First try at modding ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

A badly scratched hardlex crystal put me off wearing my skx. For years it's been living in a drawer.

After many hours watching YouTube how to vids I took the plunge and acquired a sapphire double dome AR coated crystal, and many required watch tools from amazon.

I took the plunge this morning. Pressing the new crystal in was nerve-wracking! Thankfully everything went really well, and I'm delighted with the finished result.

I was tempted to swap out several other parts but decided to keep my watch as original as possible.

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ยท

Looks great!

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LairdLikesWatches

Looks great!

Agreed. Thanks, mate :)

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I went down the same path with my 009. ย  I put in a sapphire, then a bezel insert then it just rolled down hill. ย This weekend I put my skx009 pretty much back to stock except for the sapphire and NH36. ย Keep that 007 like it is now and buy some cases and part of ebay, mod away. ย I killed off all the SKXiness of mine with mods, I am glad to have it back to stockish. ย 

Also great work on the crystal install!ย 

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Great job on replacing the crystal, it looks really good.

That is the one mod I still need to do to my SKX.

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Nice work! As a big fan of mods, I approve this post.

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Welcome to the cult lol. Looks great. I remember my first crystal and the fear of rolling the gasket all to well.ย 

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Looks really nice, nothing like a fresh crystal!