Wonderful work.
On the point of the sapphire shape as relates to the milky ring, here is a comparison photo collage of
(1) the new 3861 sapphire
(2) the new cal.321 sapphire
(3) the old 1861 sapphire
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With the new cal.321 at least, I can say there really is little to no milky ring at all (albeit still some other optical effects inherent to the material).
Photos and video of the new 3861 sapphire do appear to show more milky ring as compared to the cal.321, but based purely on the new shape of the crystal the change in optics should reduce the milk effect, all things equal.
Glad to hear this has been your experience. I think for eons the debate between the relative advantages of hesalite and sapphire has been at least 1/3 about the existence or absence of the milky ring. It would seem Omega is able to close this gap to a degree, if it chose.
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