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Old 26 June 2020, 08:46 PM   #1
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Old 26 June 2020, 08:56 PM   #2
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Wow, details, age and what happened?
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Old 26 June 2020, 09:06 PM   #3
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It always hurts to see that kind of damage but it also feels good to see them repaired.
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Old 26 June 2020, 09:08 PM   #4
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Bummer.

Do you ever get to hear the back story on how things like this happen? You could write a book
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Old 26 June 2020, 09:13 PM   #5
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And this, folks, is why the Explorer will always have a steel bezel.

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Old 27 June 2020, 01:13 AM   #6
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And this, folks, is why the Explorer will always have a steel bezel.

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As optimistic as I am...

I mean at least the bezel isn’t scratched!

Take that explorer ! ! !
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Old 26 June 2020, 09:35 PM   #7
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What happened there? The bezel
does not seems to be scuffed or anything; just arrived like that?


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Old 26 June 2020, 09:37 PM   #8
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Yep, so much for the folks that love to say, yes well I know ceramic is brittle but you never hear of them breaking. I’ll hold onto my 5 digit bezels thanks.
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Old 27 June 2020, 01:32 AM   #9
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Yep, so much for the folks that love to say, yes well I know ceramic is brittle but you never hear of them breaking. I’ll hold onto my 5 digit bezels thanks.
Yeah because these types of posts are a daily occurrence.. The odds of that happening to your watch are minuscule.
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Old 27 June 2020, 02:49 AM   #10
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Yeah because these types of posts are a daily occurrence.. The odds of that happening to your watch are minuscule.

Lol, what is minuscule is the number of ceramic Rolex owners that are on this forum compared to those than own them and not active in a forum like this. So the vast majority of breaks you will never see. It’s bound to happen when dinner plate material is used in the outside of a watch.


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Old 27 June 2020, 04:58 AM   #11
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Lol, what is minuscule is the number of ceramic Rolex owners that are on this forum compared to those than own them and not active in a forum like this. So the vast majority of breaks you will never see. It’s bound to happen when dinner plate material is used in the outside of a watch.


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Since the OP is an RSC watchmaker, set up to repair this watch, I’d hazard a guess that the owner of this watch is not a member of this forum therefore we are seeing a broken bezel that fall into the vast majority that you were talking about, not the small minority (which in all likelihood is a statistically significant sample size) on this forum.
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Old 26 June 2020, 09:40 PM   #12
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Old 26 June 2020, 10:19 PM   #13
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Im guessing door jamb Tom.


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Old 26 June 2020, 10:24 PM   #14
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Bas...you get to have all the fun.

Thanks for the “cutaway” photo of the ceramic bezel underlayment.


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Old 26 June 2020, 10:31 PM   #15
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Old 29 June 2020, 06:15 AM   #16
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Old 26 June 2020, 10:45 PM   #17
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Old 27 June 2020, 12:44 AM   #18
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What happened there? The bezel
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Arrived just like that.

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How often do you see this?
Quite often, almost weekly I'd say.
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Old 27 June 2020, 12:50 AM   #19
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Whats the cost of the ceramic insert ?
...and aluminum inserts ?
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Old 27 June 2020, 12:59 AM   #20
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Whats the cost of the ceramic insert ?
...and aluminum inserts ?
-/+ 350€ and 40€
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Old 27 June 2020, 01:15 AM   #21
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Love these posts, Bas. Thanks.
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Old 27 June 2020, 01:24 AM   #22
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-/+ 350€ and 40€
Love the black ceramic insert ,but on the colours I prefer the aluminum inserts .

Colours are spot on.Inexpensive to replace.No fuss, no mess.

On the aluminum inserts there were never discussions of is it blue or purple,red or pink .. or Mark I ,II , II etc
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Old 26 June 2020, 11:07 PM   #23
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Old 5 July 2020, 11:02 AM   #24
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Old 26 June 2020, 11:09 PM   #25
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Old 26 June 2020, 11:53 PM   #26
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Yep, that's what you get when you try to use it as a hammer.
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Old 26 June 2020, 11:10 PM   #27
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Nice.

What will this look like when you’re done modding?
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Old 26 June 2020, 11:25 PM   #28
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Nice.

How does did happen Bas?
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Old 27 June 2020, 04:14 AM   #29
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How does did happen Bas?
Banging it into something, I suppose
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Old 26 June 2020, 11:36 PM   #30
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