Acryl crystal, a scratch magnet?

[I-B]

I recent purchased a Timex Expedition and the acryl crystal is allready covered with hairscratches from wiping my crystal with my sleeves. It's strange cos i wear Swatches and other watches with acryl and they all remain without any scratch on the crystal. Timex claims that this is a rugged watch. Are there differences in the hardness of acryl? I can't unsee the hairscratches. Think i have to order a family pack polywatch...

[-JP]

I had a Casio with the crystal. It's a beater so I really don't care. It seems to get scratched if I just look at it.

[samael_6978]

Scratches on acrylic crystal give watches some character. I may be minority, but I like 'em.

[I-B]

Scratches on acrylic crystal give watches some character. I may be minority, but I like 'em.

[skywatch]

Yeah, not all acrylic is created equal. I don't know what Casio uses, but it's really strong. I'm used to treating my vintage watches with care, and the Polywatch certainly comes in handy. I guess Timex decided to save a few pennies and go with the soft stuff.

[FuzzyB]

The hardness of acrylic can vary quite a bit. I've had Swatches that are very resistant to scratches and other watches with acrylic crystals that scratch very easily. As with everything, there is a tradeoff involved. Harder, more scratch resistant acrylic is more likely subject to cracking or shattering.

[Donf]

I recent purchased a Timex Expedition and the acryl crystal is allready covered with hairscratches from wiping my crystal with my sleeves. It's strange cos i wear Swatches and other watches with acryl and they all remain without any scratch on the crystal. Timex claims that this is a rugged watch. Are there differences in the hardness of acryl? I can't unsee the hairscratches. Think i have to order a family pack polywatch...

Anyone with a number of acrylic crystals should forego the time consuming use of polywatch. I've used it and it takes minutes to clean up a crysrtal.
This takes less than 15 seconds, including the time to brush off the dust.


(I can't believe I'm the only person who uses a dental lathe to polish watch crystals!)

[KennethRSloan]

I have a 5yo Fossil which immediately starting picking up horrible deep scratches. Polywatch didn't make a dent in it. Time for a new crystal, I think.

It didn't help that I wore it much too loose for a long time, so that it rotated to the bottom of my wrist and collided early and often with my laptop.

Now, the bracelet is properly sized, so I won't repeat that disaster.

[Nokie]

Learn to become one with Polywatch....

[OrangeSport]

None of mine (Omega, Seiko and Accurist) have been anywhere near as bad as I would have thought..