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: I have looked at five Speedmaster Pros at
: different dealers and they all had
: scratches. There was one covered in plastic,
: even it had light scratches on its hesalite
: crystal. Is this normal for hesalite ?
Ideally the crystal should not be scratched when it comes from the factory, but hesalite does scratch very easily. It is an acrylic polymer (plastic), so it isn't nearly as hard or scratch resistant as a sapphire crystal. I could see how display models could get scratched from handling, but I'm surprised that a watch with the protective plastic on it was scratched.
In any event, hesalite is very scratch-prone but it is also very easy to polish the scratches out. If you buy a watch from an AD who has a watchmaker on staff, just ask him to polish the crystal for you. It should only take a minute or two. On the other hand, model 3573.50 has a sapphire crystal and a sapphire see-through caseback (hence the term "sapphire sandwich"). This model does retail for $780 more than the standard hesalite model, though, and the original Moon Watch had the hesalite crystal because it was shatter-proof. Sapphire crystals are very difficult to scratch but they will shatter if dropped onto a hard surface.
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