A crystal gasket oddity!!

[johnbicht]

Replacing the gasket on a sapphire crystal has become a bit crazy.

The watch is certainly an original and genuine Submariner 16800 transitional. New "O" ring and Clark gasket. With the crystal/gasket assembly pressed on, the retainer can be pressed nearly completely with fingers.

The Clark gasket measures .559 mm. wall thickness and the original .610. Gary Clark has measured his products and a Rolex part and found them to be the same as his.

Have I wondered into some strange dimensional timezone at Rolex? This will be a very hard thing to fix!