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Polishing vintage soft gold watch cases to a mirror finish is a bad sign because it reduces them to shapeless blobs.
Drawn from what Paul Graham said
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- Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
If you see a vintage watch polished to a mirror finish, that's a bad sign. Polishing soft gold cases reduces them to shapeless blobs.
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