The 1680: a few questions...

[waiting]

Originally Posted by Loevhagen

Yupp. :)

Thank you for the picture! I love it so much, I believe I did see one top hat with no cyclops, possible it was removed?

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Sorry OP for hi jacking.

[swish77]

Originally Posted by waiting

Thank you for the picture! I love it so much, I believe I did see one top hat with no cyclops, possible it was removed?

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Sorry OP for hi jacking.

Yes, definitely possible. I believe the cyclops was just glued onto the crystal on the old acrylic Rolexes. I've read it's fairly easy to pop 'em off if you don't like them. Not sure I'd do that, but possible.

[J!m]

I believe they are cast-in so you have to sand and buff to get them off. Useful if the cycops is scratched beyone visibility (which seems to be the first place to be hit) but otherwise I'd leave it alone.

[mambo]

Here is my white I purchased in 1984, 1979 1680 all original except tophat. Worn daily. Bezel likes a push to move freely.

[J!m]

That looks great- honest "wear and tear" on that one.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by adam78

Although the friction-turn bezel was used on plexi-crystal Subs, most that have survived seem to have worn in such as way to either freely turn or be quite stiff. Or perhaps the replacement springs are not quite like those used originally? Of my three (5513, 1680, 7610/0), only the Tudor has a bezel functioning seemingly like it did originally (I really need to press down to turn it).

Or maybe it's just me...

It's not just you. My 5513 from 1967 is the same