In my personal experience, Rolex are happy to not polish a watch if you ask. Or at least they didn't polish the 5700 that they serviced for me.
Even if they do, the polishing that they do tends to be pretty sympathetic.
My AD gave me an odd look when I asked for it not to be polished.
Given how sympathetic a Rolex polish usually is, they generally only expect people to ask if it's a rare model.
Which is clearly bullshit. A watch doesn't have to be rare for you to want it to be as original as possible.
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In my personal experience, Rolex are happy to not polish a watch if you ask. Or at least they didn't polish the 5700 that they serviced for me.
Even if they do, the polishing that they do tends to be pretty sympathetic.