Davidsen sapphire crystals

[sam_tgg]

Hi,
I ruined my "sappire crystal" scratching it. :shock:
So I would like to change it for a real sapphire one. The watch is a 090 PAM from Andrew. The only way that I have found for a sapphire glass is the Davidsen.
I have three questions: is there an alternative?
I read that the cases of the Davidsen are not the same size that another PAMs, so, can I use it in my 090?
And at last: how complicate is to swap it. I heard everything: from need to buy a press, to make it by owm hands...

thank you for your help. I am really :x with me for scratchinmg my watch!!!

Sam

Merry Xmas

 

[chieftang]

What Davidsen has sold you is not sapphire, and I would take this fact up with him. True synthetic sapphire won't scratch if you deliberately run a screw driver across it.

 

[Anubis]

What Davidsen has sold you is not sapphire, and I would take this fact up with him. True synthetic sapphire won't scratch if you deliberately run a screw driver across it.

Dude, is that what you understand from the original post?

 

[17jewels]

Sapphire while real or synthetic is extremely hard. I have doubts that your crystal is even sapphire. Hold on, you never have told us what you scratched it with?

-17j-

 

[sam_tgg]

Sorry if I did not correctly explain it: the crystal was from an asina rep from Trusty. So I think it was mineral glass (in the web says Sapphire) but I hear that all asian reps (in PAMs) come with mineral an not sapphire.
I scratched it, playing squash. I push it againg a wall. They have minor crtachs, but you can see them perfectly.

 

[hooligan]

Yes, Davidsen's crystals will fit, it's his dials that are slightly larger than the other reps. Lots of people have purchased replacement crystals from him, I've never heard anyone complaining that they don't fit.

Good luck!

Oh, see Enzo's post about pressing in a new crystal, he gives excellent instructions for it:

http://replica-watch.info/forum/viewtop ... stal+press

 

[Jake48]

Sorry if I did not correctly explain it: the crystal was from an asina rep from Trusty. So I think it was mineral glass (in the web says Sapphire) but I hear that all asian reps (in PAMs) come with mineral an not sapphire.
I scratched it, playing squash. I push it againg a wall. They have minor crtachs, but you can see them perfectly.

Don't be sorry. I understood your post perfectly. Seems obvious to me that the crystal which was scratched came from Andrew NOT Davidsen. Don't know what chieftang was talking about since your question was inquiring about the crystal Davidsen sells.

What Davidsen has sold you is not sapphire, and I would take this fact up with him. True synthetic sapphire won't scratch if you deliberately run a screw driver across it.

Hi,
I ruined my "sappire crystal" scratching it. :shock:
So I would like to change it for a real sapphire one. The watch is a 090 PAM from Andrew. The only way that I have found for a sapphire glass is the Davidsen.
I have three questions: is there an alternative?
I read that the cases of the Davidsen are not the same size that another PAMs, so, can I use it in my 090?
And at last: how complicate is to swap it. I heard everything: from need to buy a press, to make it by owm hands...

thank you for your help. I am really :x with me for scratchinmg my watch!!!

Sam

Merry Xmas

 

[lacklusterplus]

synthetic sapphire. Basically mineral crystal, though perhaps harder than some mineral crystal out there. The terms are somewhat vague and are often confusing. True sapphire with a good coat of AR is expensive and unlikely to come on any rep at any price.