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Every single detail in a timepiece is important, including glass. The glass plays an important role, it protects movement of your timepiece from dust – are you aware that just one small piece of dust can destroy the movement? Glass has one more important function: it protects the dial. This is the reason why when buying a wristwatch, no matter if it is an original wristwatch or a copy timepiece, you ought to take into account its glass.
Some watches have acrylic glass, also there are watches with mineral glass and there are watches with sapphire crystal. Each of these sorts of watch glass has its pluses and disadvantages.
Acrylic glass is the cheapest type of glass, that is why cheap wristwatches usually feature acrylic glass. The most important advantage of acrylic glass is that such glass is very hard to break, that is why acrylic glass is often used in sports watches (http://www.replicator.co). Replica timepieces, such as Panerai copy watches, Cartier replica timepieces and others usually are protected by acrylic glass. The main minus of acrylic glass is that it is very easy to scratch. Well, there is a cute solution – scratched glass can be easily replaced with new glass.
Being cheap enough, mineral glass, like acrylic glass, is often used in various kinds of imitation watches, such as imitation Panerai watches. However, mineral glass is harder than acrylic glass. What to scratch resistance – it is not very scratch resistant. Mineral glass is successfully used in production of watches that is why such glass is often called “ordinary glass”.
Sapphire crystal is considered to be the best sort of glass, since it is very resistant to scratches. Wristwatches with sapphire crystal cost very much, these are usually watches by the most prestigious Swiss or German watch companies. Sapphire crystal is not perfect – it is scratch-resistant, but it is quite easy to break. The most important thing is to care for sapphire crystal properly, if you care for it correctly, it will serve you for very time.
Any kind of glass can be broken, even the hardest one. If the glass is broken you should stop your wristwatch and take it to the service centre.

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