panerai153 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I just bought this 063 in a non sales forum M2M sale. Everything seems to be OK, however yesterday I noticed something strange with the cyclops. At first I thought this was a reflection, but it's not. There is something inside the crystal that is on the bottom of the cyclops. Looks like a piece of paper or plastic. Now this will need to go to someone who can take the crystal off clean the inside and reinstall. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Certainly something that don't belong in there. It don't look like some lume that has come away from the dial. Obviously yu would need to open the watch up to remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Certainly something that don't belong in there. It don't look like some lume that has come away from the dial. Obviously yu would need to open the watch up to remove it. You are right, something that got left behind!! I looked at the dial with a 10X loupe, and it's not Lume. What is so crazy, a couple of hours after I posted the photos, I looked done, and it was gone. So now it's probably somewhere inside, which depending on where it ended up, is probably worse. Looks Like this one is going to have to make a trip to a watchsmith to find the loose bits. It's a 2893-2 movement, probably could use a service as it's several years old, and it's losing 15-20 sec/ day. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Here is another update, The piece of whatever is still gone, but when I look at the Cyclops through a loupe, I get this "bulls eye' affect where the DW numbers are really clear in a smaller circle inside the bigger Cyclops, almost like someone fastened a smaller Cyclops to the center of the larger one. It is definitely not right, as the numbers get real cloudy when looking at then from and angle. If you look at the photos, you can see the circle within a circle. these photos were taken at a little bit of an angle, but if you look at it dead on, the inner circle is right in the middle of the Cyclops. has anyone ever heard of anyone putting some sort of supplemental Cyclops below the regular one? this is getting very perplexing to me, as I really can't see why this Cyclops looks like it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Man bad run lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Man bad run lately. Maybe I should have stayed away from 063's !!! All the rest are fine. I'll get this sorted out, may take a while. Our friend up close to you will get it fixed, will have to wait a while, as he isn't taking on any new projects until after summer vacation. Nice thing is all are running OK, and are definitely wearable until then. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropbear2008 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I believe this might be a spec of light. It was very common with the Noob 243 and even the gen cyclops do have this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I believe this might be a spec of light. It was very common with the Noob 243 and even the gen cyclops do have this issue. What is strange is the speck changes shape and position and sometimes disappears. Also what is weird is the "bulls eye" effect when you look at the numbers through the cyclops, it really looks like there is a smaller cyclops within the larger one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 It is a reflection Sent from my SM-T110 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper618 Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Had this happen, reflection of flourescent light fixture was my issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korneevy Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Reflection. Ignore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Pitty it's a very nice watch with the right eta gmt movement. It will get fixed and then you can enjoy wearing it again. Send with Sony Experia Z using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 It may well be reflections, or I have a shape changer inside my crystal!!! At times, I suppose depending on the light, it disappears completely. Probably the only fix for this would be a new crystal/ cyclops At some point, I will send it off to get a problem with the GMT hand not setting properly, but it's not urgent, the watch runs fine, I got the GMT hand to where I wanted it with a little finagling, so all is well for now. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I have the same on my 089, it is a reflection, I think it has something to do with the AR between the cyclops and the crystal, I just learnt to not notice it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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