a warning that zips can scratch a watch also in the picture is a brick wall which can also damage a watch as they said in Hill street blues be careful out thereOriginally Posted by oldoakknives
It's a brick wall? I assumed it was chest skin !!
You Scots are built different
Zips, cufflinks…not good! From personal experience seat belts are a hazard too. I think twice I’ve unclicked a seatbelt for it to flick up and hit onto a watch.
That watch is far too close to the wall for my liking…you live dangerously…I’d be walking with that arm tucked behind my back.
I do the arm thing! Used to have a really narrow brick staircase where I used to work. Watch was always tucked into my back or chest using it.Zips, cufflinks…not good! From personal experience seat belts are a hazard too. I think twice I’ve unclicked a seatbelt for it to flick up and hit onto a watch.
That watch is far too close to the wall for my liking…you live dangerously…I’d be walking with that arm tucked behind my back.
I thought it was his belly!
The only thing I scratched was my head.
I’m confused. How does a cufflink contact the watch?
Yeah, maybe not all cufflinks I guess. I’ve had the chain type leave the cuff slightly open and a remote possibility of metal in contact with watch…I’m just paranoid of any metal close to my watch!
Last edited by Christian; 23rd April 2025 at 22:12.
Ah yes - I inherited a pair like that from my grandfather but thankfully I only wear them at the very formal stuff. Now I think of it though, I did once have a colleague who wore cufflinks through standard single cuffs, not cinching the cuffs but poking the link through as one might a button, I’m sure that had the potential to do a bit of damage….
Oh. I thought brass was softer than steel. Guess I’ll need to be more careful.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Three days. I spent three days trying to work out what the picture was of. It’s just clicked.
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I still don’t get it. Except I thought it was borderline illegal?
“ Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.” HHGTTG
I suspect if you rubbed a brass zip on a stainless steel bracelet you could get scratches despite the relative hardness of the metals. I’m no metallurgist but I’d guess that any microscopic dirt on either of the surfaces will act as an abrasive to scratch. Hardness alone would suggest sapphire crystals are scratchproof to everything other than diamond, but I’m sure I’ve seen pictures of watch crystals with scratches on them?
Water can cut steel, it’s never just the relative hardness that matters.
It's a tool watch.
The first scratch is the deepest (as the song should have said); everything after that is patina, character, experience, life.
Also metal buttons on cuffs of jackets. I put a felt pad on the inside part of the button.
Ever heard of NATO rash, nylon strap on stainless steel caseback?
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Over time perhaps with continual movement. Not as a one off.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I have used brass scrapers to remove excess solder from joints between two stainless steels. They never marked the steel.I suspect if you rubbed a brass zip on a stainless steel bracelet you could get scratches despite the relative hardness of the metals. I’m no metallurgist but I’d guess that any microscopic dirt on either of the surfaces will act as an abrasive to scratch. Hardness alone would suggest sapphire crystals are scratchproof to everything other than diamond, but I’m sure I’ve seen pictures of watch crystals with scratches on them?
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Fair enough but I’ve previously owned enough Rolex with scratched polished centre links to know that in the real world there is more at play than the relative hardness of the materials.
Looking at a PCL can make it scratch!Fair enough but I’ve previously owned enough Rolex with scratched polished centre links to know that in the real world there is more at play than the relative hardness of the materials.
Am I missing something here as I only see the bracelet end and the rest is folded under?
I will go back happily and look again.
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Zips can scratch.
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Is this an optical illusion or my age?
I can't see a thing scratch wise.
Yep, had that on a Tudor BB58. Wore it almost every day for a year on the Tudor NATO and it left an imprint of the weave on the caseback.
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