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I agree with Teeritz. Sapphire is virtually scratch-proof since it is almost as hard as diamond (it rates a 9 on the Moh's scale of hardness, with diamond being a 10). Plexiglas is an acrylic polymer that scratches very easily. Also, unless you plan to drop your watch onto hard surfaces every so often, I wouldn't worry about your crystal shattering. Simply scraping it up against something is not going to shatter it. In fact, if it's sapphire, you're unlikely to even scratch it. I've scraped my Bond SMP up against metal shards, door jams, etc., yet its sapphire crystal is flawless.
The bottom line is that you can't get anything more "scratch resistant" on a watch than a sapphire crystal.
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