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Ya know I have been wondering the same thing for the past day or so....

Odd that a guy off the Risti had a gen 270 stolen from your home and was told he'd be getting bupkis because your insurance didn't cover the loss. just sayin....

Well my method seems to have worked. Took it onto my diving board and tossed it into the deep end of the pool for an hour, dredged it out and it's fine- no delam issues. For s**ts and giggles I also tossed it into the output strainer basket on the pool filter for 30 min with no ill effects (25 psi and rushing water). Might not be correct (flat xtal) but it looks pretty damn good and keeps the water out. Win in my book

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Well Alan I got my crystal press (VERY good buy) and slapped together a 3.0 and 1.5 MG. Right now I got it seated in the case and the watch put back together. Of course there's a teeny tiny smudge on the inside of the effing crystal Never fails! I took a slightly different tack on the problem though..... I lightly sanded the edges once the UV glue hardened. I then took a bead of Hypo around the join and did a putty knife impression with a razor. I then sanded again lightly. Prior to installation I VERY lightly greased not only the gasket but the sidewalls of the case. Crystal pressed in with a tad less effort than it took to get it out (1" dowel and a claw hammer). Haven't tested for water resistance yet- kinda scared to

How about pressing in the MG one and then using the UV glue to affix the sapphire? The MG gets preloaded and you drop the sapphire over it. Might be worth a shot.....

Oh hell man- I NEVER would have thought humidity would have caused the darn thing to delaminate!

Best fix for this would most likely be a bead of jewelers glue (kind of like a thick gel cyanoacrylate) around the joint followed by a sweep with a razor- kind of like sealing a joint in drywall/gypsum board. Then before it sets, seat the crystal. This way you're not extending the diameter of the crystal and you're also adding a second bond by gluing the crystal in the case. This is of course assuming the effing thing hasn't delaminated on you to begin with

Thanks OS- you are a god amongst men! I'll be posting a tutorial on how to disassemble and relaminate these things as soon as the bits come in.

I'm going to try to repair mine. Got the sandwich of crystals split and cleaned although my mineral part is scratched. Have a 3.0 x 28.9 mm crystal coming in from Offshore and I am going to rebond the two using a UV cured adhesive from Ofrei. Going to have to wait until my crystal press comes in though- broke my old one trying to get the crystal out LOL

Donerix' started coming apart- That makes it 13 guys so far

The cost of a run of 4.5mm thick sapphire is cost prohibitive. The Ploprof rep crystal is a simple 28.9 x 4.5 mm round flat bonded crystal consisting of a 1.5mm sapphire layer over a 3mm mineral layer. I've now seen 8 Plopros with delaminating crystals so this seems to be somewhat problematic for this issue of the watch. I would still HIGHLY recommend keeping them away from water unless you are comfortable enough with repair to bind a new crystal and press it in.

Couple different ways I have been thinking about attacking this: The 21j crystal is solid mineral and supposedly the same size Buying a 2.5mm mineral and a 2.5mm sapphire, bonding them and sealing the seam with Hypo cement Finding a 5mm thick sapphire (yeah good luck- I know) Not quite sure which way I'm gonna go with it yet

Here's what it looks like with the laminate structure obvious: Here's the measurement of the crystal for those worried about the same thing happening Seems to be 29.5mm x 5mm My calipers took a shlt so I couldn't get a spot-on measurement

Well you're all aware of my neverending story watching my crystal delaminate. Never got the SOB to separate but I did manage to clear up some of the delamination with a little bit of Wahl Machine Oil. I also managed to get the thing out of the case without removing the bezel. An old watchmaker once said "If you're forcing it, you're doing it wrong". I said "Eff him" and took a 1" wooden dowel and a claw hammer to the thing and got it out after 3 solid whacks Here's what it looks like with the laminate structure obvious: Here's the measurement of the crystal for those worried about the same thing happening Seems to be 29.5mm x 5mm My calipers took a shlt so I couldn't get a spot-on measurement Good news is that it is simply a round crystal and not like the gen construction and should be easy to source!