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30 August 2016, 02:54 AM | #1 |
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Question Regarding Deepsea Bezel
a question guys regarding the bezel of the deepsea...just found that the bezel when pressed down does play a little bit by around 2 to 3mm on all sides. is this normal?
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30 August 2016, 02:59 AM | #2 |
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From what I understand it is completely normal. All moveable bezels have some play! Of course, if you are unsure that the amount of play is abnormal, take to your Ad for inspection
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30 August 2016, 03:17 AM | #3 |
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30 August 2016, 03:22 AM | #4 |
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My subs bezel has approx one mm of play, but three mm sounds like a gap. Do you have any pictures?
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30 August 2016, 05:08 AM | #5 |
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You mean horizontally right?
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30 August 2016, 05:12 AM | #6 |
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Yes, it's normal. The ceramic bezels "float" on three ball bearings and they all have some give to them.
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30 August 2016, 06:02 AM | #7 |
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I think some of us have a different concept of a mm.
Sorry, the Engineer in me wanted to get this right. I measured my recently acquired DSSD Blue with a caliper and it moves 0.25mm. I also tried to measure the "gap" between the bezel and the case, the place where fine sand can get in. I only have some feeler stock to try. The .125mm (0.005") slides in and the 0.20 (0.0075") does not. So the gap is somewhere around there.
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If he's got 2-3 Mil, then there's a serious problem with his watch Personally I never measured it but I always thought it was somewhere in the vicinity of <0.010". Thanks for taking the time to gauge it |
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30 August 2016, 11:40 AM | #9 |
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thank you everyone. yes i doubled check the play and it is below 1mm. just wanted to make sure that it does play because i was quite surprised when i was able to press the bezel downwards while i was taking it out from a winder.
thanks again guys for your help and cheers! |
30 August 2016, 11:43 AM | #10 |
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i also have a gmt II c and i tried to check if its bezel will play or press down a bit...but it doesn't. does this kind of play only exists on the deepsea?
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1 September 2016, 10:43 AM | #11 |
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The play is totally normal, u can literally push the bezel down on the DeepSea. My last one and current one both did this... I almost feels like a click, I was told there are ball bearings inside that create the gap, also it's part of ring lock system...
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