I recently received a Casio DW-5000. A holy grail of mine and also a gift from a friend. I had a NOS original bezel hidden away. The retaining screws were missing but all the holes where clear. I stole some from a DW-5600C I had in my Casio box and fitted the bezel. All looked great, there were marks on the glass but I could live with that, its had a life after all.
Inside the crystal the graphics had bubbled from the edge. I had wondered about this problem before wit a Seiko 0124 I had. That time I let the Seiko go as it was. Here I wanted to see if I could at least stabilize the crystal as it was one for my personal collection. I initially tried to gently(everything must be gentle) rub the graphic onto the glass but no luck. So as far as I could see it there was the glass then a void, then the printed material.
Ok then fill the void, what with? The best I could liquid I could come up with was clear lacquer. I sprayed some from a can into the lid. Then shaped a half cocktail stick so it was flexible filled it with the lacquer and gently flooded the area I wanted filling.
It seems to have worked. I tried it on a small area first and let it dry. Once I was happy with this I took on the big area.
Im happy with the results. Not perfect but hopefully stabilized and looking better.
