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Nov 14, 2016

I have just received mine (brown dial) and two things are very concerning: there is no crown above the "GLYCINE" print on the dial (your picture shows the crown); also, there is no "Sapphire Crystal" stamp on the caseback, which is a pretty strong indication that the crystal is mineral crystal. I do know that Glycine produces both for this combat model.

Denethor

Nov 17, 2016

Will75I'm worried about this. In web page and massdrop, includes crown on dial!!! http://glycine-watch.ch/collection/combat/watches/item/view/show/nr/3890/

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Will75

Nov 17, 2016

Will75It is definitely not a sapphire crystal. I am sending mine back.

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Denethor

Nov 18, 2016

Will75are you sure? Not a sapphire crystal? How do you know?

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Will75

Nov 18, 2016

Will75Mine definitely is not sapphire. Several ways of checking. First it doesn't pass the sound test. A Sapphire crystal, when tapped lightly with your finger nail, will have a deep, dull "thud," whereas a mineral crystal will have much louder and higher pitched sound. I have a ton of watches and only buy watches with sapphire because I tend to bang them up and I promise you this "sound check" holds up. Also, there is a water test that I didn't do, but the premise is that the water molecules react differently to sapphire than mineral when you place a tiny droplet of water on the crystal. I did however do a ton of research once I suspected that the watch wasn't "as advertised" and it became very clear that Glycine always stamps "SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL" on the caseback if it does have a sapphire. Also, there seems to be a near 100% correlation between the absence of the logo (mine arrived without the Glycine Logo even though it was pictured on the mass drop page I purchased it from) and mineral crystal.

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Denethor

Nov 18, 2016

Will75Combat 6 never stamps "sapphire crystal". look at this... https://www.iguanasell.com/collections/glycine-watches/43mm+glycine-watches-combat-subcat Today my watchmaker has told me: pretty sapphire has your glycine (Spain)

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Will75

Nov 19, 2016

Will75I can't speak to the crystal on yours, but I promise you mine isn't sapphire.
Examples of combat 6 sapphire watches with stamp:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GLYCINE-Combat-6-3890-19AT-LB9B-SWISS-AUTOMATIC-43mm-WATCH-BLACK-LEATHER-ANALOG-/302126459010?hash=item465823e882:g:c7QAAOSwVcFXOlAp
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Glycine-Combat-6-43mm-Watch-/332036984302?hash=item4d4ef24dee:g:TXUAAOSwcUBYL4q5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Glycine-Combat-6-43mm-Watch-/332036984302?hash=item4d4ef24dee:g:TXUAAOSwcUBYL4q5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Glycine-Watch-Combat-6-Automatic-3890-19AT-GL-224-Leather-/261828161189?hash=item3cf62caea5:g:RAUAAOSwBLlVFnnj

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Denethor

Nov 19, 2016

Will75It's true...

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Denethor

Nov 19, 2016

Will75Could not confirm the op or the seller?

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Denethor

Nov 19, 2016

Will75Mine definitely is not saphire too.

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Will75

Nov 20, 2016

Will75I suspect the whole drop is mineral crystal. What color dial did you order? I ordered the Brown w/ leather strap. I hope for the other customers' sakes that only the brown one was mineral.

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Denethor

Nov 20, 2016

Will75the same..., brown w/ leather strap.

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Denethor

Nov 20, 2016

Will75I have doubts. I do not know if I return it. I do not know how to return it. It's my first time in massdrop

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Will75

Nov 20, 2016

Will75I sent it back to their customer service address. I have a receipt of the shipment and I am tracking the package. If they don't refund my card, I'll refute the charge and show the evidence that they have the watch in their possession. I think massdrop will do the right thing and refund the purchase. I initially emailed them on Monday and waited for a response, but sent it back later in the week when I hadn't heard back from them. They don't have a telephone number that I could find. They certainly don't make it easy. I doubt I'll be buying anything from md in the future.

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Denethor

Nov 20, 2016

Will75Will, where are you from? USA? I'm spanish

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Will75

Nov 20, 2016

Will75Yeah, I live in the US, on the West Coast.

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Denethor

Nov 21, 2016

Will75I have sent a message to massdrop stating my anger, and waiting for a solution on it, or the return of the glycine.

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Denethor

Nov 21, 2016

Will75It is strange that no one else complains

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Denethor

Nov 21, 2016

Will75My friend is totally convinced that yours is sapphire. It is also brown as ours.

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TomasV

1685

Nov 22, 2016

Will75We're seeing these comments and are reaching out to all members who are affected. Thank you for bringing this to our notice. We want to do right by everyone that was part of this drop.

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Denethor

Nov 23, 2016

Will75there are two problems: 1) does not include the logo or crown on top of "Glycine", so the watch is different massdrop 2) non-sapphire crystal (could you confirm it with the seller?)

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Denethor

Nov 23, 2016

TomasVThanks.

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TomasV

1685

Nov 23, 2016

Will75Hey everyone. Thank you for flagging these issues. We've talked with the vendor and have confirmed it is mineral glass instead of Sapphire. We apologize for this error and you should be receiving an email from Community Support shortly.

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Denethor

Nov 24, 2016

TomasVOk Tomas. Thank you very much.

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DDro

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Nov 26, 2016

Will75Thanks Will75 for pointing this out!

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Thangledo

Sep 27, 2017

Will75I have mine for about a month now and just had a hair line scratch, which indicates that this is not sapphire glass as advertised, is there something we, as customers can do about this?

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Thangledo

Sep 27, 2017

TomasVI also have this problem, please help, this is my first time on massdrop, thanks. I have mine for about a month now and just had a hair line scratch, which indicates that this is not sapphire glass as advertised, is there something we, as customers can do about this?

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