Help removing a Seiko cyclops please

[TaketheCannoli]

Pic of the offending barnacle below. I've seen YT vids of heating them and lifting with a sharp blade. Anyone actually done this? Does it work? Can I achieve it without leaving a scratch or marks on the crystal?

TIA.

[lewie]

I’ve done a few of these (on citizens)
My methods been to place the watch in a holder then in a vice, tape up the watch and face just exposing the Cyclopes- apply a small amount of acetone on a cocktail stick (carefully as obviously gaskets don’t like it) around the edge of the cyclops
And I think the last one I just tapped a glancing blow very gently with a small chisel and pin hammer - I’ve also done it with pin hammer and Stanley blade
Then just clean it up
Good luck - balls out
I’d remove the bezel 1st
Careful you won’t mark the crystal
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...hlight=Cyclops

[Mr Tetley]

Good luck - balls out
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...hlight=Cyclops

But do keep them away from the instruments and acetone.

[Toddy]

Removed a few using a heat gun and scalpel very carefully. Worked a treat👍

[Dougal]

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Why has Seiko started adding a cyclops to several models? The watches look better without a barnacle on the crystal (who likes a cyclops?).

[acg]

The once I did it was on a pulsar with a small butane torch. It took literally a second or two.

It fell off before I could pick up the scalpel.

A better quality watch might be a bit tougher though it needs to be tried on that watch imho

[TaketheCannoli]

Thanks. Something like this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112881221...Cclp%3A2047675

The once I did it was on a pulsar with a small butane torch. It took literally a second or two.

It fell off before I could pick up the scalpel.

A better quality watch might be a bit tougher though it needs to be tried on that watch imho

[RobDad]

Since turning 50 I’d never remove a cyclops tbh - they’re actually useful!


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[acg]

not even that fancy.

It’s a bic lighter in a torch handle

More like this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KZSYE...76HWB41K8AWNK5

Thanks. Something like this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112881221...Cclp%3A2047675

[TaketheCannoli]

Ah right, thanks a lot.

not even that fancy.

It’s a bic lighter in a torch handle

More like this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KZSYE...76HWB41K8AWNK5

[AmosMoses]

I’ve done this a few time, a jet lighter and acetone to clean up any residue always does the trick.


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[Man of Kent]

I've done a couple with a soldering iron. Focused heat is good. Works a treat.

[Kister]

I tried remove with heat and stanley blade but only it started to chip bit by bit.
Do you know where to buy this kind of candy cyclop only? I would like to put it back on.


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