Domed Acrylic Crystals

Identifying the profile of your domed acrylic crystal

Older watches use acrylic crystals with a wide variety of profiles. This category brings together 9 of them, for 978 diameters between 9.6 and 50 mm, from €5.90 to €20.90 inc. VAT.

• Low domed and wide-curve: moderate curves.
• Dome and high dome: taller profiles, the high dome being the most pronounced.
• Stepped and lipped: shaped edge that fits into the bezel.
• Faceted: surface cut into flat facets.
• Drawing-pin: raised centre on a flat base.
• Pocket watch: from 9.6 to 49.8 mm, suited to pocket watches.

Look at the original crystal in profile and compare it with the images: the height of the dome and the shape of the edge matter as much as the diameter. Too high a profile may protrude from the bezel or hinder closing, too low a profile may touch the hands.

The diameter is taken at the base of the crystal; see our guide to measuring a crystal. A scratched acrylic can sometimes be saved: find out how to go about polishing an acrylic crystal. The page on crystal types completes these pointers.