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Frederick
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Hey all,pardon my ignorance but I'm just guessing that the "bezel" is the glass piece,protecting the hands and dial? Anyway,I have a Breitling chrono that's been discontinued. The saffire/glass part is all scratched up and I don't know whether it can be buffed out or if there's somewhere to get an aftermarket replacement?

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see acrylic cleaner thread in this sectionwatch2.gif

http://www.timetechtalk.com/view_topic.php?id=7721&forum_id=30

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Well what about mineral crystal. what is good for that?

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The crystal is the glass piece. The bezel is the ring holding the crystal. On a dive watch it is the rotating ring around the crystal. If your crystal is sapphire you are just about SOL on getting the scratches out. If it is acrylic they can be buffed out.

Last edited on Sun Sep 23rd, 2007 08:27 am by Scuba Steve

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Okay so is a mineral crystal acrylic? I just want to know "whats good to take scratches out of the crystal mineral".Thanks Skip but I was hoping someone would be able to answer my question on sratches to mineral

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Skipdawg
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teddyhanna wrote: Okay so is a mineral crystal acrylic?

These links may help you out some on this. ;)

http://www.zales.com/jewelry101/index.jsp?page=watches_Crystals

http://www.europastar.com/europastar/watch_tech/watchcrystals.jsp