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I treated myself last month to a yellow-faced titanium Seawolf Avenger with titanium strap at Mark Worthington, Wilmslow, Cheshire, I was waiting for the new steel model to come out but on comparison I did not like it, the yellow of the dial was too pale and it looked too "bling" (it was also too big on my wrist) so I went for the out going model which is much cooler in my opinion...

Anyway, with my old Tag F1 I would give it a polish with some Goddards silver polish which is a pink cream and it always came up nicely, any advice regarding titanium?

By the way, Mark Worthington's is an excellent retailer, most recommended.

The Ti on your Seawolf has a brushed finish so there are a couple of things you can use to fix up any scratches you may get. The first option is a fibreglass "pen" that is specifically designed for the job. Bergeon do one and as you'd expect it's excellent. However, it's only really good for small areas as the pen is quite small. A cheaper alternative (and better suited to large areas) is to use a green kitchen scouring pad. I believe they are called Scotchbrite in the States which you may have seen mentioned on here before. If you are careful and work in the direction of the brushing, then they work a treat. Other than that, just wash is regularly in cold to warm water and it'll be fine.

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Driver8

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Thank you, you helped with my question last time!

The Goddards silver polish seems to be pretty low abrasion and gives a "satin" like feel as the titanium is quite "dry" to the touch, can you see any issues with the occasional aplication?

Yes,

The problem is its a polish, its got very fine particles in it designed to abrade againsgt rough areas and gently smooth them out.
All Polishes by definition are abrasion pastes (just very mild abrasion) if they weren't they would not have a "polishing" effect and would be called cleaners. All metal polishes (and goddards is no exception) use abrasion to polish away oxides and polish out fine surface scratches.

Your titanium watch has a brushed (i.e. rough) finish made of small scratches left by the brushing process. A polish will abrade the roughness away and smooth it out.
If this was evenly done all over it might not look too bad (it would look different though), but what you will get using the polish is area's more polished and area's less polished so it will end up piebald.

Don't touch a brushed finish with anything labelled polish.

Use the fibreglass pen or Scotchbrite as recommended above and be careful to use them in s straight line that follows the original Breitling direction of brushing, don't use a polishing (circular) motion. What you will do in effect is repeat the original brushing process in the same direction which will re-scratch the surface in the same direction blending out any scratches at other angles.

If you must "clean" it just wash gently in still water (don't just stick it under the tap). You would be amazed at the presures you can get upto on a tap open fully!

Cheers,

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Ian
Ti/Yellow Gold Aerospace