Watches - another OCD problem
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Tiffany's Nautilus #1, sold at auction to benefit the Nature Conservancy … $6,503,500!
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Even the regular model is (was) beyond me, unless for flipping. This one's price beat all the estimates I'd seen before.
I admit I've been fascinated by the Nautilus for a while and I actually genuinely like that one. At this point, I'm most interested in how Tiff' decides to sell the watches. It's clearly a play by LVMH to rebuild the brand, which has become a bit dusty. I think the right business decision would be to handpick every single one of the 169 remaining lucky numbers for maximum exposure & coolness, irrespective of their Tiffany seniority as customers.
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Unimatic U4
This beauty was under the tree yesterday and I’m pretty happy with it. The OG strap is ok, but I think this kangaroo NATO fits it perfectly.
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After 2,5 years with my Blue Pelagos they fell off during RTG check at the AirPort, at first I was crazy mad but then I said to myself, WTF now it’s really my watch with THE STORY
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The watch
sorry my English, fell to the ground and a saphire got a dent on 9 -
Unimatic is nice. I like the dial
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The watch
sorry my English, fell to the ground and a saphire got a dent on 9You’ll always know it’s yours. I have a fine scratch on the sapphire of my Explorer I. I can always ID it that way.
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You scratched a sapphire crystal? That's impressive.
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You scratched a sapphire crystal? That's impressive.
From my understanding, most scratches on sapphire crystals are not in the glass itself. Sapphire crystals are extremely light reflective. For better visibility, they are covered with an AR coating, to reduce glare. Unless scratched with a harder substance(diamond, for example), most scratches are to that coating.
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Not a materials science expert, but I think the harder (more scratch resistant) something is, typically the more brittle it is. So, the sapphire may have been chipped and not scratched, especially since it was a drop.
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You scratched a sapphire crystal? That's impressive.
I’ll try to capture it when I have better lighting. It is very faint but present. Not sure I can feel it with my fingernail but I’ll check. I wore this watch a ton in the OR and have hit it plenty of times on hospital beds/my machine, etc so it has been loved. I haven’t worn it in a while because it needs a cleaning and I haven’t figured out who I trust with it.
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From my understanding, most scratches on sapphire crystals are not in the glass itself. Sapphire crystals are extremely light reflective. For better visibility, they are covered with an AR coating, to reduce glare. Unless scratched with a harder substance(diamond, for example), most scratches are to that coating.
A lot of manufacturers put the AR on the underside for that very reason. That seems less effective, though. I have a few watches that are supposed to be anti-reflective coated on the bottom, but you'd never know it.
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I tried to make a bigger detail
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Thanks guys for support but I tried many materials to scratch it off with no positive result. Unfortunately, I can feel a dent with my nail
