The Breitling Watch Source Forums

I recently noticesd a tiny tiny miniscule scratch on the crystal on my SA. When I send it in for servicing will they fix the crystal?

The crystal is fine, its a scratch on the anti-reflective coating. Unfortunately, they cannot re-coat the crystal and the only option is to replace it completely (costs a couple of hundred bucks).

_________________
-RJ

Cost me 225$, after a little haggling
Full replacement, only solution

_________________
Rolex DeepSea, GMT Master II TT, Pres 18038, DJ TT 16013
Breitling Chronomat 39mm (bullet+UTC), Starliner SS/MOP (wife)

back with ROLEX

Thanks for the response guys. Sucks that I would have to replace it. It is a tiny scratch and I suppose I can live with it. A related questions, I have banged and scratched the SA over the year, curious as to whether they polish these out?

Thanks again all!

They will polish the watch with a full service - the $450 or so one, not with a basic service.

If you do get a full service, when you receive the watch back from Breitling it will look BRAND NEW. They do an incredible job!

_________________
"I don't own any watches, I just lease them"

Awesome!!!

Thanks for the info guys!

Yes they do! A fantastic job on my Skyracer. Brand new.

_________________
SHARKMAN

Someone correct me, if i am wrong, but i believe you can also get the AR coating removed - that should get rid of your problem...and could be a lot cheaper as well.

You just won't have an AR coating anymore - at least not on that side of the glass..

Well yes you can remove the AR coating yourself with a polishing compound (Cape Cods will do it), but the AR serves a decent purpose so removing it may not be the best option.

_________________
Driver8

Site Moderator

I've heard, and seen on my watches with double AR, that the outer coating collects smudges very well. You might even like not having the outer coating. Give it a shot!

_________________
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” - Albert Einstein

so does the AR coating protect the dial and hands? or is does it purely allow one better visibility when the sun is out?

It doesn't protect anything, it just reduces reflections.

Yea, besides, it can always be removed, but id prefer AR with a little scratch than no AR at all.

_________________
-RJ

I couldn't agree more, but I guess it's personal choice and for some people the under crystal AR is sufficient - after all, that's all that many brands do because of the risk of scratching outer AR.