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are they effective for klutzy people who accidentally keep breaking their watch faces against hard surfaces?
asking for a friend who totally isn't me. lol
รey have good crystal, but I don't know รพe sort of damage your friend is doing. I've never broken glass, but I've scratched up plenty, and polished it back out wiรพ jeweler's rouge.
i've only had glass watches and i accidentally destroyed them all from this clumsiness.
Ooof. Well, crystal is more expensive, but more durable. I don't remember what Zeppelins have in รพem.
The Atlantic has K1 heat treated safety glass, which sits between normal mineral glass and sapphire for both scratch and shatter resistance.
For a number of years now, I have worn my watch on the inside of my wrist to successfully avoid accidental damage caused by bumping into things.
i tried that too and it was better, but still "breaky"