The
crystal is the clear plastic or glass portion of your watch that protects the
watch dial from dust and other kinds of damage while being worn and allows you
to tell the time without having x-ray vision. Over time your watch crystal
can be scratches, cracked or broken and need to be replaced. Instead of
throwing out your favorite watch when the crystal is damaged, learn how to
replace with with this guide. In this guide you will learn how to insert
almost any type of watch crystal
into almost any watch.
Some of these
guides may require you to remove all the inner workings of the watch movement
from the watch case to safely replace the watch crystal, and others
may involve high heat or adhesives. If at any point you feel
unsure about one part of the process, you should stop at take your watch to a
professional watchmaker to avoid damaging it permanently.
Glued In
Crystals
If your watch
crystal is held in place with glue, there a several different types of glue you
can use to reattach the
crystal to your watch case. Be aware
that you will most likely want to remove the watch movement from the watch case
before attempting to glue your crystal back into place to keep from damaging it
or getting it covered in any of the recommended adhesives. To learn
how to attach a watch crystal to the watch case with glue, check out these links:
Compression Fit Crystals
If you have an
unbreakable crystal for your watch, chances are good that it is held in place
with a compression fitting. The easiest way to replace a compression fit
crystal in your watch case is to use a crystal lift. Check out this link to learn how to
insert a compression fit crystal.
Gasket Fit
or Tension Ring Crystals
If you have a
watch crystal that is held in place with a gasket or a tension ring, you will
most likely need to use a watch crystal press to press it securely into place. To learn how to do
use a crystal press, check out this article:
Electronic digital caliper jewelry tool. A caliper is a must have tool for any jewelry or watchmaker. Easily measure metals and gemstones, while creating or repairing jewelry or watches. Measure in inches or millimeters. Easy to use.
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This watch crystal adhesive is fast bonding and UV activated. This watchmakers epoxy is clear epoxy. The UV adhesive only cures in the actual repair, making it easy to clean up the excess epoxy. A heavy duty UV epoxy for setting watch crystals.
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GS Crystal Cement was designed specifically for both plastic and glass watch crystals. It is an essential for any watchmakers or jewelers bench, it is a multipurpose epoxy adhesive and fast bonding glue. Comes in a handy glue applicator.
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This ultraviolet lamp is for curing UV glues, epoxies, and adhesives. The UV light will cure the glue in no time. It is safe to use on all jewelry and watch materials. Great for gluing and replacing watch crystals.
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A great jewelers epoxy for repairing and making jewelry.
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This is a high quality jewelry cleaning solution that can dissolve epoxies to allow you to reset stones in jewelry or can just clean up the excess epoxy & adhesive used during repair. It is safe for use on most metals making it great for jewelry cleaning.
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This high quality Begeon Swiss crystal lift was made to make removing and replacing watch crystals safe and easy. This watchmakers tool is just the thing to take the hassle out of removing watch crystals, now you can replace your watch crystal with ease.
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Gaskets are an essential watch part that maintains the water resistance of watches. These flat gaskets are great for watchmakers because you order only the sizes you need to ensure that you always have the right gasket on hand during a watch repair.
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This watch crystal repair and replacement kit has all the tool necessary for quick and easy watch crystal work. These tools have been carefully chosen by our experienced watchmakers, whose combined experience totals decades. Great tool kit for beginners.
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This Bergeon watch tool makes watch repair including watch battery replacement and watch crystal fitting easier. Press is designed to press crystals or close watch case backs. The 16 metal dies have been highly polished to prevent scratching watch cases.
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These .80 mm sapphire watch crystals are nearly unbreakable making them highly prized by watchmakers for work on name brand watches. These crystals are used in almost every popular name brand watch because they are tough and scratch resistant.
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These 1.0 mm sapphire watch crystals are nearly unbreakable making them highly prized by watchmakers for work on name brand watches. These crystals are used in almost every popular name brand watch because they are tough and scratch resistant.
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