EASY & CHEAP - How to Remove, Polish and Buff Out Scratches From Acrylic Watch Crystal 

I buffed with the apple and ate the toothpaste.

I've done lot of sanding and polishing -- you need to work from coarse to fine abrasives. With that block #1 "Even out" is the roughest. use that all over, especially on the deepest scratches until they are gone or greatly reduced. Then move to the higher numbered (finer) one and work each of these in sequence.

Oleg, you saved me! I'm a long time subscriber and viewer. I took pictures to sell my Amphibia yesterday and as I was walking in my house I scuffed the bezel. I ran to the dollar store and bought the same nail buffer block that you had and the scratch came out and is barely noticeable. Also, coincidentally, we use the same toothpaste... wanna be best friends?... wanna do karate in the garage? (Stepbrothers movie quote, excuse me) Anyway-- Thanks, man!

You gave me the confidence to do this, and it turned out great! Thanks.

I just started and tried the tooth paste first and it worked brilliantly. Thank you for the idea. I didnt have to do any of the nail file stuff or anything. If your watch just has a slight haze, id just try to polish it with a slight amount of tooth paste first, if it doesnt work, then try the other steps. The best part is, now my watch is minty fresh! lol

Thank you so much! You have saved me a lot of time in trying to fix it without any knowledge and tips, and your video was very easy to understand :) My love for my first ever watch I bought myself, Casio AE-1000W has been re-discovered. God bless you sir

Worked like a charm on an old Casio Wave Ceptor I inherited from my dad. Terrible looking watch, but for the sentimental value I tried to make it look as nice a possible. The acrylic glass looks much better now. Thanks!!

I appreciate your sense of humour, nice video too

Thank you for the useful lesson. Also, nice watch. You should do a video about it.

It actually worked! Thank you so much!

I followed your process and it worked..my Orient solar focus is in tip top condition after I removed 2 fine scratches from the crystal glass. 😇

Just tried this on an old watch I've had forever. Totally worked and looks really good! Thanks for the tip!!

An apple a day, keeps the scratches away 🍎⌚

very nice information. Thank you

Wow, that is amazing, it looks fantastic. Thank you for another great video :)

The apple adds a nice finishing touch. Thank you!

Nice! Thanks for the tip.

You are right. There are several effective methods of polishing acrylic crystals ie, Brasso, rubbing compounds, and others. Your method is at least as good as these. Thanks.

And don't forget to glue the indices back on at the two o'clock position it will look even better regards

Voila, Bravo, brilliant, I have seen many boring, loud, useless, uninformative and noisy videos recently as I dabble with watches, but yours is the absolute best!!! I did think the special ingredient was going to be humorous and I was right! I had a good chuckle, I really want to do this, but should I try it with a friend's watch first? Aha?

Went very well, thank you

Will give it a go

Thanks also liked the apple part.

I am not sure about the first three ingredients but 4th one REALLY works.

Haha dude that trick with apple worked! Thanks :)

The only tutorial video I've find in the entire Internet with humor. Thank you.

You can get the stuff you have there but a few things I would substitute. If you have a Walmart around somewhere near you then go to automotive and pick up the 36 packs of micro fiber cloths and make sure when you get them home to store them in a zip lock bag. Keeps the dust off of them or anything else . When you pull one out and use it then put that one in a separate zip lock bag. These micro fiber towels or cloths will not go through a washing machine without picking up lint and other particles so basically they can no longer be used on watches. As for polish that really works and is cheaper in the long run than toothpaste is Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish . This also works well on polishing the rest of the watch along with the acrylic crystal. It is a very soft abrasive that helps to treat as well as refinish you watches. It is way cheaper than Polywatch as well. Toothpaste does work well but it can also turn clear acrylic yellow in time. Something in the toothpaste does this. Just my opinion.. Oh and the nail buffer is a brilliant idea that I also use. I at one time would purchase Bergeon clean up sticks or micro sanding sticks. But these are basically the same as a nail buffer but they cost well over a nail buffers price. Sometimes buying the actual product designed for watches just is over priced for what it is. Somethings you just shouldn6try and save money on are tweezers ,Screwdrivers and lubricants. You really should stick with Moebius lubricants, Dumont or quality antimagnetic tweezers and a decent set of screwdrivers. Cheap screwdrivers may cost you a bunch in the end. The blades twist and sometimes slip gouging your movement. It is better to go onto Ebay and purchase quality used tweezers and screwdrivers. Unfortunately when it comes to lubricants there is just no way around paying the costs. But remember the products you buy from them most likely will last a lifetime.

Thanks for a great video. I think brass or silver polish might also do the job instead of toothpaste.

Toothpaste may work on acrylic crystal but on mineral or Sapphire use diamond paste! It worked well on mine for micro swirls. Cheers mate

That's a nice watch as well!

Great video man!

Great video, specially apple part 😏...love your videos...

You got a new sub for the apple part 😂♥️ And definitely copying your method to polish my dads watch. Thank you.

Cool video. It earned my subscription 💪🏾

I buffed the apple then eat the crystal.

i just use polishing paste with the ear sticks, and works perfectly fine for me. i polish both glass and metal case on my pocket watch

Working so good on my dads old swatch irony diphane automatic

The apple was the best part! Nice video thank you

Love the apple part.....😁😁😁

Great job !!!!

Comments are Great And the Video is Fantastic !!!!

your apple secret made me subscribe it …good job ,,lot of my watches need this process 😊

Great video and good luck with your channel!

Very good jop thank you 👍👍

bro THANK you SO MUCH

apple is the secret recipe. good job bro

This works!!!

I REALLY LIKED THE APPLE PART,HOWEVER I HAD GUESSED IT BEFORE YOU MENTIONED

Funny thing since yesterday i did the same thing - watchmaker did few scratches on my swatch while removing links from the bracelet and i read on swatch website it can be easily polished with a toothpaste. Great video, thanks

Nice work Oleg 👍

With apple skin you can make it shiny even more! Fine polished

Haha love you man, the apple 🍏 was the cherry on the cake, nice work, thank you for this idea, someone will appreciate a lot more their new Vostok once I give it a bit of glam for the cristal! Cheers

Very good ,

thanks

Thank God I saw the entire video before going out to get an organic apple

Thanks 4 this

very nice video but what if i do not have that 4 sided nail grit/sand paper? i only have 2 sided wooden stick filer.

i didnt even clean my watch but i still liked this video because of the nice snack idea :)

Used the same kind of technique to Polish out deep scratches in my sons fossil beater. Used cerium oxide instead of tooth paste. Took ages but it was a definite improvement.

🤣 I knew about the apple! Good work !

Very useful video, Oleg! Impressive results. One question, though: Is it OK if I use an orange instead of an apple? I've never done this kind of procedure before, and want to make sure I get it right. Thanks!

Does it work on a Swatch ?

Nice

Thank you so much for your useful video, do you think they also workwell on "hardlex crystal "from Seikos?

Hi Oleg, I bought a second hand ingersholl that was made in 2010 not a vintage but the dial is tarished, is there a method if any to clean a dial the numerals are painted on so that may be an issue thanks 😊

Item no 4 is the foundation lol! Tq its helpful

Hi there! Can I follow the same method to remove scratches from my f91w-1q?

This is going to save me a fortune on polywatch.

Lol got me with the apple

I have a question for you; will it work on a glossy plastic phone back panel? Thanks.

does this process work in all kinds of watch glasses?pls response tnx in advance

Does it also work on mineral glass? For example, Seiko 5 from 80s? Tnx

Can we do with glass? Thanks

Ok guys so here is what i just tried. I used 2500 grid sand paper put it on a sanding machine (it offers a great surface, if you dont have one i recomend puting it in a rubery surface that will try to adapt to the acrilic round form) its very important to cover the rest of the watch wit tape so we dont sand the rest of the watch. Put some drops of water on the sand paper and sand away. Make sure to remove the water when it gets white ish and ad clean water again. Keep going till satified with your surface. Now you sand the acrilic again but this time dont ad water and make sure that its dry, make sure tu use the part of the sand paper that is the most worn out and you will be left with a near polished finish. Lastly use some car polish so the finish last longer. Hope this helps, i just restored a watch from years ago and im pleased with the results

I like the apple.

Would this technique work on a Mineral Crystal?

I like your watch. 5 jewels made in Gt Britain.

The best part was of Apple at the end... 😄

Can you mention the number of grits in the sandpaper tool. We cannot get the nail item you used

hahaha non organic apple would work! Love your videos.

Can we use this method for glasses

Honestly i liked and subscribe only for that Apple trick!

How can I rub out some minor scuffs from a vintage seadweller?

Love the apple part you sure deserve it :-)

I used the same type of buffer but used all 4 sides, starting out with most course to shine, didnt use toothpaste, watch crystal turned out great !! Nice vide and thanks.

The apple! Ha ha! You got me!

i did not know that anyone knows for nail polishing pads trick 😂 im using it for ages 👍

I've heard that you can use brasso but I'm not sure if it would work

damn, an apple a day kept me watching your videos all day

Would poly watch work?

05:38 Best part.

I had a brand new watch and my son scratched it. I went through the process but it made it worse. I don’t know if I am doing it right.

Could I use 1500 or 2000 wet sand paper?

how long will it lasts? 3 days? 1 week?

i have a non waterproof watch is this method safe?

I also have a Smiths watch, and to reply to a previous comment, it is not a budget watch, but the last of the watches made in UK, google it, do you know the history of your watch Oleg, mine is a Smith Deluxe approx 1953-54 I think, 15 jewels manual wind

What does the watch crystal mean

well, i have the toothpaste. everything else i need to go get

I had 2 deep and long scratches on my Tag Heuer. I started with double sided nail sanding filer. It really messed up the whole glass. I kept going untill scratches started disappearing, then I followed this video instruction and ended up with olive oil (tooth paste didnt do anything) . Watch looks like brand new.

Ok, How do I find out what type of Crystal my watch has?