WARNING: Sapphire Screen Scratches!

Just a warning to those Apple Watch users that have the sapphire display and expect it to be as unscratchable as typical sapphire watch displays: It's not.


While showing a friend that the sapphire display doesn't scratch today, I took my pocket knife out of my pocket and used the blunt end of the nub that's used to flip the blade out and scraped it across the screen a little bit. Later in the day, I noticed scratches. I've tried everything to remove them, but they're permanent.


This means one of three things are possible:


1) There is a coating on the screens that even goo-gone can't remove (I tried, it didn't help. Scratches remain).

2) The knife that I used has a high-enough carbon rating that it ranks on diamond level and was able to actually scratch the screen. Unlikely since doing the same thing to a citizen watch I own with a sapphire display did not scratch it.

3) I received a Stainless Steel watch that accidentally was given a regular ion-x display.


Or, 4) These displays, while sapphire, aren't as pure as typical sapphire and scratched from something less hard than diamond?


At any rate, I am NOT pleased as you can imagine. Wanted people to know before they tried and scratched their watches too.


Here is the knife I used: http://www.crkt.com/M16-14-Titanium-Tanto-AutoLAWKS-Combo-Edge


Here is the video of the watch scratched: https://youtu.be/mzmg3rTuM2g


Here are some pictures of the scratch:

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Apple Watch, Other OS, 42mm Stainless Steel w/ Sport Band

Posted on Apr 30, 2015 11:51 PM

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Jul 20, 2017 5:37 AM in response to TheTrident

TheTrident wrote:


What does one trust more? All the positive Consumer Report tests, or the fact that many of us unintentionally managed to scratch the surface?

Consumer Reports, of course. They tested many, many watches. They record data carefully. They know what conditions things happened and under which they didn't.


No one is saying that the crystal is 100% scratch proof. It's unfortunate when you're one of the few people who damaged your watch. I'm sure it's very frustrating. However, it doesn't change the fact that, over all, the sapphire crystal is extremely scratch resistant.

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