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I can see where this thread is going, so--let me try again
Feb 17, 2021,17:39 PM
This is not about whether scratches happen or don't. Or should we live with scratches or not... Please forget that.
It's about--what do you imagine Rolex's intention was--when creating a surface so sensitive to even a microfiber's puffy soft touch--would create swirls--let alone scratches...
I realize no one can "answer" this. No one here is Rolex.
But, for example, my UN Blue Surf has PCL's ... yet after easily 10 years... their surface is barely scratched to the naked eye... isn't that interesting? A very similar mirror polished link...
Rolex has presumably--intentionally--?--created a surface SO SENSITIVE to ANY TOUCH--that it literally can not remain un-swirled or unscratched if worn or ever even wiped with a microfiber...
This same polished center link---is on Daytona, Yachtmaster, Datejust, Milgauss, Skydweller... etc... a majority of their watches...
Is it merely about the first impression?
Rolex is such an ingenious, careful, methodical, indomitable brand--they can't possibly have done this accidentally or not known the nature of the metal's surface.
So I ask--what do you imagine could be the reasoning? Certainly Rolex could have created a polished surface less susceptible to scratches? WHY??