I just recieved the watch pictured below. I know I can do an AR mod to remove or redo the blueish tint seen in the pic. Can someone please point me in the right direction or give me their experience / opinion on this?
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New Panerai has a blueish tint
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get a few drops of water on top. if they hold their spherical shape and are reluctant to move around (and leave small beads of water behind when they do), it's sapphire. if they 'melt' into a puddle, it's glass. easiest way to tell.
Just tested my watches - It's amazing the drop just sticks to the saphire like glue 
I had a PO 42mm mineral crystal stripped and then AR'd by FineDD - he did a great job on it
I had a PO 42mm mineral crystal stripped and then AR'd by FineDD - he did a great job on it
I just found out that the front is FRONT GLASS: Thick Curved Synthetic Sapphire with AR
Can I do anything about removing this AR (blue tint)? Or should I persure getting Takashi's glass?[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]
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Can I do anything about removing this AR (blue tint)? Or should I persure getting Takashi's glass?[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]
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Dealers often mis-represent the specs of the watch. All sapphires used in jewelry and watches are synthetic. Natural sapphires are not molecularly "congruent/uniform" - not sure I'm using the correct word there - but they are more prone to breaking, although they retain the scratch resistant property.
I'd verify with the dealer if it's real sapphire or if it's mineral. I had the same watch with the 8 day iteration dial (movement is the same) - PAM 233 - and I can confirm that the crystal they use is mineral and you will scratch the hell out of it if you try removing it with cape cod or scothbrite or dremel.
I'd verify with the dealer if it's real sapphire or if it's mineral. I had the same watch with the 8 day iteration dial (movement is the same) - PAM 233 - and I can confirm that the crystal they use is mineral and you will scratch the hell out of it if you try removing it with cape cod or scothbrite or dremel.
There's only one safe way to control if it's sapphire or not : buy one of these diamond testers on ebay. They're not that expensive.
The water drop test is one good clue but not 100% reliable : I have a PAM111 with sapphire crystal and the water drop will spread on it.
It's possible to remove the AR from mineral, but I would leave this to specialists like FineDD.
Synthetic sapphire is one of these funny description from the Microsoft brothers (The Cartel) to mislead buyers. This is one of the many examples which explain why they are not trusted dealers on RWI.
Which I can't understand is why the rep factories insist in supplying these horrible blue AR, whereas we have seen there are many other possibilities, for cheap. Look at the Sinn AR, the cheapest have an excellent transparent slightly purplish AR, and they cost not more than a PAM)
The water drop test is one good clue but not 100% reliable : I have a PAM111 with sapphire crystal and the water drop will spread on it.
It's possible to remove the AR from mineral, but I would leave this to specialists like FineDD.
Synthetic sapphire is one of these funny description from the Microsoft brothers (The Cartel) to mislead buyers. This is one of the many examples which explain why they are not trusted dealers on RWI.
Which I can't understand is why the rep factories insist in supplying these horrible blue AR, whereas we have seen there are many other possibilities, for cheap. Look at the Sinn AR, the cheapest have an excellent transparent slightly purplish AR, and they cost not more than a PAM)