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SPB121 Alpinist sans cyclops AKA Alpini Wazowski
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Shahn
Things I like: Warm Socks, Cold Cookies and Watches of all types, shapes, makes and sizes. However I do have a soft spot for watches from the 60's-70's Things I'm not fond of: Wet Socks, No Cookies an...
Portland, OR
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7.00” / 17.78 cm
Beautiful Alpinist 🔥👌👍❤️⚡️
Except for the AR coating, every single change they made to the SARB017 to get the SPB121 is one that I dislike and therefore I applaud your initiative to remove the tumor from the crystal.
Beautiful Alpinist 🔥👌👍❤️⚡️
Okay please teach me how to remove the magnifier, i have the spb117, and the magnifier is the one thing always bugging me!
I had my watchmaker remove all my cyclopses from my Seiko's. My watchmaker worked at Rolex for many years and told me that's where was taught how to properly remove them. Do NOT use a torch You will ruin your watch. Torch will heat up the gasket and oils inside.
If you want to use a the heat method you need to remove the crystal. Max did a video on WatchCrunch on removing a cyclops from a turtle. Use that as your starting point
https://www.watchcrunch.com/Whitesalmon/posts/samurai-cyclops-meets-kenjutsu-16122
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wW6OhNgfLc
Did you swap the Cristal?
I had my watchmaker remove all my cyclopses from my Seiko's. My watchmaker worked at Rolex for many years and told me that's where was taught how to properly remove them. Do NOT use a torch You will ruin your watch. Torch will heat up the gasket and oils inside.
If you want to use a the heat method you need to remove the crystal. Max did a video on WatchCrunch on removing a cyclops from a turtle. Use that as your starting point
https://www.watchcrunch.com/Whitesalmon/posts/samurai-cyclops-meets-kenjutsu-16122
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wW6OhNgfLc
Answered my question