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ts3 · 25 April 2024, 10:03 PM

An AD polished my IWC beater of 20+ years against my wish in the course of a repair job. Among other things they added polished bevels on the lugs that that IWC never had (but current ones have). According to IWC the poor watch was polished like a Rolex which some of you may find is a good thing. LOL... And it still didn't work properly. Arggh...

In the end I decided to have IWC sort out the mess. They needed two tries for the movement and tried to correct the AD polish job. Definitely better but clearly not as sharp as before. Whenever I wore the watch I wasn't happy. I just don't see the point of ever polishing a tool watch. It came down to selling vs getting a new midcase. The messed up one was the second one already as the watch (and I) had a climbing mishap years ago. Decided to get the new midcase. Expensive but the right call for me and my beater. The watch looks sharp again and puts a smile on my face as it should be.

25 April 2024, 10:03 PM	#17
ts3 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Europe Posts: 3,251	A story about polishing... An AD polished my IWC beater of 20+ years against my wish in the course of a repair job. Among other things they added polished bevels on the lugs that that IWC never had (but current ones have). According to IWC the poor watch was polished like a Rolex which some of you may find is a good thing. LOL... And it still didn't work properly. Arggh... In the end I decided to have IWC sort out the mess. They needed two tries for the movement and tried to correct the AD polish job. Definitely better but clearly not as sharp as before. Whenever I wore the watch I wasn't happy. I just don't see the point of ever polishing a tool watch. It came down to selling vs getting a new midcase. The messed up one was the second one already as the watch (and I) had a climbing mishap years ago. Decided to get the new midcase. Expensive but the right call for me and my beater. The watch looks sharp again and puts a smile on my face as it should be.