Sapphire vs Mineral Crystals
Assuming neither are scratched, can you visually tell the difference between a watch with a sapphire crystal and one with a mineral or “hardlex” crystal?
Maybe I am merely confirming what I want to be true, but my sapphire crystal watches seem more solid and appear to have better clarity. What’s your experience? Not considering scratch resistance, can you tell the difference?
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I feel like I need one of those gizmos the watch reviewers have that tell them what the crystal is made of.
The forehead method should work if they’re at room temperature. I doubt I could tell just by looking.
I heard a joke once.....
What's the difference between a duck?
One quacks the other does!
🤐🫠😜
Honestly I cannot tell by looks alone. I can tell the difference between Hesalite/Acrylic and the rest tho..... 😂.
I misvoted because I didn’t read the post before voting… I can’t visually tell the difference usually.
I honestly can’t visually tell but then again, I’m blind as a bat 😝🤙
Visualy not, for example Orient Kamasu had sapphire crystal and had terrible clarity. Citizen BN0200 have mineral with nice AR and looks much nicer. Just a funny fact: you can feel the difference. If you pick up a watch and put it to you forhead, sapphire is much much colder. ;-)
The difference is I look at the specs before buying and I don't buy it if it has a mineral crystal
I misvoted because I didn’t read the post before voting… I can’t visually tell the difference usually.
You can change your vote, there is a link under the poll
I can't tell the difference just by sight.
Cannot tell a difference by visuals, only by touch.
But i can clearly see that acrylic crystals are the prettiest :)
Sapphire unless we'll coated in AR tends to dull the colors. If coated it often has a hue of some sort.