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| Author: | ISELVWS [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:11 pm ] |
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Hello All, I just came across this site and decided to join. I have just acquired a ref 806 Navitimer. It has a small chunk missing from the crystal and has a couple of scratches. Any suggestions on how to make the crystal look close to new? |
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| Author: | ISELVWS [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:47 pm ] |
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| Author: | aleister [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:19 pm ] |
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Welcome to the forum! My best suggestion would be to take it to your AD/service center and let them replace the crystal. Alternatively, Roffensian and Paul are vintage experts and may have some other channels for that job. I bet it's not long till either of them see this topic. |
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| Author: | Alien [ Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:29 am ] |
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If the scratches are not too deep, You can just polish them out. Swatch used to sell a paste for crystal polishing, that was quite good. I don't know, if its still on the market. Name was "Polywatch" or something similar. BG Thomas |
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| Author: | Flynbyu [ Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:43 am ] |
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Welcome aboard. I would recommend replacing the crystal. ~Brian |
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| Author: | ISELVWS [ Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:31 pm ] |
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would replacing the crystal decrease the value??? |
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| Author: | Flynbyu [ Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:16 am ] |
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I don't see why it would. You could always ask to keep the original. ~Brian |
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| Author: | aleister [ Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:33 am ] |
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ISELVWS wrote: would replacing the crystal decrease the value???
No, not when the original is in that state... And as Brian says, you can always keep the original if you sometime want to sell it. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:26 am ] |
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Definitely needs replacing - polishing would help the swirls, but obviously wouldn't do much for the 'missing bits'. Every purchaser is different in terms of what is important to them, but I can't believe that anyone would consider the watch less valuable if you replaced the crystal, but definitely take it to a service centre and definitely keep the paperwork as part of the provenance of the watch. The 806 is a great looking watch, and crystla aside it looks like the face has survived well (or has an older restoration). Make sure that you address the crystal as soon as you can - you don't want the hands and face exposed any longer than necessary. |
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| Author: | ISELVWS [ Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:30 pm ] |
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Thanks for your input. Now here is the problem. There is no AD in Winnipeg. I am going to Montreal in April. Who would you suggest I go to? Should I call ahead and order a crystal? |
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| Author: | aleister [ Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:52 pm ] |
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Call your nearest AD and talk to them about your watch and what you want to do. They'll most likely not do anything themselves but send it to a Service center. So, I'd ask what the best way to proceed would be. Sending them the watch, or sending it directly to the Service center? Don't wait till April. If you send it in soon and you're a bit lucky, you might pick it up in April instead of leaving it. |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:52 am ] |
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aleister wrote: Call your nearest AD and talk to them about your watch and what you want to do. They'll most likely not do anything themselves but send it to a Service center. So, I'd ask what the best way to proceed would be. Sending them the watch, or sending it directly to the Service center? Don't wait till April. If you send it in soon and you're a bit lucky, you might pick it up in April instead of leaving it.
Agreed. No self respecting AD will want to touch this themselves - it will need a proper service and that means a service centre. The AD will either ask you to ship the watch to them or arrange for you to send straight to the service centre. You won't find anyone prepared to sell you a crystal - they keep parts for their own repairs. Even though you don't have a local AD they will still be your fastest bet - Mark Heist (the only Breitling authorised vintage service specialist in North America) has a backlog of over a year. |
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| Author: | ISELVWS [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:22 pm ] |
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Any info on the service center for Canada? |
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| Author: | rat [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:05 pm ] |
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Try getting it polished out first... you have nothing to lose do you? ive had worse than that polished out of similar plexglass/acrylic crystals before... |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:59 am ] |
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rat wrote: Try getting it polished out first... you have nothing to lose do you?
ive had worse than that polished out of similar plexglass/acrylic crystals before... That won't do much for the bits that are missing!!! The authorised service centre for Canada is Grigoros Canada in Toronto. They are also the distributor, and the parent company of La Swiss - the largest AD chain in Canada. Your best bet is to call an AD and make arrangements through them. |
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