GMT IIc scratch on cyclops

[vanyir]

Originally Posted by Byrdguy

Take a Dremel with a small cotton buffing pad or disc and use some Simichrome metal polish to it and I think you'll pleasantly surprised.

Worked nicely! Very happy with the result.


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[vanyir]

Originally Posted by justjay82

Hi all. My 4 month old GMT IIc seems to have a hairline scratch on the date cyclops. I don't know how it happened and it's not noticeable from a distance but if I look at it, it's definitely there and annoys me! (I couldn't get a good picture.) I assume this isn't a warranty item, right?


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Sorry to jack your thread justjay.


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[kwingy]

Ok the same thing happened on my GMT IIc LN - and believe it or not - I had some polywatch that I bought from ebay for a couple of quid that I used to polish my Moonie when I had it and I thought I try it on the scratch and lo and behold the scratch went away and the cyclops was perfect again!

Give it a go - you have nothing to lose.

[justjay82]

Originally Posted by vanyir

Sorry to jack your thread justjay.


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not at all.

I just don't think I'm comfortable taking any sort of tool to my watch. I wish I was that handy! Lol


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[gery82]

Originally Posted by kwingy

Ok the same thing happened on my GMT IIc LN - and believe it or not - I had some polywatch that I bought from ebay for a couple of quid that I used to polish my Moonie when I had it and I thought I try it on the scratch and lo and behold the scratch went away and the cyclops was perfect again!



Give it a go - you have nothing to lose.

I have polywatch as well, but do you think it would work on this kind of scratch as well?




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[mobster600]

i would do what you can at home, if the scuff is still there, get it replaced. Crystals are a minor replacement.

One time, my friend broke his crystal completely and had tiny pieces all over the dial....that was a mess...

good thing yours didnt break

[Steve36Efc]

I would be quite comfortable trying to improve the cylopse with some sort of polishing paste, if it didn't improve the situation I'd then be happy to wait until service time. I'd feel worse if it was a ding to the case.

[gery82]

Thanks guys! I'll try polywatch then when I'm back home.

In the meantime though I've checked with my watchmaker, he said it's possible to swap only the lupe at a fairly cheap cost.


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[gyang333]

So sorry for reviving an old thread. But wanted to say, I noticed a weird metal-like speck on my cyclops crystal (GMT II Ceramic) and figured, if I mess it up, I'll just pay for a replacement crystal. Lo and behold, the polywatch trick worked!

[IamJacky]

I've had my Datejust II cyclops scratched as well, didn't know where it came from. It bothered me initially but then that watch was pretty beat up as it was my daily-wear for 8-9 years. I eventually had it serviced and replaced the whole crystal, now it looks brand spanking new. The crystal replacement cost was roughly $125.

[Paul7]

Originally Posted by padi56

Yes it is sapphire and they can be removed with some heat applied to the cyclops the glue to stick a new cyclops is a special UV glue. Clean and degrease the crystal first thats important,a very small drop of the UV glue on date window.Then set cyclops over date window once you are happy its straight, place under UV light or strong direct sunlight.Once glue has set you can remove any excess glue with simple acetone [which is nail varnish remover].

Rolliworks removed a cyclops on another watch to replace it.

[Paul7]

Originally Posted by kilyung

In modern models - yes

Do you know when that started?

[vesnyder]

You might try the crystal polishing compound. I used it a lot on my acrylic crystal and it worked great but not sure how well it will work on a sapphire crystal.

[Aldwyn]

Its wild what will scratch a crystal and what wont. I have thrust my wrist into many a server rack with my old Explorer II, with the watch crystal scaring on metal over and over... not a scratch showed up on the crystal! (now the bezel and band... that is a different story!)

[gyang333]

Originally Posted by vesnyder

You might try the crystal polishing compound. I used it a lot on my acrylic crystal and it worked great but not sure how well it will work on a sapphire crystal.

Yup, I think what you're referring to is Polywatch. That's what I used to get the weird metallic shiny "scratch" to come off of mine. There was also a smaller scuff looking thing that came out as well. Polywatch also took care of most of a pretty deep scratch I got on my Montblanc Starwalker pen where the floating logo is at the top of the cap. That stuff is aces in my book.