Is it REALLY SAPPHIRE???!! Testing watch glass....
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Excellent demonstration! Thank you for showing us on such a variety of watches. It clearly does work and it looks like it just needs to be properly adjusted for the sensitivity.
really cool! ive been looking for this kind of video about sapphire crystals on watches. thanks!
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Thank you for sharing, great video, I really appreciate the information.
Great video. Always good to have a test for these things
Thanks!!
Great video! Its nice to check those glass crystals even just once to make sure that what is says on the watch is true. Thanks for sharing 😊👌
That is the video i was looking for because i have one tester on the way . I supposed that the use was straight forward but this helped ❤
nice video. just ordered one. thanks for the link govna!
Just ordered one through your link.
Thank you and well done.
Thanks Justin! Very much appreciated 😎👍
Interesting that the three Chinese watch crystals test higher than the Breitling.
"Ancient Chinese secret"😉👍
Made by monks, infused with their ancient powers. Those chinese dress watch looks clean and awesome
The Breitling crystal had an AR coating on it. Also another reason to be careful while doing this because you could scratch it.
breitling and tag huer have always been sketchy
@@infinitigjj6779 yeah. Like the originals they are copied of.
Thanks buddy I just ordered one of these from your link.
Seriously all those watches you have laid out I either have or am planning to buy! You have good taste Aron!
Digging the video!
Awesome!! Lots of fun stuff there 😎👍
Like your video, straight forward!
Very interesting gadget!
Thanks for sharing.
The breitling is beautiful mate!
sadly this is a very bad test, that proves nothing this tool will only test thermal conductivity now you would think that would be enough but no if you use the same tool on the "sapphire" on an iPhone it will show as sapphire on the tool. But it scratches at a MoHs level 6 the same as glass, if it was sapphire it should not scratch until 9 HUGE difference, this thing will tell you it is sapphire even if it is not. A lot of company's will basically just sprinkle in aluminum oxide dust (what sapphire is made from) into glass, but unless that aluminium oxide is pure no glass no silica and has time to crystallize then it is not sapphire it has no property's of sapphire, it is amorphous which means it has no crystal structure which means it is in no way shape or form even similar to sapphire. But legally they can call it sapphire glass even though it has none of the property's of sapphire at all. If you want to do a real test to find out you would need a set of MoHs picks, or if that is a bit much a set is not cheap buy a cheap quartz crystal off of amazon or eBay if it can scratch it it is 100% not sapphire.
Very cool!! Great vid brother!!👍👍
Thanks buddy!! Have a great day 😎👍
Nice video, great info to have. Thanks!
Thanks for watching Bob. Very much appreciated!
I bought mine from Aliexpress for about $10. The dial to select the bars is actually more for the sound than the exact calibration for it to work properly. When powered on just wait for the "lamp on ready ok" button to be lit and make sure your finger is touching the metal part on the back to close the circuit.
Awesome information Calvin, very much appreciated!!😎👍 It's a really cool tool to have.
Metal part of the back?
Great video 👍
Inexpensive, I think I'll pick one up. Thanks
I use the exact same tester. I warm it up then "tune" it up to 2 green lights. Then I test away. I've found sapphire on the least expected watches. I use it on gemstones as well. It's really a very nice tool. You'll find yourself testing every damn thing you can like I did. It's an obsession. Lol!
Awesome to hear it works this good for you too!! Great little tool😎👍
@@OFD just thought I'd tell you. Since watching this I've gone to the mall with the wife. I took mine with me to a jewelry store. The guy that works there uses the exact model! He let me check all kinds of things. He does like we do. Let it warm up, adjust to 2 green lights and then go crazy! I was checking watches as well as diamonds. Of course now the wife wants a new ring! Damn the luck. But at least I know this is the real deal.
@@CrepitusRex lol try phone screens
Have you tested the Orient Ray 2? I'm curious to know how it scores.
An excellent truth machine against watch makers' bullshit claims. I look forward to seeing you giving future watches the once over. Great video
I ordered this detector yesterday!. Please upload video about Starking ASAP :)
Good stuff Aron! Thanks for sharing the info. Always enjoy your vids.
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Thanks for watching my friend!!
whats that digital watch in the center
Nice! Can you make a test in flame fusions? Thanks
I did test it and they are not zaphire or anything like that
Hey mate. Nice video, although there's something you should know. Diamond testers (like the one you have) don't measure the "hardness" of materials, but rather measures other properties of the material and compare them with the ones of an actual diamond. I think the particular one you've got is based on thermal conductivity (meaning measuring how heat transfers through the material), so you're measuring just this single property. I'm guessing you're getting results very different/similar to those of diamonds because of the variety of materials, coatings, widths, etc.
All true. Uncoated sapphire scores highest on this model 👍😎
Interesting, I figured it was a refractometer? Which judges light refraction, but what is the technical name for one of these doodads?
That means you are legend only programing can understand
I understand you very well 😂as I was developing material Detected metrics code in fact you talking 1 percent approach u
Oh man I'm dying to try this on my Orient Triton. It says sapphire but doesn't really look like it. Maybe it's the AR...?
Ordered the tester. Thanks!
So was it real sapphire?
It works
What's the approximate price of this glass for 3.5cm wide and 1mm thick glass? e.g. for an order of 100 pieces..
Good video
Very interesting
Cool video 👍
Thank you Chris!!
Pleas bro I have sappire coated pleas i weant to how mach prices
Neat tool to have around. Pretty surprised by the hardness test on the Chinese watches. Nice vid!
Seiko should call their crystals Softlex!
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@Northern Shaver That's why I don't own a Seiko!
Haha agree! I replaced my sna411 hardlex with a sapphire and couldn't be happier now!
Can you test huawei gt 2 pro if it is real sapphire?
Looking at my ever-increasing watch collection (I stopped counting at 70) I wonder if I should invest in such a thermal conductivity tester to find out who fooled me with their specifications?
I tried the water droplet test - not reliable for greasy or coated surfaces.
So far the 'ping' test (snipping your fingernail against the surface) did the best job for me:
high pitch sounds for minerals, almost none for sapphire. But then: a thick plastic glass does not ring either, but may scratch immediately. And a "scratch test" is not an option..
To my astonishment some extremely cheap China watches (like your GuanQins, Nesun etc.) appear to use sapphire, my mid 1970s Citizen 8110A as well? I do not know the price difference of mineral vs sapphire, but I doubt that it is used on budget watches.
So maybe I should shell out a few bucks at AliExpress for such a heat tester after all?
Cool to see it in action on watch glasses, thanks!
Thank you for tuning in!! Cheers 😁👍
I have an ultimus u8103 sles of sapphire glass but it is not scrach resistant please guide in this regards
Mann Bhalli Basically if you can scratch it with almost anything other than a diamond, it's not a sapphire crystal. I work in a machine shop, very abrasive conditions. Over one year and my watch only has one micro-scratch. Can't even see it without a magnifier.
This is not a testing video, this is just a playing-with-my-new-toy video, sorry.
cheers aron
jereyrigeverything made a video about how saphire can set that off but sometimes the quality of saphire varies like the crap apple watches have on them
I bought one diamond tester II and that scratches the glass of the watches... and mine didn't work well. Mine just detect my fingers as sapphire.
Sorry you had bad luck!
They measure conductance, don't they?
nice tele in the background.
It tests by thermal conductivity
Isso não arranha o vidro?
very nice gadget to have...
Absolutely!
The results are good with this cheap tester. Interesting that the cheap Chinese watches have Sapphire crystal and Seiko watches, most of them, have not. Yes, something to think about mr. Seiko!
Right!!?? Should be standard these days.
I know people hate on hardlex, but I've never actually had that much problem with it. 🤷♂️
With Seiko you are paying for general build quality, I've seen a lot of those "Chinese specials" and I'm sure they're great. Sapphire glass+NH35 is pretty great, but from what I've seen their "fit and finish" along with design generally lack. There just isn't the details that watch enthusiast thrive off of.
@@timromero8801 true but seiko won't die if they offer a sapphire and cut down their profit by 2-5%
C M much less than that. You can buy a sapphire crystal for $20(or less). I'm sure Seiko, buying in volume could put sapphire on every watch for an extra $5 retail
Sapphire crystal in China are shockingly cheap. They could put it to their chinese watches without affecting cost of watch too much!
It mistakes moazinite for diamonds
use an actual natural sapphire as a control reading, before testing the watches..
also moissonite can be used as a cheap alternative to a sapphire lense.. and be passed off as sapphire.
Now do the same but just with the low tech water drop test?
The thing I dont get is: why should someone a saphire as mineral?
you set the meter to wear the first light just lights then test. when you see 7 or 8 on the meter its sapphire if its diamonf then its diamond.
Excellent!
Very cool Aron, and well worth the $16 bucks just to have for "peace of mind" testing on new or used watches where you're not certain if it's sapphire. One thing that was interesting, you seemed to have gotten a higher reading on the cheap Chinese watches with sapphire than the Breitling, which may be a little concerning? ;-)
It's across the board. Even the Orient Triton or Tissot PRC-200, both having sapphire, do not test as high!!
it cant measure the hardness it measures how theramlly conductive the material is
Sapphire crystals are cheap now. I've bought several for some of my old watches for about $15 each from China.
Yeah. Modding a SNK809 for sapphire can be done for about $30 with no AR. It's almost risible that watchmakers don't switch over to sapphire exclusively anymore.
@@MrDoggerDog I can't believe they do that's considering it's a great selling point for little increase in price
Mixed ingredients not a pure one
Did you modded your watches yourself?
Sound is better. Just tap on it with a nail.
You that one more watch guy?
This is a nice tool (that's what SHE said). I need it!
That's what she said!!🤣🤣 It's a h!"hardness tester" .....that's what she said....it's so waiting for these comments. That freaking Hurricane turned into a Hurriwussy thankfully broda!!😎👍👍
Bahahahahah! It did however, we have another one brewing in the distance. Round three! Every single year we go through this. This last one was the scariest one I've ever experienced.
Will a diamond scratch that glass real diamond? Hmm 🙂🤞😊🤣
HELLO
YOUR CASIO G SHOCK IS ORIGINAL FROM CASIO JAPAN 🇯🇵 OR FAKE FROM CHINATOWN ?
DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS OF CERTIFICATION ?
Compare guanqin and starking..
Its coming, for sure!!
$8 with free shipping on Aliexpress
Can a diamond tester test a sapphire crystal ,?
It's Jody, not Jamie, but anyway, an interesting video, buddy..
My bad. I know its Jody Musgrove. My mouth gets ahead of my brain at times 😂😂👍 Sorry Jody!!
@@OFD you're not alone, buddy!! 😂😂
Drop of water works for real vs fake
You have it adjusted too high. You'll notice in Jody's vids that nothing he tests goes off the meter. The way you have it sapphire and diamond would read the same.
Agree, but the red light and noise is awesome 😂👍👊
Well how on earth do you know if you have a real diamond when it says that sapphire is diamond ??
He hasn't even read the tool's manual and goes on 'evaluating' brands! Lol, youtube videos these days!
I believe the tester works on resistivity rather than hardness.
True dat👍😉
So can't we judge hardness from it?
$A40.90 at Amazon Australia, about US$30.00. Is it any wonder Amazon is not setting the world on fire in OZ?
SHEESH!!😐
This dude sounds like cutlerylover
Long shin eh?
All the diamond selector II readings are false with a gemologist report
Sapphire is not as hard as diamond buddy. It’s a 9 when diamond is a 10. You need a point of reference to set the device with a known natural stone.
Somethings wrong with your tester. Nobody says Hardlux and then puts Sapphire in the watch. Come on, man.
You cannot test the sapphire material with a diamond tester,it’s not the tools that tells you the Mohs scale
Breitling is softest... benefit of the doubt they did it on purpose because its a diver. Lol
alot of china brand/ made watches, alot of their specs information are all WRONG..... including sizes . here the cock up is material of the glass! hahaha .
Anybody who watches this video please do not think that a diamond selector too is going to tell you if it's Sapphire or not it tests a thermal reading which means it detects heat it does not tell you if it's a real sapphire it doesn't test the hardness scale and it does not test the refraction index which can tell you the difference between a fake Sapphire and a real sapphire or fake diamond and a real diamond or a moissanite as far as thermal goes a lab grown Sapphire conducts heat the same way lab grown diamonds have the same refractive index they pass thermal testers(diamonds selector ll) and look just like a diamond because they are in fact a diamond do not let anybody tell you that a lab grown diamond or a lab grown Sapphire or lab grown anything else isn't real it technically is real it just isn't natural 🤷 therefore the value goes down if you are going to buy anything to test diamonds sapphires rubies and emeralds you should buy all the tools in order to make sure you have what you have such as a refractometers to see refraction indexes electrical diamond testers to test electrical conductivity buy a loop to see the inclusions and read up on how to check natural from lab grown such as inclusions such but putting a thermal tester on a watch face is not going to tell you if it's really a sapphire Crystal or not🤦🤦🤦
Valid points, but i think in the case of watch sapphires the majority of cases wont be too far off. Using that tool on second hand watches would definitely give me more certainty than tapping the glass or dribbling water on it.
It doesn't matter if it's lab growing or if it's a natural sapphire. They are the same hardness and that's all we really care about for the glass on the watch.
test Chinese made watch with Chinese made instrument = made in China data results.
Well, i just can't get past loving your moniker!!😁👍 Bravo, well done🤙🤙
Why on that document? Shall we consider this fact cycologically?
You provided a few false information . This tester has nothing to do with hardness. It works based on thermal conductivity. You also said that sapphire crystal is in the diamond hardness range. Not even close. You should really educate yourself before you make a video.
Thanks for tuning in!😎👍
Man are you deliberately trying to mislead people or do you really know how these testers actually work?I have this tester and ivhave genuine sapphires ..they only work on diamonds
No need for that testing tool just stick it to your forehead lol If it's ice cold it means it's sapphire.