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49 minutes ago, Nickpan said:

gasket for front glass

OK but that doesn't explain why the glass is so thick compared to others and the gasket for
a 39mm crystal would be 39.7mm or 39.8mm depending what height gasket you could use.

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Not sure if you're still working on this but mine arrived this morning and to me it's just a 1mm that's glued.

I'll have a look at it further tonight.

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Had nothing else to do so decided to have a quick look and the complete
assembly comes out of the cage giving you access to remove the stem.

 

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So after being one of the hardest bezels to split and then one of the hardest crystals to remove the answer is it's a 39mm x 2.5mm crystal as advise by Fossil.

The good news for @Nickpan is you just need to press the crystal you've got into place.

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wow!  So how did it all plop out of the rollcage?

Just a big push from the back?  Bezel off first I guess

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well, thanks to Andy's pics it's all back together now, and ticking, poor old thing.  Some major gouge still there, but I didn't want to lose any more metal.  Cost me a fiver for the 'smashed into a brick wall' mod, plus glass, plus cheap black strap - gluing glass was a nightmare, please don't zoom into the photo

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On 3/10/2025 at 9:16 PM, Nickpan said:

wow!  So how did it all plop out of the rollcage?

Just a big push from the back?  Bezel off first I guess

I didn't see this till now.

Just remove the back and it pushes out with bezel intact.

28 minutes ago, Nickpan said:

gluing glass was a nightmare, please don't zoom into the photo

Why did you glue it? It's just a press fit as I said.

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well, I pressed and fitted, as I've said, and it fell out again, even slightly rattling from side to side, causing me to wonder if it should have been 39.5mm.  So I spattered cement around like 4 year old after 2 slushys.

Half expecting it to fall out again

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