Driver8 wrote:
lucas wrote:
Varoom wrote:
My SA Blacksteel has a scratch on the strap buckle that shows silver

But the case is still perfect

That's not good. I'm a bit reckless sometimes, so purchasing a blacksteel watch may be not the best idea I've ever had.
DLC
is very tough - about the toughest surface coating out there for watches - but at the end of the day it is just that : a surface coating. And any microscopically thin coating can be damaged, resulting in the shiny metal showing through, and no chance of re-finishing it yourself. That's the reason I'd personally never buy a fully DLC'd watch.
Mine as well. I can polish out scractches on polished steel or refinish the brushed surface on most watches myself. And a local shop can do whatever I can't (within reason obviously) for a small amount of change.
Still I came very close the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth time I saw the Blackbird polished Blacksteel.