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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerWell, let us know how you make out. By the way I looked at your video - you don't apply silicone grease to hard plastic crystal gaskets, because the gasket uses friction to hold the crystal in, so adding grease is working against that. Also note that the grease itself, when used on other gaskets like case back, pusher, or crown gaskets, doesn't actually dry up and form a seal. It is there purely as a lubricant to keep seals from being stretched as you install the case back for example.
In the end you made the right choice with the cheap press in rotating the case and taking your time installing the crystal.
Note that when installing a crystal using a hard plastic seal, you should be using a new seal. The seal deforms when the crystal is pressed in, and will not hold quite as well once a crystal has been removed, so I didn't see it mentioned if you replaced the seal or not. When pressing in a crystal using a new seal, you press it in in 2 stages. First the crystal is pressed in as far as it will go, but over the next 15 minutes or so,. the seal will tend to push the crystal back out slightly, so you need to go back and do a second press - here is a video showing that second press and you can hear the click when the crystal seats fully in the case:
Cheers, Al
In the end you made the right choice with the cheap press in rotating the case and taking your time installing the crystal.
Note that when installing a crystal using a hard plastic seal, you should be using a new seal. The seal deforms when the crystal is pressed in, and will not hold quite as well once a crystal has been removed, so I didn't see it mentioned if you replaced the seal or not. When pressing in a crystal using a new seal, you press it in in 2 stages. First the crystal is pressed in as far as it will go, but over the next 15 minutes or so,. the seal will tend to push the crystal back out slightly, so you need to go back and do a second press - here is a video showing that second press and you can hear the click when the crystal seats fully in the case:
Cheers, Al
