Razor blade and a ball-peen hammer.

[RRGHOST1]

I prefer the cyclops tbh.

[corky]

Ha Ha , this is timely(pun)…. 2 days ago I removed a cyclops from my sub 11610. For 30+ years I’ve looked at this everyday and thought it doesn’t look balanced. I sent my bracelet off to be restored(re-pinned)etc. and thought dammit I’ll give it a go at removing that glass carbuncle……and I did and I am so happy how it looks now….shoukd e done it earlier.

So why did you not just buy a no date originally I hear you ask????…… at the time, I couldn’t find one and had some money burning a hole in my pocket and couldn’t wait.

I don’t really notice the date window alignment.

[slide13]

I kinda like the cyclops but looks good without too.

But, what I really love, is a nice hole case Exp II on a strap. I don't know why but it's my favorite model of Rolex for strap use, always looks good I think. I'd love to pick up a black dial on someday for strap use.

[HogwldFLTR]

Originally Posted by subtona

Lee, I have a lot of practice with deconstructing stuff.



Guaranteed I couldn’t put that cyclops back on straight no matter how hard I

tried.







Tim, It was early in the day, maybe hungover but certainly not drunk

But you can retry as it only takes more glue and your ball-peen hammer and razor blade. This took a few tried before I was happy.

[TheVision]

There are some watches that look without it. I used similar approach to remove the giant "pimple" on my now-sold Seiko King Turtle. The day date looked so much cleared without the giant cyclops which actually distorted the whole look.

[subtona]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

But you can retry as it only takes more glue and your ball-peen hammer and razor blade. This took a few tried before I was happy.

Nice. Still would be a problem from the glare of the cyclops unless I could source with AR coating? But as per another thread, it may be an option at rolex to get a AR crystal replacement?