IWC Portuguese F.A. Jones IW544202 Round Stainless Steel Case Midsize Watch

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Horology 101 - SS
Stainless steel (SS) is an alloy made primarily of iron, nickel, and a minimum of 10% chromium. There are 15 commonly used grades of SS out of 150+ varieties. Watch cases use less than a handful of these with the necessary combination of tensile strength, hardness, formability, corrosion resistance, and cosmetic appearance. 300 series alloys have the best mix of these traits. Other series alloys may excel in one area but are deficient in others. For instance, 400 series alloys are more corrosion resistant but sacrifice durability and finish. Here's a polished SS Breitling on the left and a brushed SS Daniel JeanRichard on the right:316L is non-magnetic and the most widely used SS grade in the watchmaking industry. It can be hardened by annealing, meaning the product is heated to 1010 - 1120˚C and then cooled rapidly in a liquid solution. 316L differs from most other SS because molybdenum is added to improve resistance to pitting and corrosion. The L stands for low carbon - less th

Buying from Amazon.com
hello all. So i was recently looking in a department store at a Tissot v 8. Regular price was $425 but they had a sale running and it would have made it like $345 after tax. i told her i would think about it and she took my name and number and said if she didnt see me by the last day of the sale she would call me and see if i was still interested. While sitting home later that night i was on Amazon and they had it for $265 with free shipping, sold by Amazon and not a 3rd party. Well at that price i couldnt say no, and bought it. So today i called the store i was in and spoke to the woman and said i was no longer interested. she asked why and i told her. She said she hopes it works out for me since all of amazon's watches are refurbished and thats why their prices are so low. Refurbished??? can anyone tell me if this is true??? it doesnt state that the watch is refurbished, and i would think that is important.

Can you scratch a watch...
if you wiped it with a shirt? I'm asking because I've just had a gold watch polished and I'm afraid if I used my shirt to wipe off the fingerprints it might leave marks on it. Cleaning a stainless steel one like that I don't think is a problemI hope.

AD visit and what they had...
They had a total of 4 of these. Platinum Daytona, RG Daytona, Smurf and YG Sub. Lesson being buy them when you see them.