Buying a black 16610 bezel insert

[Joshua74]

Hello,

Last week I luckily found and bought on ebay a genuine new sealed black bezel 16610 insert for my 16610LV (I know I may be crazy but I want to keep it like this, new and sealed, don't ask me why ).

I plan to buy another new one (I know... ), but it's hard to find and AD's won't sell them.

I wondered if an AD could sell me a new insert if I just give it a used one without any 16610 of course (genuine but badly scratched or so) ? What do you think about it ? Realistic or there is no way... ?

Thanks

[sea-dweller]

As a standard practice, they do not. One exception, when the Los Angeles RSC was still around, I swapped bezel inserts in my GMT II (Coke -> Pepsi) and they let me keep the old one, after some persuading on my part with the front desk representative.

[bounce]

Are there no RSC's near you, in the UK you can buy them from the service centres direct. Can you not do this in France?

[dlite1873]

Sorry, but i need to ask.
Why do you want to keep the bezel insert sealed Get it on the watch and enjoy it.

[Joshua74]

Originally Posted by dlite1873

Sorry, but i need to ask.
Why do you want to keep the bezel insert sealed Get it on the watch and enjoy it.

In fact I don't really need it, I like the green bezel, but I had the opportunity of buying one new sealed, so i bought it because it's very hard to find. I'm sure I will never find another new sealed so I want to keep it like a "treasure" (I said I'm a little crazy...).

Bounce : Rolex France and AD's near me won't sell them without bringing a 16610...

[TempoKing]

Originally Posted by Joshua74

In fact I don't really need it, I like the green bezel, but I had the opportunity of buying one new sealed, so i bought it because it's very hard to find. I'm sure I will never find another new sealed so I want to keep it like a "treasure" (I said I'm a little crazy...).

Bounce : Rolex France and AD's near me won't sell them without bringing a 16610...

In Athens they will do it if in stock but you got to present the watch

[bounce]

Originally Posted by Joshua74

In fact I don't really need it, I like the green bezel, but I had the opportunity of buying one new sealed, so i bought it because it's very hard to find. I'm sure I will never find another new sealed so I want to keep it like a "treasure" (I said I'm a little crazy...).

Bounce : Rolex France and AD's near me won't sell them without bringing a 16610...

Sorry to hear that I thought it was only the US that there were problems with bezel inserts.

[Autobot]

Its tough, I have been looking for one ever since I got my LV with no luck.

[jvt02]

did not realise how easy it is to get a new bezel insert for a 16610, thought i would have to wait till it was serviced, was in torquay (uk) yesterday and looked in at the AD, trying on a explorer and gmt11c as an afterthought mentioned my lumi dot was cracked , no problem £35 ($52) should take 3 days, so ordered one straight away, very helpfull lady and a nice experience, on my way out noticed a good selection of omegas, another 30 minutes trying on their planet ocean range, never understood till that moment what people meant when they say if a watch sings to you!! well one did but i will not mention which on this forum.

[dieseldragon]

Best thing to do would be buy an after market bezel, then send watch to Rolex and ask them to supply a new bezel. They will then swap the non genuine part out. Then you have old original part plus the new one.