Description
This sapphire is made especially for the SNXS73, -75, -77, -79 en SNXS80 (case code 7S26-0480).
For a small Seiko5 this is rather thick sapphire: 1.8mm. It has a large beveled edge, this is needed because this glass is lying on a soft glass gasket, and is pressed on this gasket by the bezel. So the bezel presses on the beveled edge. To remove the bezel, there is a small indentation on the bottom side of the bezel, at the 12 and sometimes also at the 6. To remove the bezel, you can place a sharp case knife and wiggle it at that position, and pry off the bezel with care.
Seiko used this way of putting in glass a lot, so do not be surpries about the number of (older) models you can use this sapphire in! I made a list of case codes, you can find the case code on the case back of your watch. (movement – case identifier : xxxx-xxxx):
4633-8039, -8059, -8060, -8069.
7009-3020, -3040, -3041, -3042, -3049, -3070, -3071, -3180, -3181, -3189, -8330, -8331, -8332, -8333, -8335, -8336, -8340, -8360, -8370, -8530, -8540, -8650, -8660, -8740, -8741, -8742, -8744, -8760, -8761, -8762, -8763, -8769, -876A, -876J, -8950, -8951.
7019-5140, -8130.
7122-8020
7123-8400
7S26-0480, -0481, -0550, -0570, -0571, -3049, -8769.
9M21 -9000
The sapphire is made with a anti-reflection coating on the inside, in modest blue or clear.
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You can order this sapphire and replace your glass (or have it replaced), or add it to a watch order you make on this website (choose “Install the ordered sapphire, and add the sapphire you want to have placed to the order).
There are two available shapes:
- Flat with the large facet, like the original glass
- Double domed with large facet, domed on the inside and on the outside, so almost no distortion of the view to the dial.
Sizes:
- Flat: 31 x 1,8 mm
- Double domed: 31 x 1,8 x 2,8mm (the dome is 2,8 mm in the middle, so it is 1mm higher in the middle than at the edges).
Here is a Youtube video showing how to replace the crystal:
