Scratched watch face

I have had mine for one day and it’s already scratched. How can it be repaired?

If even the sapphire crystal screens are scratching, be sure that the plastic ones will.

Dude, your watch seems quite beat up to be honest. These are no micro scratches. How did you get to this point?

That’s great news man. I’m happy for you.

Same thing is happening with my apple watch. It's brand new, titanium, always really careful with it but there's this weird spider web thin scratches appearing all over the screen. I have my iPhone XS Max for a long time now, no scratches but the apple watch, for some unknown reason there's scratch showing up. I wear a jacket to work and it's soft. Is this a defect of the screen? It's really bizarre.

Inhave the same problem. Got a titanium version 3 weeks ago and i have same scratches as MVCanada, on the right side of my screen display.

what is wrong with this glass? On my apple watch series 2 i’ve never seen a single scratch, and i had that watch for almost 4 years, and here, in 3 weeks inhave multiple scratches.

even my wife, on her apple watch series 3 sport doesn’t have scratches like i do, and she owns that watch for more than a year.

i think Apple lied to us when they’ve said that the glass is sapphire, or the quality of sapphire is the “cheapest saphire like never before”

unfortunatley, the quality of the picture doesn’t show all of the scratches, and inam certain that the scratches come from the shirts that i weared, so that glass is verry sensible.

i mention that i never accident my watch, i was verry carefull with it.

i have watches with sapphire crystals and they don’t scratch in everyday use. My Apple Watch series 5 scratched within months of ordinary use. The display isn’t sapphire crystal. Here’s a picture of the watch face. I wiped it with a cleaning cloth I use for my eyeglasses so the smudges are actually scratches.

The description on the website says “ceramic and sapphire crystal back” . it doesn’t seem to make the same claims about the face.

Same thing happened with me, already got micro scratches on my watch face. It's something that you have to look at everyday and hurts when you have paid so much money for a device. Its also completely unfair for apple to ask for a large fee to help you. Not sure how to get rid of it, guess have to learn to live with it.

There is no “good” explanation, just excuses. It may be sapphire, but it sure scratches a lot more easily than the sapphire used on better “regular” watches, for reasons unexplained—either It is an inferior version of sapphire or there is a coating that scratches. What is the point of advertising “sapphire” if it scratches easily? The only reason I bought the stainless version was because of the perception that it would be more scratch resistant. It is not, and it is heavier to wear and more expensive. Not worth the extra $ in my opinion. I still like the watch, but feel mislead about the quality of the glass.

That may be true. I don’t see other responses, but in my opinion, aluminum or not, Apple has a responsibility to ensure their $500 watches are durable. I think the quality has fallen significantly since my first Apple Watch purchase. Admittedly, they have upgraded software and the hardware that powers it.

If we’re supposed to find shear enjoyment from Apple products, then shouldn’t they live up to Apple’s hype?

i bough this stainless steel in may 2020 and I thought since it’s a crystal screen, it would be better. But nope, I hade a normal digital watch for 7 yrs and no scratches. When I go for a apple appointment for my phone, I’ll ask if they can replace it under warranty.very stange

I don't think Apple is using sapphire glass exclusively but instead some short of blend that contains a fair amount of sapphire glass in it. Also, these watches have an oleophobic coating that is prone to micro scratching. Believe it or not, I have a micro scratch on mine, even though I've used a TPU case since day 1. I am quite convinced that I've accidentally banged it on something sharp since the case has a similar shaped scratch at the exact same spot where the screen scratch is. However, this doesn't make my sorrow any less, but I ve decided to live with it. I've been worrying way too much for many years about scratches on my iPhones and I don't want to live like that anymore. Just put on a panzer glass and you'll be fine, you ll never get to see the scratch again.

My series 5 Apple Watch was two weeks old when it picked up a deep scratch. I had a series 2 for years and it never scratched as deep. Is there any explanation for series 5’s scratching so badly?

I have the same problem, I have it less than a month ago and it is already scratched. I used to have a series 1 for years and it didn't go to this level. I hate it!

Real uncoated sapphire would never do this. Apple should fix it.