Datumloepje verwijderen

Algemene Horlogepraat
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Horlogevrienden,

Nu we het toch uitgebreid over de datumloep hebben gehad, heb ik nog een vraag: is het mogelijk om deze op een slimme manier te verwijderen? En zo ja, weet iemand een adresje waar dat kan?

Hoor graag van jullie; ik vind een Marathon SAR zonder loep mooier, het stoort me steeds meer…

Groet,

Johan

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Zou het vervangen van het glas voor een glas zonder loep niet de makkelijkste oplossing zijn? Het lijkt me dat verwijderen van de loep (bijna) altijd sporen nalaat (correct me if I’m wrong).

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Cyclops Removal
by J.Peter

Tags: cyclops, cyclops removal, magnifier, watches

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who like a cyclops and those who don’t. I often see people on timezone wanting to know how to remove the cyclops from their watch. And then other people come into my shop and want me to put one on their watch. I have one customer who brings in every new watch he buys and has me install a cyclops.

So, can you do it and how? If your watch has an acrylic (plastic) crystal the answer is no, you are stuck with a cyclops. If it has a glass or sapphire crystal the cyclops is in fact glued on to the crystal after the fact. Usually this is done with a glue that cures under ultra-violet light which has optical properties similar to that of glass. These can come off, occasionally I see a watch where the cyclops came off accidently.

There are several methods for removal. These tend to work better on sapphire than mineral glass and I am not responsible for any scratched or broken crystals, there is risk involved.

  • The chisel method. — Place a sharp chisel right along the corner of the cyclops and give it a tap. Cyclops pops right off, clean up any glue with acetone.
  • Heat - Apply heat (like with a soldering iron) to the cyclops, this will soften the glue, slide it right off.
  • Remove the crystal and soak it in acetone until the cyclops comes off (1-2 days). Re-install crystal.
  • Install a new xtal without cyclops
  • Combination of all 3. Some cyclopses are stubborn, you can’t fool them all as easily as did Odysseus.