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Zulu44gmt

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d4m.test

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Amazing work! I'm new to the rep world and I'm already eagerly awaiting the day I find a watch that I love enough to splurge on your brilliant services. Yes, right now I'm still in denial that it will only be one watch and not one watchbox full of them.
 

mrkt

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Prof’s Crystals


I want to thank RWi, its members and moderators for having such an interesting and engaging place to spend my time and to help spread the word about my passion: watch crystal AR coating.

As a child, I grew up in the watch business because my mother worked for Patek Phillipe in New York City. I remember her bringing home parts of watches and I spent hours and hours playing with them. I could never find enough parts to put a complete watch together, but then I was about 7 years old.

Later on I started buying Rolex, Pateks and similar watches.

For several years I was a professor at a University in Colorado, hence the title "prof".

Then I retired.

I got bored and began a company that bought, refinished and sold heavy equipment: Think John Deere, Caterpillar, Vermeer; excavators, backhoes, chippers etc and a few Peterbuilt and Kenworth tractors etc. Eventually liquidated that business.

I thought that was probably enough careers in one lifetime but I got hooked on watch crystals.


My first rep purchase was an Audemars Piguet Diver that had a highly detailed dial. Driving up I-25 north of Denver with my arm out the window I kept looking at that beautiful watch but it kept reflecting the sun. I wanted to see that amazing dial without all those reflections.

I decided that, since I had an appropriate research background, I would design an anti-reflective coating that would make the crystal virtually disappear. That idea came to fruition about 5 years and a number of mistakes and dead ends later.

Since then I have continued refining my process.

I do not service movements, but I can fix minor issues, sometimes; and if the problem is beyond my scope I know enough to send my watches to someone who loves and has been working on watch movements for a long, long time.

When it comes to anti-reflective coating on sapphire watch crystals however, I consider myself an expert, and that is what I spend most of my time doing.

Check out some of the pictures below of what my AR can do for some watches and a side-by-side comparison of stock AR versus my anti-reflective coating. I will have another posting showing costs that will help you decide if and what you might need done, and I am working on developing a web page.

Have fun and always, always go happy tick tocking along!

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES. THERE ARE MANY MORE FROM CUSTOMERS ETC, BUT I DID NOT WANT THIS INTRO TO BE TOO LONG:

FIRST 2 ARE FROM A CUSTOMER

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TO SHOW DIFF BETWEEN REP AR AND MY AR

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FULL 2XAR ON ROLEX
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FULL 2XAR ON AP DIVER CHRONO
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FULL 2XAR ON 2017 RG AP
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FULL 2XAR ON PELAGOS ZF
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FULL AR ON AP PANDA
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CUSTOMER PIC ON AP15400
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I love your work,
 

T&E

I'm Pretty Popular
16/9/18
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Prof’s Crystals


I want to thank RWi, its members and moderators for having such an interesting and engaging place to spend my time and to help spread the word about my passion: watch crystal AR coating.

As a child, I grew up in the watch business because my mother worked for Patek Phillipe in New York City. I remember her bringing home parts of watches and I spent hours and hours playing with them. I could never find enough parts to put a complete watch together, but then I was about 7 years old.

Later on I started buying Rolex, Pateks and similar watches.

For several years I was a professor at a University in Colorado, hence the title "prof".

Then I retired.

I got bored and began a company that bought, refinished and sold heavy equipment: Think John Deere, Caterpillar, Vermeer; excavators, backhoes, chippers etc and a few Peterbuilt and Kenworth tractors etc. Eventually liquidated that business.

I thought that was probably enough careers in one lifetime but I got hooked on watch crystals.


My first rep purchase was an Audemars Piguet Diver that had a highly detailed dial. Driving up I-25 north of Denver with my arm out the window I kept looking at that beautiful watch but it kept reflecting the sun. I wanted to see that amazing dial without all those reflections.

I decided that, since I had an appropriate research background, I would design an anti-reflective coating that would make the crystal virtually disappear. That idea came to fruition about 5 years and a number of mistakes and dead ends later.

Since then I have continued refining my process.

I do not service movements, but I can fix minor issues, sometimes; and if the problem is beyond my scope I know enough to send my watches to someone who loves and has been working on watch movements for a long, long time.

When it comes to anti-reflective coating on sapphire watch crystals however, I consider myself an expert, and that is what I spend most of my time doing.

Check out some of the pictures below of what my AR can do for some watches and a side-by-side comparison of stock AR versus my anti-reflective coating. I will have another posting showing costs that will help you decide if and what you might need done, and I am working on developing a web page.

Have fun and always, always go happy tick tocking along!

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES. THERE ARE MANY MORE FROM CUSTOMERS ETC, BUT I DID NOT WANT THIS INTRO TO BE TOO LONG:

FIRST 2 ARE FROM A CUSTOMER

35355988730_0daafa6a88_b.jpg


34934199433_2e5e63ae42_b.jpg


TO SHOW DIFF BETWEEN REP AR AND MY AR

34934201293_2be971994c_b.jpg


FULL 2XAR ON ROLEX
34934200843_2b98634d6b_b.jpg


FULL 2XAR ON AP DIVER CHRONO
34934199603_420597c704_b.jpg



FULL 2XAR ON 2017 RG AP
34934199683_c02d96af02_b.jpg


FULL 2XAR ON PELAGOS ZF
35355988250_186729a642_b.jpg


FULL AR ON AP PANDA
34934200963_63d96274b6_b.jpg


CUSTOMER PIC ON AP15400
34934201803_8eb590e66d_b.jpg

Hi mate do you have cyclop lens clear ar for ap diver?
 

CurtisL

You're Saying I Can Sell?
21/4/21
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Very interesting, seem like you've done it all. Glad you picked this up as it seems you are really good at it.
 

Abarth500

You're Saying I Can Sell?
21/8/17
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Hi Prof. I have a GMF OP36 126000. I am in need of your crystal to replace the hazy GMF xtal. Just a lot of ghost lines that drives me crazy. Thanks.