I am a collector, and I feel strongly about polishing as well. As in, I can't stand old, faded, damaged, ugly looking watches. Much like the car collector I need my watches pristine. If that means some other collector won't pay as much for that watch, than great! better deal to be had for me. And it's not that polishing can't be done fantastically well, maintaining all the sharp edges and genuinely make it look new again. But it simply requires skill levels that most people don't have. like Zaratsu polishing. In the end, I need collectors to want the ugly ones and leave the pristine ones for me. everybody will be happy.