But I’ve seen them cover Rolex too 😃

To your point on the Mido AR coating. Interestingly enough, I had to polywatch/dremel the outer AR coating off my Mido All Dial last year as it was splotchy and driving me crazy.

I don’t know why any OEM would put AR on the outside of the crystal, that’s just a problem waiting to happen. The good news I was able to get the AR off the outside using the combo very carefully not to heat up the crystal. Now it looks awesome once again.

They usually cover all things horology… above a certain lever that is.

Sorry if my question wasn’t detailed. In my experience, I have an IWC 3777-10 that I believe has external AR coating, and I haven’t been able to find a single blemish in it after a few years of wear. I also have a Farer Stanhope, which I think might also have an external AR coating, but not sure. Either way, not a single blemish there either. But I do have a Raymond Weil Parsifal, that has scratches in the outer edge of the AR, which I believe were caused by me rubbing a heavily starched shirt sleeve against it to remove smudges.

Can’t believe that we’re talking about CW, Formex and Squale here, I’ve never seen even one article on these brands here… literally.

F40, F50, Enzo are painted CF, the CF is only exposed in the interior. It’s purposes for GO not SHOW. Glued on CF pieces (aftermarket) are the contemporary equivalent of “go faster” stripes or flames painted on the front wings.