No Such Luck...............

getting the cyclops off of my Oris Frank Sinatra.


I tried my soldering iron, butane lighter, and hair dryer.....NADA! I worked at it for over an hour and a half and NADA!

I even tried tapping it off but I was real careful not to hit too hard.....Sapphire may be scratch resistant but it sure can crumble if hit just right and I didn't want that to happen so I probably held back some on my tapping.

I guess I could contact Oris in the service department and ask If they could replace the cyclops crystal with one with out the cyclops. I really was hoping that little piece would just pop right off...........There must be some heavy duty glue holding it down!

Northwestguy wrote:

getting the cyclops off of my Oris Frank Sinatra.


I tried my soldering iron, butane lighter, and hair dryer.....NADA! I worked at it for over an hour and a half and NADA!

I even tried tapping it off but I was real careful not to hit too hard.....Sapphire may be scratch resistant but it sure can crumble if hit just right and I didn't want that to happen so I probably held back some on my tapping.

I guess I could contact Oris in the service department and ask If they could replace the cyclops crystal with one with out the cyclops. I really was hoping that little piece would just pop right off...........There must be some heavy duty glue holding it down!

DAYUM John! I've never read any posts saying they couldn't get that little sucker off. But I will say you are playing it smart. That's all you need to do is have that crystal shatter! You don't want it looking like this guys Rolex!

I'm with Duff....better safe than sorry.

Yeah...I'm with you Duff and Duker. I just sent off an email to Oris asking them about a crystal with out a cyclops. I need to have the watch serviced and cleaned up a bit as well. I'll wait to hear from them and let you guys know what happens.

Northwestguy wrote:

Yeah...I'm with you Duff and Duker. I just sent off an email to Oris asking them about a crystal with out a cyclops. I need to have the watch serviced and cleaned up a bit as well. I'll wait to hear from them and let you guys know what happens.

That's usin the old noodle John. That Frankie is too damn nice to mess up. I've always wanted that one!

Sorry you couldn't get that cyclops off John !
You are right though, Oris must use some INVINCIBLE
glue ! I agree with you, and the guys, maybe just
leave it for now, and see if Oris can put a different
crystal on for you ! Good try though !

Sorry to hear that, glad you were cautious.

John, I've heard people say that acetone can be used to soften up the glue holding the cyclops on. Have not tried it myself though and would be hesitant to try it if there is any type of AR coating on the sapphire.

Not something I think I would try...YIKES!

Don't do acetone if you have an AR coating - unless you want to get rid of it too.

Docrwm wrote:

Don't do acetone if you have an AR coating - unless you want to get rid of it too.

Don't they coat the crystal after applying the cyclops? If there's AR coating on the outside of the crystal won't you see where the cyclops was if it's taken off?

Docrwm wrote:

Don't do acetone if you have an AR coating - unless you want to get rid of it too.

bodypeersur1 wrote:

Docrwm wrote:

Don't do acetone if you have an AR coating - unless you want to get rid of it too.

Don't they coat the crystal after applying the cyclops? If there's AR coating on the outside of the crystal won't you see where the cyclops was if it's taken off?

On this particular watch, the AR coating is on the inside.

get a bigger hammer and chisel! At worst Oris is putting a new crystal on and at best you did it!! go for it! I've used aceton to get the remaining glue off a crystal, it might get in under there and loosen things up!

Ask oris if this crystal was made with the cyclops as one piece.some companies do that.

yamahaki wrote:

Ask oris if this crystal was made with the cyclops as one piece.some companies do that.

Yep. I was just thinking the same. I had a Tissot like that.

yamahaki wrote:

Ask oris if this crystal was made with the cyclops as one piece.some companies do that.

Yep, i banged the shit out of a croton trying to get the cyclops off, just busted it up and and made the crystal turn in the case!!! busted cyclops now resides at the 6 o'clock position!!! it's a croton!!

cali kid wrote:

yamahaki wrote:

Ask oris if this crystal was made with the cyclops as one piece.some companies do that.

Yep, i banged the shit out of a croton trying to get the cyclops off, just busted it up and and made the crystal turn in the case!!! busted cyclops now resides at the 6 o'clock position!!! it's a croton!!

LOL.....Now that's funny!!