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Aroogah
Hesalite because it just looks a million times better for any crystal that isn't entirely flat and set flush with a bezel. You can actually see through hesalite whereas sapphire has all sorts of weird refractions and stuff going on which make the outer edges opaque. It's not (in the case of the Speedmaster) such a pleasingly soft dome either, rather like a pronounced shoulder.
