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22 October 2007, 12:27 AM
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Anyway to fix a mark on bezel insert?
How do professional restorers do it?
My problem is a very very tiny chip - just enough where you can see metal. ( Seadweller ) Anyone have any experience with this? |
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22 October 2007, 12:33 AM
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The bezel insert of the SD (and Sub Dates and old GMT II's) is made of aluminium.
If it gets chipped so that the aluminium shows through, it cannot really be fixed, but a bezel insert for the SD does not cost much and can be exchanged by a fresh one by the RSC at the next service. NICE pic of a "CYCLOP" in your avatar, btw!  I found another one:  
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22 October 2007, 12:35 AM
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I would take it to a service center personally
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22 October 2007, 12:53 AM
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Or you can do it yourself, if you dare, and can get a spare bezel insert:
See Jocke's excellent tutorial on how to change the bezel insert. CLICK!
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22 October 2007, 02:48 AM
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You guys don't think a tiny tiny dot of black enamel would provide a jury rigged solution?
the watch budget is a bit low :( how much are the inserts anyway? |
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22 October 2007, 02:49 AM
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and thanks for the replies too!
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22 October 2007, 11:18 PM
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Well, certainly it could be fixed the way you describe. The bezel insert is US 51 Dollars. But prices seem to vary?? ↓↓ TRF thread: Cost of bezel insert! CLICK! Best of luck!
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23 October 2007, 12:06 AM
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23 October 2007, 12:58 AM
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No....Any well equpped AD with a watchmaker on staff and a Rolex parts account can do the job. Sometimes they charge a bit more since you would pay local labor rates and mark-up.
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23 October 2007, 01:13 AM
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Your avatar frightens me.
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23 October 2007, 01:26 AM
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23 October 2007, 01:52 AM
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hehe you got! I designed the avatar to blink but animations don't work here - eventually im gonna put a TT sub on its wrist 
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