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new crystal for noob?


signumboy

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  • 2 weeks later...

From my experience, only two crystals will work in F520117 etc noob cases:

1...the exact same crystal as comes in the watch

2...a straight side sapphire or MG 2.0 x 29.0mm that usually will not have the correct bevel on top and leaves a gap between the bezel insert and crystal

I will always wonder why the genuis who designed the F520117 did not make it work with an oem crystal. :animal_rooster:

noob = 29.0mm base where if fits into the gasket x 30.5mm at the top x 2.0mm thick

oem = 29.5mm base x 30.5mm top x 2.0mm thick

Both have the date magnifier centered 9mm from the dial center.

Not much way to make an oem spec crystal work on a noob spec case because the noob uses an 'L type' gasket with the crystal pressed into the gasket and the oem used a 'band type' gasket compressed over the case neck and crystal by an inner bezel.

I never experimented with crystals on a noob F520117 case because the bezel is so hard to get off/on without ruining the bezel.

I got 2 'noob' sapphire crystals from sneed12 and they were the exact crystals needed for the F520117 case. :thumbsupsmileyanim:

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