my mini fiddy done blowed up.

[lumpyone]

damn..the crystal on my twp mini fiddy just exploded. i guess the minis go too.
hmmmm. now what? where do i get a saphire domed crystal for a 44mm mini fiddy do you suppose?
man i really like that watch

 

[sweet]

Never heard this one before.... 44mm crystal exploding.... Wow. What is it with fiddies and explosions. Next thing you know baby fiddys with 40mm crystals explode.

 

[jiro]

damn....seems like there are more and more of this problem happening these days...
sorry to hear that bro....hope you get a replacement part for it soon....good luck.

 

[time_bandit]

Contact Trevor. He was able to source a crystal for my PAM 253. He may be able to get them for the mini-fiddy as well. Just FYI, you may want to wait till you need to buy a watch. The price of the shipping is as much as the crystal - 30 bucks each. I ordered a watch with free shipping and had the crystal packed with the watch.

 

[vdubpower]

had a 212 explode, no such fucking thing as sapphire, those crooked liar dealers,

 

[Hambone]

Blowed up real good huh? That is distressing, good luck with the repair, should not be to difficult.

 

[sssurfer]

had a 212 explode, no such fucking thing as sapphire, those crooked liar dealers,

Wow. Was it the Swiss 7750, or Asian 7750, or manual version?
I am very interested as I am considering buying one of them...

 

[gen]

had a 212 explode, no such fucking thing as sapphire, those crooked liar dealers,

Can you show pics? Would be interested to see one.

 

[Sylar]

Dang lumpy that sucks, aks TWP to see if he can get you a replacement crystal for it.

 

[hooligan]

Lumpy, that sucks. If you see the other thread about TWP's mini-fiddy, you'll see that I'm trying to source a plexi domed crystal for mine. Could you, by chance, get an accurate measurement of the diameter of the inside of the case where the crystal mounts? This would help us all find replacement parts. There has been some speculation that since the mini-Fiddy case uses a bigger dial than most 44mm cases, it may require a larger crystal, too.

Please get a measurement if you can.

Thanks!

 

[sssurfer]

If you are content with mineral glass, this might help:

http://www.cousinsuk.com/default.aspx?d ... 295&page=9

And this is for acrylic:

http://www.cousinsuk.com/default.aspx?d ... groupid=44

 

[lumpyone]

Lumpy, that sucks. If you see the other thread about TWP's mini-fiddy, you'll see that I'm trying to source a plexi domed crystal for mine. Could you, by chance, get an accurate measurement of the diameter of the inside of the case where the crystal mounts? This would help us all find replacement parts. There has been some speculation that since the mini-Fiddy case uses a bigger dial than most 44mm cases, it may require a larger crystal, too.

Please get a measurement if you can.

Thanks!

i do not have a micrometer at hand but using a precision rule it is 37mm inside.
if you have any luck finding plexi crystals please pm me. ill buy some as i have another ticking time bomb here.
my other mini fiddy is sure to go off soon too
lumpy

edit:
so looking at the cousins site i suppose i would order a 37mm and a 36.8 just in case.

THANX sssurfer

 

[piratedzeus]

What about PMing TWP?

 

[lumpyone]

What about PMing TWP?

well i'm sure he would find me a direct replacement. he is always good about things like that. however i figure it would prolly suffer the same fate. seems like all the min glass domes are overstressed. if i cant find true saphire ill go with plexi.
ill drop him a line though just to be sure

 

[hooligan]

The link that SSS provided has some handsome looking "low dome" crystals. I'm gonna order a 36.8mm, a 37mm and a 37.2mm. We'll see which one fits the best.

Thanks, sssurfer!

Well, I'll order tonight when I have my CC handy. My debit card doesn't like WorldPay, evidently. :wink:

 

[VirginiaWatchFan]

This is pretty relevant, huh. Hooligan, which one are you ordering?

Nevermind -- just saw you said "low dome"

One thing's for sure though, that 35.5 acrylic that I just ordered is going to be too small. It was very, very inexpensive, though, so no great loss.

 

[hooligan]

Yeah, I'm surprised that these mini-Fiddy crystals are that much bigger than the "normal" 44mm cases.

Davidsen's vintage plexis are 40mm, though. Far too big for our purposes.

 

[VirginiaWatchFan]

Are you going to replace the crystal yourself?

 

[VirginiaWatchFan]

Lumpy, that sucks. If you see the other thread about TWP's mini-fiddy, you'll see that I'm trying to source a plexi domed crystal for mine. Could you, by chance, get an accurate measurement of the diameter of the inside of the case where the crystal mounts? This would help us all find replacement parts. There has been some speculation that since the mini-Fiddy case uses a bigger dial than most 44mm cases, it may require a larger crystal, too.

Please get a measurement if you can.

Thanks!

i do not have a micrometer at hand but using a precision rule it is 37mm inside.
if you have any luck finding plexi crystals please pm me. ill buy some as i have another ticking time bomb here.
my other mini fiddy is sure to go off soon too
lumpy

edit:
so looking at the cousins site i suppose i would order a 37mm and a 36.8 just in case.

THANX sssurfer

They're cheap enough to order a few of them. For what it's worth, I think the acrylic crystals might be better anyway. Obviously sapphire would be ideal, but the acrylic will hold up pretty well, too. Easy to buff, easy to replace.

 

[hooligan]

Plexi is even preferable to sapphire for my "vintage" watch.