Scratched the clasp - Help!

[bigrich4]

Afternoon all, well yesterday after nearly 10 months of being careful, I've only gone and managed to scratch the clasp on my SMP. I'm pretty gutted as it's deep enough for me to stick my finger nail into and it runs pretty much the width of the clasp. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get it sorted?

Cheers!

[Podie]

A professional should be able to polish is out.

[bobbybee]

that deep, it'll probably need skimming and refinishing.
To complete the job properly, you would have to do the whole clasp, and would loose the 'Seamaster Professional' engraving.

I think a replacement would be needed. You see quite a few in eBay at reasonable prices

[AndrewWF]

bigrich4 said:

Afternoon all, well yesterday after nearly 10 months of being careful, I've only gone and managed to scratch the clasp on my SMP. I'm pretty gutted as it's deep enough for me to stick my finger nail into and it runs pretty much the width of the clasp. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get it sorted?

Cheers!

The clasp can easily be refinished, and even a light rebrushing will remove the tell-tale shine of the score mark, even if the indentation isn't removed completely.

Come service time, the watch will be refinished anyway, so my advice would be to ignore it if you can, and have it looked at when the whole watch is spruced up. The clasp will always take knocks and scratches and is fairly well hidden, so it would be, if you can bear it, sensible to just let it be!

Watchfinder is an Omega Certified Service Centre if you do decide you want to have the clasp refinished.

[Disastrous]

I presume it's impossible to avoid scratching a metal clasp or steap assuming you actually use and wear the thing. Worry not, IMO.

[bigrich4]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I'm just going to have to grin and bear it until I get it serviced. I suppose that getting it scratched was going to happen eventually anyway!

[Vvroom]

bigrich4 said:

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I'm just going to have to grin and bear it until I get it serviced. I suppose that getting it scratched was going to happen eventually anyway!

Exactly. It's a nightmare when it happens, but it WILL happen sooner or later.

They are meant to be worn after all.

[Animal]

My watch has tons of scratches and scuffs, each one is a reminder of something - mostly that I'm a clumsy spud when I've had a few!