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New Watch - Shatter Crystal within 2 hours! Ugh!!

Stratoblaster

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This is completely MY fault, however I felt the need to share this somewhere, as wife does not even know about this watch. ;)
(Thought there may be some sympathy here from fellow watch "enthusiasts".)

This is not the end of the world, but it does suck. I was 'gifted' 4 reps in a bag, and told "I'll see you when I get back home from Mexico."
I was thinking, OK, I was wanting a Pepsi GMT. This one is decent. (Probably just DG2813 21,600, noisy rotor) But, was OK for the price of '$0', for now. (No Noob, BP or ARF...) I see the wide gaps on end links too.

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Fast forward 2 hours, and as I'm walking upstairs on lunch with hands full.
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YEP! Bag with GMT slipped with solid, unmistakable SMACK right on cement. The pictures are the result.
Wanted general consensus:
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New dome.
Leave 'as is/weathered'
Or new acrylic crystal with Cyclops?
 
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Stratoblaster

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Might as well tell everyone I see the gigantic gaps on end links too... Jubilee?
 

Stratoblaster

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Oh God... you guys are killing me Lol. I almost posted this in Flame Free Zone, cause I know this is maybe one level above shit tier. .... Maybe?
 

Stratoblaster

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This is gonna be bad... :rolleyes: Lol....
I knew I should have thought more about posting this watch. (It was a just given to me in a bag with a huge Jacques Piccard and 2 Daytonas.)
Had never even heard of Jacques Piccard, but luckily able to flip locally and will buy the other 3 for me. (Including Pepsi, that will now be relegated to 2nd drawer...)
 

Stratoblaster

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It really does kinda suck... It was just the rush of an instant and local, large bag of 4 individual watches...This was the one that I was gonna keep and just get read of the the other 3. (Low beat...etc.)
I wish I would have weighed the Piccard. HEAVY....(Sold to a kid locally)
 

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Seems the horological Gods were looking out for you. You did yourself a favor and you didn't even know it!