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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:06 am

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How careful do I have to be using a Cape Cod cloth on my watch? (Coral Dial SuperOcean w/ polished Pro II bracelet) Is it okay to let it touch the face? That is, can I polish the bezel with it as well or should I just stick to the bracelet?

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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:35 am

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I have a shino cloth and I haven't scratched my Steelfish crystal. But I am careful around the crystal and try not to use the abrasive side too much. I don't think a light buff would hurt it, but there are other ways to clean the glass. I use the outer cloth that's not impregnated with rouge. I feel it's better to be safe than sorry.

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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:14 am

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Use a micro fibre to clean the crystal and I juse the eye wear lens cleaner to clean the AR coated crystal.

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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:31 am

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If you rub the crystal with the cape cod cloth it will slowly wear out the AR coating since it is a very fine abrasive. Might take a lot of rubbing so you should be okay if you get a bit on there, but just dont make a habit of it. I know rubbing other polishing compounds such as Flitz and Metal Glo, etc will remove the AR coating... The Cape Cod is likely no different.

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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:35 am

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breitlingsource wrote:

I have read elsewhere that Cape Cods do indeed remove AR as long as you put enough effort it. Therefore it's safe to assume that over time, even fairly gentle use could result in damage to the AR. Best not to get any on the crystal if you can help it at all.

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