Tell me about 'Hardlex Crystel'

[Oakey]

Bought a Seiko 5 watch at the start of the month, god knows how it's happened but I've noticed it's acquired a half centimetre scratch across the face. I'm fuming. The 10 year old Seiko Kinetic Titanium it replaced has a Sapphire Crystal face and hasn't got a single scratch on it.

This 'hardlex crystal', load of old st I'm guessing?

[Debaser]

Oakey said:

Bought a Seiko 5 watch at the start of the month, god knows how it's happened but I've noticed it's acquired a half centimetre scratch across the face. I'm fuming. The 10 year old Seiko Kinetic Titanium it replaced has a Sapphire Crystal face and hasn't got a single scratch on it.

This 'hardlex crystal', load of old st I'm guessing?

It'll scratch easier than sapphire crystal, but it's less likely to shatter if you hit it against something.

[GenePoolReject13]

I'm not sure if its hardlex thats in both my seiko 5 and my monster but neither have a mark on them and the monster has taken a few good hits from some rather solid objects since I bought it.

[CardShark]

This may be of some help, though it looks like some of the links provided are no longer working...

Unfortunately nothing is scratchproof, even sapphire crystal which has a high degree of scratch resistance.

I managed to scratch up the crystal on one of my Gs a while back - no idea how I did it and the crystal is beneath the level of the bezel as well. That p!ssed me off but more because I had no clue how I did it, and looking at the size of the marks I'd have thought I'd have noticed.

You should be able to source another crystal, try Seiko themselves or maybe Yobokies, and fitting it should be easy for someone with the correct tools. Try asking at a proper competent jeweller, not one of the High Street chains.

Edited by CardShark on Sunday 29th April 00:32

[Oakey]

So I removed it with T-Cut

[CardShark]

Oakey said:

So I removed it with T-Cut

I was going to suggest something like Polywatch, thought that the crystal would be too hard though.

Glad you sorted it

[tertius]

CardShark said:

Oakey said:

So I removed it with T-Cut

I was going to suggest something like Polywatch, thought that the crystal would be too hard though.

Glad you sorted it

Polywatch won't touch Hardlex (at least not on my Seiko 5) - interesting to hear that T-Cut will.