Good aftermarket SMP crystal

[boneventura]

Hi all,

Does anyone know a good aftermarket crystal for the SMP 300 at reasonable price? Looking for OEM specs.

Thnx!

[Whatever123]

wholesaleoutlet has them for 70 USD on the bay. No idea if they're good though...

[beyondx4]

I would avoid the Holesale Outlet place simply because they sell pretty crappy stuff and quite dishonest about their policies. I bought an SMP bezel insert from them, received a POS item, mailed it back and got charged a bunch of fees; luckily ended up with less than half of my initial payment. A well-known member from this forum (or RWG) had to deal with a mediocre crystal for his SMP and ended up with a nightmare. You might want to give Krysworks a call to see if you could get a replacement sapphire crystal for your SMP 300m. They only deal with crystals and have good quality stuffs.

[boneventura]

Yeah I read some ugly experiences with the wholesale guy. I'll check out Krysworks, but I read somewhere the their AR isn't all that... Also heard from a member that 2Geek had a nice crystal for the SMP, but they don't seem to offer that anymore..

[Whatever123]

OK, I'll try to polish it out at first. There's a German guy on eBay who sells diamond paste sets especially for sapphire glasses. I'm curious...

If it doesn't work, I'll give Krysworks a try. Thanks for the tip!

[Whatever123]

By the way, the AR on my gen SMP is barely visible - if visible at all... so it's probably OK if the replacement crystals have very weak AR.

[beyondx4]

I'm not totally sure about the SMP 2220.80, but the gen 2531.80 only had single-AR on the inside, which I personally think is not a bad idea, especially if this is a watch you wear daily. The 30.5mm x 2.5mm single-AR SMP replacement crystal from Krysworks may be a good option. I've been trying to get my hands on a gen 2531.80 bezel insert (or even a rep SMP chrono insert), but have been unsuccessful, otherwise, I would definitely jump for the Krysworks single-AR to replace my SMP's ugly magnifying glass.