You guys, your worst fears have been realised, and unfortunately I have to live the nightmare myself..
I woke up one morning to check my watch (which I hadn't been wearing all night) to find a scratch in the top right corner. Whilst small this scratch is so horribly visible. The scratch reveals a dull grey plastic underneath. My £200 pound watch now appears to be extremely unattractive, cheap and the worst part is there seems to be nothing I can do about it.
I have tried everything I can to try to cover up the scratch, i spent around £10 buying different silver sharpies and permanent markers to try to cover these scratches. All of these did not work and some made it look even worse. Luckily they all wiped off and the watch is still in it's original scratched state. It looks horrible and I feel very ripped off.
I do not believe I can return this item now; I have contacted the seller via amazon and a week later and no reply, I have called sony and they have said there is little they can do except purchase a new strap, but they're not selling the metal straps individually yet!!
it's really terrible, what can I do? I am so heartbroken because I really loved this watch, i really really did. It was great and all of a sudden it's not scratched, I don't even remember it being scratched, it looks awful now, so cheap looking, cost me a lot of money and I'm not made of it.
Please can someone help me I am so down about this.
I would spend £30 on a new strap but they don't sell them! Dx
attached is a pic of the scratched watch.
Sorry to hear about your accident.
My suggestion is to remove the core and if possible, the band as well, and use spray paint. If you try to cover the scratch itself with dab of paint or marker, you won't succeed unless you can get a perfect colour match.
Try to get the spray paint that matches the band as close as possible, but even if it's not perfect it should be better than seeing the scratch. The uniformity of the paint on the front surface should make it look a lot better.
If you can't remove the band, then just cover it up with masking tape, along with other parts that you may not want the spray paint to adhere. Also, you may want to give the surface to be painted a light sanding first so that the new paint job will stick and not scratch off easily.
N.B. I have not performed this procedure myself and I can't guarantee that the result will be to your satisfaction. If you wish to proceed with this guide/advice, please do so at your own risk.