sssurfer

+1. Lello has once been able to disassemble and reassemble a sandwich crystal w/ embedded cyclops (while I completely ruined one), exactly on a 24. But he used exactly the same cyclops as before. If you try and use an even slightly different diameter cyclops, it will either not fit into the hole (if larger), or you are going to end up with an unbearable double contour around the cyclops (if smaller). Also, IMO, your rep cyclops with the Lello DW looks excellent.

You are welcome anytime. Thanks for making it clear. Good choice. I just checked DSN's offers and yes, it looks he is offering the fiddy crystal with AR only. But I suppose that if one wants it without AR, asking DSN would not harm.

I repeat, even if I would like to get denied, no such crystal available either in glass or sapphire. Neither from ofrei nor from cousinsuk or what. But the plexi solutions has its good points. It will never crack again. If the crystal gets scratched then you can bring it to new life just by polishing it with a paste like Poliwatch. Or, if you prefer, it is so inexpensive that you can buy a dozen at half the price of a standard 35.5mm sapphire crystal.

Set the crown in winding position (fully pushed in) before removing the stem. This will help to avoid keyless work problems when you will reinsert it.

Maybe your crystal was sapphire. Highly domed sapphire on 1950 cases cracks exactly like mineral glass, or even more often. Unfortunately there are no 37.2mm, either sapphire or glass, crystals around (btw, 37mm also fits and you will not find it either). That Sternkreuz crystal is not mineral, it is acrylic (plexi) and it is your only option.

I think that mjmurphy wants to replace the original AR as chieftang's or k2222's AR are more effective and less colored.

A pink hue is typical of some good sapphire, sometimes they even call it "pink sapphire" (e.g. ofrei). But it should be barely noticeable, only when looking at the sapphire from very skewed angle. That is why you can hardly notice it when the crystal is mounted on the watch. It is also more noticeable on domed crystals like those of PAMs than on flat crystals like the SSD. Being your DSN crystal domed, and as it was not yet mounted on the watch, you were simply in the best possible condition to notice it. That hue will stay unmodified by single AR. Unsure about double AR. Personally, I prefer to leave the old gasket in place when replacing a crystal. The old gasket already got shaped by the old crystal, it makes fitting the new crystal easier.

I agree, both 100% scratch resistance of sapphire and reliability of the water drop test are myths. This leaves you with unability to tell whether that crystal is sapphire or glass. In any case, your best option is to replace it.

DHgate told me the same thing in an attempt to get me not to send back a wrong item. They talked of seizing, not just a delay. Naturally Josh is a different matter.

WARNING! WARNING! I think my Alzheimer is striking harder than I believed. The first time I read this thread I believed to read "scratch on PVD" in its title. What I said only applies to scratches on PVD coated SS cases. My apologies.

Great watch! So, PVD on Ti? Very interesting...

WWWWW -- Wow, What a Watch With W.! I am not on vintage, but that watch with that movement is making me drool. Congrats, wear it well!

Uh, WOW!

http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/03/26/hublot-parts/ Reading about their snobbish attitude and the spokes they put in their customers' wheels, I am doubly glad there are pretty decent reps around...

No. The most similar model is PAM 188.

No problem. AFAIK, you can buy that product only directly from Caswell. You can buy it online, here is the link: http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/black.htm#stainless Look near the bottom of the page, "Stainless Steel Blackener 370".

Better asking them via email (you can find their email address on their website). Even by email, they often take several days to reply. PM might get unreplied for weeks. If you find a safe way to remove the logo(s) from the dial(s) please let us know.

You can make the scratches less evident with the Stainless Steel Blackener from Caswell Inc. I tried it, it worked. Not good to make large areas black, but good for tiny areas like scratches. BTW, in order to work it needs that the scratch is deep enough to go after the PVD coat to the very SS. In other words, the scratch should look bright (SS color) before the treatment.

Uhm... I would try with a toothpick drenched in alcohol or acetone and great patience and care not to touch the letters.

I too am on this road, I got the dial from Silix. Its logo is correct, but it is inaccurate in other details. One has to replace only the logo with the logo from Silix' dial.

Great watch! Possibly great hole too, just can't tell on the pics.

The fake blue AR gets easily wiped off with acetone and a little elbow grease. Btw, I like that Corto Maltese avatar.

A dust blower, or even a spray can of compressed air that hardware shops sell, and a bit of rodico.

DG 4813. A very decent 28800 bph auto. 11.19 GBP from cousinsuk (where it is misspelled DG 8413) or 26.10 USD from Ofrei. But there are two versions of that movement around, different in their cannon pinion height if I correctly remember. Only one of them would fit the B&R. The other one would fit the Rolex sub.

AFAIK, no closed back Ti luminor available.