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Mark,
After reading your response a few messages back, I took your advice and purchased the items from Frei and Borel. I've got to tell you, I was very pleased with the results. I have had my SMP since Feb.2000 and watched as more and more scratches appeared. I purchased both the medium and the fine bar, and once I had completed the job the watch really did look like new and not "artificially polished". Thanks again for the excellent advice.

Phil

: With regard to scuffs and scratches, this is my
: standard post on this subject. The results
: are easy to obtain and will result in
: minimal metal loss.

: Some people use Scotch Brite, but in my view
: Scotch Brite is very coarse and will leave
: noticeable swirl marks under a variety of
: lighting conditions. Others use very fine
: sand paper. I believe that sandpaper could
: take off more metal than necessary.

: In addition to the suggestion below, a pen
: eraser is sometimes effective for very minor
: marks created by rubbing the clasp against a
: hard surface such as plastic. Its a lot of
: work though, and IMO not usually worth the
: effort.

: My solution for the removal of scratches was
: the purchase of a fine Satin Finish Bar,
: item FB-1103 from Frei and Borel on the TZ
: Tool shop. (www.timezone.com). Its around 10
: dollars (USD). It is a hard sponge-like
: impregnated rubber block and I've had
: excellent results with it. For deeper
: scratches use their medium satin bar first.
: Its more abrasive. Finish up with long,
: slow, straight lines with the fine bar. The
: finish you'll get is extremely close to when
: new and should be a major improvement. Be
: careful not to touch the crystal with it. Do
: not use on polished surfaces, only brushed.
: Also be careful of the engravings on the
: clasp.

: The medium bar, and the fine bar to a lesser
: extent, is abrasive and continued use will
: take off metal over time.

: The following is their text: 'This
: abrasive-impregnated rubber block provides
: the kind of brushed and satin finishes seen
: from the factory. I have never been able to
: reproduce it with any other abrasive of any
: type. The block, or squared pieces cut from
: it, should be used in very straight, light,
: even, uni-directional strokes over the
: entire length of the surface. Blow the
: surface free of debris between strokes for the
: most even finish. This is an indispensable
: product for those refinishing brushed and
: satined surfaces'

: FB-1103

: $10.60

: Mark