Screen scratch - Recommendations?

[Chomp81]

Over the weekend, I was walking down the street when my wrist accidentally bumped into a stranger’s. It was a casual contact and I didn’t think much of it. However, she must’ve had a metal wristband or something because my Watch Series 10 has a noticeable scratch.

The functionality seems fine and is purely cosmetic. The photo makes it look worse than it actually is with the screen on.

I asked Apple for screen repair, which costs £295 and includes a full watch replacement. This is absurd, full replacement.

Considering a refurbished watch is £289, which is cheaper than the repair, it’s even more ridiculous. I could buy a refurbished watch and sell this one on CeX for £70.

I’m not keen on buying the Series 12 either as it seems it won’t have any worthwhile updates.

What do you recommend? Besides learning to live with the scratch.

Thanks! 🙂

 

[jz0309]

Over the weekend, I was walking down the street when my wrist accidentally bumped into a stranger’s. It was a casual contact and I didn’t think much of it. However, she must’ve had a metal wristband or something because my Watch Series 10 has a noticeable scratch.

The functionality seems fine and is purely cosmetic. The photo makes it look worse than it actually is with the screen on.

I asked Apple for screen repair, which costs £295 and includes a full watch replacement. This is absurd, full replacement.

Considering a refurbished watch is £289, which is cheaper than the repair, it’s even more ridiculous. I could buy a refurbished watch and sell this one on CeX for £70.

I’m not keen on buying the Series 12 either as it seems it won’t have any worthwhile updates.

What do you recommend? Besides learning to live with the scratch.

Thanks! 🙂

well, stuff happens unfortunately ...
Apple doesn't replace screens on the AW as it would impact water resistance, so that's why they only do a full refurb replacement ...
some people have reported here that putting on a screen protector resolved their issue, other than that, learn to live with it or get a replacement

 

[goldenmac2005]

If you feel confident doing it you can just replace the glass on the screen only. The glass on Amazon only costs around 5 dollars. There’s videos on YouTube on how to do it. It’s pretty tricky but doable. But it might impact water resistance.

 

[iStorm]

Get the LK screen protectors from Amazon. I have one on all the time and it's practically invisible. It may help hide the scratch.

 

[doogm]

On my first Series 2 - the only aluminum watch I've owned that I wore as a primary watch - after it got scratched like this, I found that putting on a screen protector hid the scratches really well. That said, after a few weeks they always started peeling off, so I ended up learning to live with it (and to but nothing but sapphire crystals from that point forward.)