Reply With QuoteWell, I'm a fan of the cyclops, so I prefer the "before" picture :) , but you have done an amazing job there!
Alex
Just took a gas burning soldering iron to my cyclops. :twisted: I was so nervous my hands were shaking! :shock: But after about 20 seconds of heat, it just popped off. Quick wipe with a tea towel and its perfectly cyclops-less. I love it!! :D
Now you see it. :x
Now you don't. 8)
Well, I'm a fan of the cyclops, so I prefer the "before" picture :) , but you have done an amazing job there!
Alex
Agree with the above...just doesn't look right to me...like when someone you always see wearing glasses suddenly appears without them. Good job though.
I'm with the guys above - a Rolex is not a Rolex without its "pimple" - unless its a SD.
Sorry :(
Andy
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Anyone got any glue?? :roll:
Nah, don't listen to us and don't worry, the majority around here are in the "I-hate-the-cyclops" camp :)Originally Posted by mr noble
And, regardless, if you are happy, that's all that matters, right?
Alex
I'm in the against camp as i think things should be left as they were produced, but I would be interested to see it in the flesh as I would bet the look is probably better than the SD due to the thinner crystal?
I have a SD, Sub Date and Non Date and am one of the few that thinks the Dweller date set up is not quite right, but like everything else about it. Personally I think Rolex would have had success with the cyclops-less Sub Date.
Nice job by the way. Looks great and is reversible, so enjoy!
Looks good IMO. And easily reversible by getting a new crystal.
You just have to get used to be flamed as a heretic on the forums... :lol:
/Stefan
love it without mate and if i had the **** i would do it to mine
much better 8) cyclops spoils a good dial IMO
You sir, have major league cojones!
And great result, much better without the zit IMO :D
It looks bare-nekkid to me, but hey-ho - it's your bag and good for you. Now, where's my pitchfork... :)
If I was brave enough I'd do the same rather than chasing SDs...
Cajones indeed, much better :D
"I looked with pity not untinged with scorn upon these trivial-minded passers-by"
I have to agree, it's looks alot better without.
Looks great without , you are very brave to do it !!
Well done that man..... 8)
WTB...2 tone Sub & gas powered soldering iron... :D
This is just the look I would love to have - I'm really not keen on the top hat + cyclops... Is that a 5513 crystal? I can see trouble ahead...Looks good IMO. And easily reversible by getting a new crystal.
You just have to get used to be flamed as a heretic on the forums... :lol:
/Stefan
OP, your Sub looks very smart, the way God intended... :D
Ash
looks great, i had no idea that could be done
Doesn't work at all, sorry :(
If you don't like the cyclops buy a Sub ND or a 'Dweller FFS. Why go through the whole rigmarole and risk messing up a fine watch? :?
Cheers :twisted:
Stern
Nice one - brave move but in my opinion it works, i think it really looks good and its easily reversible 8)
I'd just like to add that i'm normally a fan of them WITH the cyclops :)
In my opinion, definately better without, but whether I'd have the guts to do it is a different matter. :lol:
looks so much better without cyclops!
Better without from me too...
Well done. And balls of steel!
I've been thinking about doing it for ages.
I did actually buy a Seadweller too, and sold it yesterday on SC.
IMO, the SD having the 1mm smaller dial and thicker glass makes it look very different to the Sub up close.
The cyclops has never really bothered me before, but having owned the Dweller, I've fallen for the far cleaner lines of a cyclops-less glass.
I watched a couple of youtube videos of it being done, and borrowed my neighbours gas blow burner thingy which has a hot flame feature (like a jet flame lighter)
It really was a doddle, 10 or 20 seconds of heat and the glue bubbled up underneath and the thing just fell off.
I figured that worst case scinario was that it'd need a new glass and bezel.
Apparently when it gets sent off for its next service, it'll come back with a new glass and cyclops on it.
I think it looks far better.
:)
To me its looks great, it looks initially a little 'odd/strange' as we are so used to seeing the cyclops, but definitely a nice clean result.
I doubt I would have been as brave but it was worth it.
I like it, i was never a fan of cyclops until about a year ago but the sub with out the cyclops is a nice in between the sub and SD and ND, i like a date so i like this, I would love to see what one looks like with a black dat wheel and no cyclops
Good god !!! You have ginourmous testicules :shock: I just could not bring myself to do that, looks good though :)
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
I'm going to have to side with the ... "love it" camp! :)
I think it looks great without the cyclops. Then again, I'm not a big fan of the cyclops, and after not having enough money :roll: it is the thing that puts me off a date sub.
I would also agree that I'd rather have a date sub without cyclops than a sea-dweller due to subtle size differentials.
I admire your balls, (figuratively not literally of course), and your total disregard of resale values. Wear it with pride.
Brave man!
Good better without the cyclops IMHO.
Dave
Brave man!!!
Looks good without IMO.
I`ve heard about it being done, but there is a significant risk of cracking the crystal. The manager of a Rolex AD told me this; he's done them before but makes absolutely no guarantee that the glass won`t break.
Personally, I think the OPs crazy for altering the watch; what has this done to its value should he decide to sell?
I wonder if he'd be so keen to share the results if the glass had cracked?
Paul
I like the cyclops as well that's why I had to adjust myself to Seiko initially.
Now this Rolex is forever yours....
Looks great IMHO, but you should have got that Swedish dude to video the whole thing in case it went wrong... :)
Well you've ruined that! :lol: :wink:
I wouldn't do it but if you like it it is easily reversed if you want.
I get around it like this...... :D
Cheers,
Neil.
That is the one and only way to own a Sub-Date: Without cyclops!
I'd do the same if I had a Sub with datewheel but luckily mine's a ND :D
Good riddance to bad rubbish, as they say...
Marc
Excellent decision and very brave!
“Don’t look back, you’re not heading that way.”
Looks great, and easily reversed with silicon gel glue (which is how Rolex stick them on in the first place :wink: )
Firstly, I did try to video it, but then remembered that I'd given my video camera to charity on Friday last week! 8)
Secondly, this watch was bought for me by my late Grandfather on my 21st birthday, so I can never sell it, thus the value in GBP is meaningless.
Thirdly, if the glass had cracked or the bezel melted etc, it'd have cost 2 or 300 pounds to fix, its not like I'd have risked it if there was a chance of totally destroying the whole watch!
Fourth. This morning I packed up and sold the SD which I've enjoyed owning for the last 6 months. [see pic] I bought it as a test to see if I could ever bring myself to part with the "Grandad Sub". But I soon decided that I couldn't, and thought it a little extravagant to own a Sub AND an SD. Hence I thought, in my crazy mind, "Well if I had the Sub without the date bubble - best of both worlds" :D
I think it looks excellent. And its only going to stay like that till the next time I get it serviced, at which point Rolex will send it back as it should be. I understand they never return modded watches to AD's.
Fifth. Yes, if I'd have cracked the glass, I would still have posted. No high horse in my house! :)
GMT arrived on Sunday and SD went bye bye yesterday :( Not sure how long I'm keeping the GMT, but the Sub will never go.
i like what the OP has done, looks good but reversible should he wish and that red sub looks awesome to me.
It was better with the cyclops imho - I love them. :wink:
+1.
For those casting aspersions on the OP's sanity or intelligence, it's a small glue-attached little bubble on a wristwatch that belongs to him, FFS. Does he owe you money?
And it's reversible at every service anyway.
...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!
Thanks for sharing - a brave man! I'd be terrified of damaging the watch.
I prefer the original look, but as you say it can always be changed back easily and for now you have something a little bit different. In time 'though I suspect a Sub without a cyclops will just remind you of the Seadweller and you'll end up buying another one!
I don't mind it either way. The cyclops thing I mean :shock: :P
BUT, I would be totally "annoyed" to put it politely if it came back from service with a cyclops refitted. It's "my" watch, what right do they have to alter it to "their" spec!
Well said Mr "Balls of steel" !! :D :D :D I actually prefer it like that although I am now more confortable with the cyclops on my GMT...
Firstly, I did try to video it, but then remembered that I'd given my video camera to charity on Friday last week! 8)
Secondly, this watch was bought for me by my late Grandfather on my 21st birthday, so I can never sell it, thus the value in GBP is meaningless.
Thirdly, if the glass had cracked or the bezel melted etc, it'd have cost 2 or 300 pounds to fix, its not like I'd have risked it if there was a chance of totally destroying the whole watch!
Fourth. This morning I packed up and sold the SD which I've enjoyed owning for the last 6 months. [see pic] I bought it as a test to see if I could ever bring myself to part with the "Grandad Sub". But I soon decided that I couldn't, and thought it a little extravagant to own a Sub AND an SD. Hence I thought, in my crazy mind, "Well if I had the Sub without the date bubble - best of both worlds" :D
I think it looks excellent. And its only going to stay like that till the next time I get it serviced, at which point Rolex will send it back as it should be. I understand they never return modded watches to AD's.
Fifth. Yes, if I'd have cracked the glass, I would still have posted. No high horse in my house! :)
GMT arrived on Sunday and SD went bye bye yesterday :( Not sure how long I'm keeping the GMT, but the Sub will never go.
Fantastic, send a pic to Rolex.
They could offer the option of cyclops or not.
Did they learn nothing from the popularity of SD?
I didn't think the SD was all that popular in the Non-WIS world?
I like the look...very brave...
I didn't think the SD was all that popular in the Non-WIS world?
Quite right. The average buyer felt that the SD and the Sub were practically the same watch and couldn't justify the difference in price :roll:
Much better without the cyclops.........................Out of interest, if it went for a service would the workshop replace the crystal to 'restore' the watch?
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