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Old 18 March 2007, 02:18 PM   #1
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Bezel Swap

I found a factory bnib pepsi bezel on the web and swapped out my all black for the pepsi look. Found the tutorial on TZ and it worked like a charm. No pics yet but I am most pleased with the look of my GMT II.

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Old 18 March 2007, 07:07 PM   #2
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Yes the GMT is quite a versatile watch,just change the bezel insert instant new watch,and if you take your time quite easy to do.
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Old 19 March 2007, 07:15 AM   #3
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Very cool John. Can't wait to see it!
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Old 19 March 2007, 12:29 PM   #4
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Anybody got a link to that tutorial? Might have to try that myself.
Love to see some pics of the GMT II w/pepsi bezel.
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Old 20 March 2007, 07:29 AM   #5
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Anybody got a link to that tutorial? Might have to try that myself.
Love to see some pics of the GMT II w/pepsi bezel.
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Not a II, but you get the idea,

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Old 20 March 2007, 07:33 AM   #6
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Boy oh boy, I'm gonna have to get a pepsi bezel and the black/red too. I should be able to swap easy enough.
Great pic Mike!
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Old 20 March 2007, 08:06 AM   #7
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NICE!! can you pm me the link to that on TZ
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Old 9 May 2007, 02:30 PM   #8
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Cool but how to do it??
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Old 9 May 2007, 08:55 PM   #9
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Anybody got a link to that tutorial? Might have to try that myself.
Love to see some pics of the GMT II w/pepsi bezel.
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Cool but how to do it??
I used Jocke's. It's easy to follow and it walked me right through it
http://www.vikbobil.se/bezel.html
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Old 10 May 2007, 01:18 AM   #10
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Thanks, C.J.
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Old 10 May 2007, 01:20 AM   #11
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The gmt is suppose to have a pepsi. I am sure it looks at home on your watch.
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Old 10 May 2007, 02:33 AM   #12
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Congrats on the pepsi. I tried the insert swap twice. First time, no problem. Second time, I scratched a lug. If Nick or anyone else comes up with an appropriate bezel remover I'd have no problem changing the inserts at will.
Here's some pics of mine.
Enjoy the pepsi,
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Old 10 May 2007, 07:44 AM   #13
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I checked with an AD today for a Pepsi bezel for the GMT I gave to my son. He's quoting me $110 US. Sound about right?
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Old 10 May 2007, 08:05 AM   #14
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I checked with an AD today for a Pepsi bezel for the GMT I gave to my son. He's quoting me $110 US. Sound about right?
Yeah, that's about right. I've heard guys pay as low as $75 (some time ago) and as high as $125 recently Be sure they're letting you keep the one on the watch now and you're not trading it toward the new one
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Old 11 May 2007, 01:00 AM   #15
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Yeah, that's about right. I've heard guys pay as low as $75 (some time ago) and as high as $125 recently Be sure they're letting you keep the one on the watch now and you're not trading it toward the new one
Thanks, I had read the $70 figure on here somewhere and thought I might be getting gouged. I'll be sure to ask about keeping the old one. I think after reading Nick's comments, I'll let the AD do all the changing.
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Old 10 May 2007, 12:40 PM   #16
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I just paid $100.00 USD at an AD for a Red and Black, they are ordering it and they agreed to let me keep my orginal Black one.
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