rionrlty Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 This is a fishing expedition to see what kind of demand there is from forum members in CONUS for having watch crystals AR coated. I'm in Southern California and there are companies here who do various AR coatings on everything from $1.5 million dollar, one foot square saphire radar lenses for the military to eyeglass lenses for optometrists and in materials ranging from polycarbonate to heat tempered glass. Regrettably he has yet to do any watch crystals. The process has to be done under extreme heat to get the proper hardness and scratch resistance. It is almost always done on both sides of the lens. I'm told there are two basic types and one has a slightly blue tint, the other a slightly green tint when viewed against a white surface. The price would be $40 per crystal with a mimimum run of 4-5 units. They make 3-4 runs a week with a 3 day turn around time not including the time for me to receive and return the crystal at/from my location. Postage would be minimal but the responsibility of the buyer/owner of the crystal. This seems to be a much shorter turn around than other AR services I've seen on the forum. I'm currently trying to get together enough crystals for a test run to evaluate quality and if your willing to participate I will only charge $20 each just for the test run. I can contribute 2 of my own so I only need a few more to make the test run. Please send me a personal message if interested. Mike (rionrtly) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 How you getting on with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imajedi Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 I have one I'd contribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Well, me too, but seeing as no activity in the thread, I thought I'd ask first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imajedi Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Taka did my last one and the turn around was great and AR is awesome. Very slight green tint but the crystal is invisible in all but the worst lighting and i'm super picky about AR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Taka did my last one and the turn around was great and AR is awesome. Very slight green tint but the crystal is invisible in all but the worst lighting and i'm super picky about AR. Got a link to them please, and also costs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kindred666 Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 I am interested to know too as my understanding was that they no longer does AR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.the.marvelous Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 definitely interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryaku Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Taka Ar was indeed great but he wasn't considered that reliable one year ago. Happy to hear he is back on rails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I would love my SSD to have AR on the bottom even if not gen like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imajedi Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Taka was great for me. Did two AR jobs and a DLC of a sub case which came out great.Taka = www.2geek.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 I am interested. I'm in SoCal & I've got several crystals I can provide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imajedi Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 This thing looks pretty cool I think. Taka AR and DLC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 212 crystal added to the mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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