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I had a customer bring me a Columbia watch with a glass with a crack in the side of it.
The watch has a sensor for altimeter etc.
I took the back off and it looked like if I took the movement out to get at the glass I'd ruin the sensor.
Talking to a watchmaker friend he said the same and I'd have to write the watch off (hunting the net was fruitless parts wise).
I asked him about carefully smashing the glass out from the front. He said no.
I said to my customer that doing it from the front was the only option and that it would be all care....no responsibility:undecided:
I did it - small hammer, short blows....:undecided:
Esslinger had the right sized glass - 36.5 x 2mm.
It arrived today. The glass and case are so big and thick they wouldn't fit in my glass press so I used another method to fit it....pushing it in on a book.
It fits as well as the original and doesn't leak = win/win (at last).
The watch has a sensor for altimeter etc.
I took the back off and it looked like if I took the movement out to get at the glass I'd ruin the sensor.
Talking to a watchmaker friend he said the same and I'd have to write the watch off (hunting the net was fruitless parts wise).
I asked him about carefully smashing the glass out from the front. He said no.
I said to my customer that doing it from the front was the only option and that it would be all care....no responsibility:undecided:
I did it - small hammer, short blows....:undecided:
Esslinger had the right sized glass - 36.5 x 2mm.
It arrived today. The glass and case are so big and thick they wouldn't fit in my glass press so I used another method to fit it....pushing it in on a book.
It fits as well as the original and doesn't leak = win/win (at last).
