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·I was wondering what was the profile of the plastic crystal on the early El Primero tonneau cased watches?
So I looked at the examples in my collection, and I've got three different ones, at least.
What I assume is my most original watch, the A385 Khaki, has a tall crystal whose straight-sides rise to a slight dome. From the way that the light reflects or refracts when viewed from the side, I will call this a two-storey dome.
My A3817 has an unsigned crown, so it has been serviced it somewhere in life, and it sports a still-tall-crystal but different than the A385 above, one that is lower. Call it one-storey dome.
Then my A3818 Cover Girl has the lowest crystal of all - slightly domed it feels almost flush to the case with almost no vertical height. Ummm ... call it a ranch-house dome?
Is there some agreement about what was the first, original, El Primero crystal for this model?
What is available these days as a replacement?
-ez
A385
A3817
A3818
Here are the three domes lined up in the same order as above:
So I looked at the examples in my collection, and I've got three different ones, at least.
What I assume is my most original watch, the A385 Khaki, has a tall crystal whose straight-sides rise to a slight dome. From the way that the light reflects or refracts when viewed from the side, I will call this a two-storey dome.
My A3817 has an unsigned crown, so it has been serviced it somewhere in life, and it sports a still-tall-crystal but different than the A385 above, one that is lower. Call it one-storey dome.
Then my A3818 Cover Girl has the lowest crystal of all - slightly domed it feels almost flush to the case with almost no vertical height. Ummm ... call it a ranch-house dome?
Is there some agreement about what was the first, original, El Primero crystal for this model?
What is available these days as a replacement?
-ez
A385
A3817
A3818
Here are the three domes lined up in the same order as above:
