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Crystal Adhesion

July 23, 2008 – 7:55 pm

I hinted yesterday at the fact that there are many ways a crystal can be attached to a watch so I thought I would run through them.
1. Many mineral glass crystals are held in place by epoxy. This is especially true when there is a thin metal border on the underside of the crystal like [...]

By J.Peter | Posted in watches, watchmaking | Comments (0)

Syringe

July 23, 2008 – 7:07 am

When installing new glass crystals sometimes they are held in by a gasket but other times they are held in place by a two part epoxy. The different methods for securing crystals is actually quite diverse. Seiko makes an adhesive specifically for securing crystals but really any two part epoxy will do, so long as [...]

By J.Peter | Posted in Tuesday Tools, watchmaking | Comments (7)