u/Happy_Enthusiasm_691

I am trying to recreate this render for my watch model.

this is somewhere i've reached, i have disabled the watch dial glass to make the engravings visible.

When i enable the glass, it looks like this, i have no idea why it doesnt look like the reference. it looks very flat like the light isnt even passing through it. i tried increasing the intensity of the light but that doesnt help, i tried putting a light between the dial base and the glass but that too gives me the same result. i tried increasing the glass material ior to 3, it makes the interior visible but it gets very ugly.

Please help how can i improve this render.

Thank you in advance :)