predfan2001 Posted April 9, 2008 Report Posted April 9, 2008 You guys may remember my old franken-Hydro Tudor....it's long gone but I'm building another. This time I'm going with a cyclops crystal. The case I'll be using will hold at Tropic 19, I've never ordered a cyclops crystal and wanted some verification on which one to order.
alligoat Posted April 9, 2008 Report Posted April 9, 2008 CousinsUK has a chart of round special forms plastic topglass in their plastic crystal section- these are SternKreuz crystals. ID of a T-19 is 279, OD is 305. That means 27.9mm and 30.5mm. The T-125 is 295 and 303 so it won't fit the inside ring of a 5513 case. They show a T-127 (for the 1680) but they don't show the ID, OD is 303- so it's close on the OD. Ofrei's has some charts on aftermarket T-19's. The sizes vary somewhat- Lovely... And of course, when you're talking rep cases, who knows what you'll run up against. I do recommend a set of digital calipers for $10-20 from Harbor Freight. Info on Rolex Tropic crystals is hard to come by- it gave me fits on my 5508!
predfan2001 Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Posted April 10, 2008 Well the Tropic 127 would be my guess but I just wanted verification. Hell I asked Helfands and got "Can't help you". That's pretty crappy being they ARE a watch parts supplier and I have bought many items from them (but I didn't tell them it was for a rep). Makes me think about buying elsewhere.
Sir-Lancelot Posted April 10, 2008 Report Posted April 10, 2008 I doubt the person that answered does know. prolly just an order taker. I had the same experience with Jules Borel and all i asked was for some case clamps for an ETA 2836 cause i cound not find the part number. They told me no case refrence could be found. wtf? If you know exactly what you need and have a part number your all set, if not keep lookin until u find it. lol.
alligoat Posted April 11, 2008 Report Posted April 11, 2008 A T127 will have the date loupe sit too far on the left. Makes sense, since Rolex dates sit left of the eta dates which is what a Tudor uses- but then I'd suspect that the Tudor case is also slightly different.
predfan2001 Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Posted April 12, 2008 (edited) Movement is a for a Noobmariner (and the date window is aligned with the dial) and the dial fits a vintage rep case.....I'm still guessing T127 Edited April 12, 2008 by predfan2001
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