2012 Big Pillot Top Gun Perpetual...scratches

I have had my watch for about two months now and I can assure you it is my absolute favorite in my collection. However one thing I have noticed is how easy the ceramic case is scratched, strangely the scratches show up as white even though I would have thought that the ceramic was a uniform black color throughout. This is a real disappointment in what is otherwise a fabulous watch.

One trick I have learned, if you get scratches on your watch, get yourself a white rubber pencil eraser. I rubbed this over and over the scratch for maybe 15 min and managed to significantly reduce the white coloration of the scratch. It may actually be more of a mar then a scratch since it doesn't appear to have penetrated the surface of the ceramic material.

In any event, I thought I would make a post just in case others have the same problem, the eraser works great.

great to hear, and welcome to the forum. if u can manage to post some pics of that incredible Big Pilot Perpetual in ceramic, that would be fantastic.

some forummers have encountered the same thing as well, with very useful documentation here:

www.iwc.com/forum/en/discussion/31141/

www.iwc.com/forum/en/discussion/31395/

I have posted this before. Get a good smooth ink eraser and rub with a little pressure then use a wet cloth to wipe.
Keep at it and the scratches will disappear. In reality the marks are on top of the ceramic even though it does not appear that way.
I had what I thought was a horrible looking gash on my Carlson. But using the above method my watch looked like new.

Thanks to both of you for the additional information, yep the eraser trick works perfectly. I agree it is a mar on the surface not actually a scratch.

Do you think I could use this same process safely on my rose gold Portuguese perpetual? This one is for sure a scratch but it is very light but any marks on my watches drive me crazy.

I'm going to make a new post about accuracy, I'm curious as to your thoughts.

Thanks

I would not use the eraser on a gold watch. A softer metal is going to actually scratch even more. A good service department at a jeweler or the IWC service center is your best bet.

Cape Cod cloths are good for highly polished stainless steel, but even that won't work well for gold or titanium or rough finished steel.