how do i get the scratches out of my watch?

Question

i have a seiko watch, and the metal band and housing (bezzle) is getting scratched up, and theres a scratch on the face, i know it a real seiko, but it stil got some small scratches. i dont feel like taking it to a jewler for him to do somthing that i can do myself, and charge me for it, i have an ipod cleaning kit, can i use that? and hod do i get the back off, theres a piece of dirt on the inside of the glass.

Answer 1

Take it to a jeweler and to see how much it would cost, it may not cost that much...I've got a Seiko for Christmas back in '84 still have it and it runs great, I take it to a jeweler for everything.....Good luck!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Depends on the material the watch is made of. I have a Cartier that is made of stainless steel. Every 2 years I take it in to get serviced and they basically sand it down which takes all the scratches off. As for the face there is nothing you can do other than replace it. I recommend getting a watch with a sapphire face that doesn't scratch.

Answer 4

I use to repair watches. If it were a more expensive watch then I would say don't mess with it, but for a Seiko just pop the back off with a knife or you might have to screw it off. The movement should come out rather easily (I doubt it, but you might need to unscrew the crown first). Mess with it however you want, you're not going to break the bezzle or other outer parts. Your ipod kit won't hurt it. You can get a new crystal (as long as it is quartz, not saphire) for like $12 from a watch store, or you can get some glass filler from a eye glasses of watch store and fill in the scratches with a q-tip. The bezel is going to be hard to buff out yourself, but you can try. I would try bringing just the bezel down to a professional.....it might cost less than if you brought the whole watch. I hope that this helps.

Answer 5

The crystal (face of the watch) has to be changed and the dirt removed.You could do it yourself but I,d recommend a jeweler or a watch repair shop which is cheaper.Ask the watch repair person if they know what can buff the scratches out of the band or should you buy another band?

Answer 6

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how do i get the scratches out of my watch?
i have a seiko watch, and the metal band and housing (bezzle) is getting scratched up, and theres a scratch on the face, i know it a real seiko, but it stil got some small scratches. i dont feel like taking it to a jewler for him to do somthing that i can do myself, and charge me for it, i have an...

Answer 7

There are products used for scratch repair for things like eyeglasses and watch faces. They aren't THAT expensive and can usually be found at your local Wal Mart or similar type store. Something I use for slightly scratched CDs is Rain-X. It makes water slide right off by filling in all the imperfections and smoothing out the surface of the glass. This might work for watches too.
Since you want to remove all the parts and get to the inside of the face, you just might be better off taking it to a jeweler. If you want to maintain its water resistance or proofing, you MUST take it to a jeweler. A better quality jeweler will be the only one who has the right equipment to reseal it properly. Most of the ones you'd find in a mall will not even have the right equipment for this.

Answer 8

try a colgate toothpaste and an old toothbrush...it's not going to be quick, but this has been a trick of polishers for years for small jobs.

You need a polish with a bit of very fine abrasive material and a paste based toothpaste (not the gels) has the right size grit in it to get the scratches minimized.

Baking soda tootpaste will work very well too....we used to do that with car finishes, with glass, etc.

Answer 9

I have used Pledge.... it doesn't remove them but it hides them to the point where it looks pretty good. Brasso, metal polish, can be used on glass needs a lot of elbow
If scratches bother u then you can take it to a jeweler, or just buy a new band for your watch(es) that are affected, some you may be able to do yourself but a lot depends on the finish.
Fossils are relatively inexpensive watches so you have many options as far as replacing the band or the whole watch itself.

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Answer 10

you need to know what the case of the watch and the bezel are made of. also, what is the crystal made of. seiko uses 'Hardlex' which is a fancy name for a mineral glass for most of their watches but SOME are acrylic. you should only polish acrylic with a polymer product like Crystal Clear. (might be spelled with Ks)

If your watch case is gold-plated, or your bezel is enameled, DON'T polish it!!

The best advice i can give you about dirt inside is, send the watch to Coserv, Seiko's repair facility. How to open it? Depends on the case. Seiko has pressure backs, DON'T use a screwdriver! Use something dull, like a butter knife. Also hex backs... they need a special wrench. Sometimes diver cases have screws holding the backs on, but its kinda complicated unscrewing them without damaging the screws, so DON'T!

Once you get inside, you have to pull your crown to remove the movement to get at the dirt on the crystal... this isn't hard but there are a number of styles and I won't go into it here.

Are you discouraged, yet? You should be.

Answer 11

Well, I make knives, which means I have some polishing equipment most folks don't have at home. I got a scratch on my watch and used a flannel buffing wheel and what is called green chrome jewelers rouge. It will polish out the scratch and leave the face crystal clear. It works good on hazy crystals as well. If you have access to this type tool, use it with a very light touch and don't get the watch crystal hot. Better to take an hour or so than to ruin it. The green chrome rouge is what I use to take the white foggy haze out of a steel knife blade after mirror polishing it with 2000 grit diamond polish.